Blog 14

    The game "Oregon Trail" is a computer game about westward expansion and settlement. Games like this help students learn important topics by challenging them in fun and encouraging ways. One survey by Project Tomorrow showed that over 50% of students in grades 3 through 12 believe educational games help them learn. I also believe that games help kids learn better. Who would seriously rather read a textbook (with no pictures!) than play a game? You're learning the same thing, it's just the way you decide to approach it that's different. Also, playing games helps students remember the material they learned. Most people learn from examples or relations to real life situations. I believe it's much harder to memorize sentences than to remember an experience, such as the information from the game.