Enriching the Learning Process with Video Games

Video Games can be used to teach concepts so even the students who are not interested in learning unknowingly learn something. They are interactive and engaging. They engage both the learners sense of seeing, and hearing. According to NYU Child Study Center (Video Games: Pros and Cons), they enhance students’ motor coordination and ability to think quickly and analyze a situation. HealthNews claims that “games need simultaneous task execution, which helps improving concentration, cognition, as well as improve multi-tasking skills, focus, and agility (Video Games in Increasing Brain Power, 2009). Though using video games has disadvantages, these can be avoided through proper guidance and support. For instance, games provide a high level of quick gratification. Students are almost constantly being rewarded and, when they lose, they get to easily start over to work on their goal (Video Games: Pros and Cons). However, in real life, students cannot be rewarded for every right thing that they do. Here are some sources of educational games.

1.     PHYSICS GAMES.NET  offers games on physics

2.      Learning Games for Kids.com also offers educational math and science as games that are excellent to present the vocabulary or term that students need to know about the lesson

3.      Fun brain offers Math games
4. Learning Games for Kids offers Art Games, Music Games, Math Games, Logic Games, Geography Games, Memory Games, Science Videos and so much more!

5.      Prongo offers interactive quizzes

6.     The Magic School Bus/Games and Activities offers interactive Science games and activities

7.     Curious George Games offers Math related games

8.     The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That offers Science and Math games

      9.     Team Umizoomi Games offers Math games for preschool children


Sources:


Center, N. C. (n.d.). Video Games: Pros and Cons. Retrieved from education.com: 
        http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Video_Games_Cons/?page=2


HealthNews. (2009, May 26). Video Games in Increasing Brain Power. Retrieved December 2011, from health news: http://healthnews.ebookroute.com/mental-health/1400-video-games-in-increasing-brain-power/


Xerri, R. A. (2011, September 29). The role of video games. Retrieved from skola:http://elearning.skola.edu.mt/2011/09/the-role-of-video-games