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It's nice to see one of my students tracking my bl...

2007-12-15T09:37:36.128-08:00

It's nice to see one of my students tracking my blogging site and commenting. Keep up the good work. What sort of games do you think would be good fro the classroom?

Hi Mr.G!! it one of your students and i agree with...

2007-11-16T23:47:02.198-08:00

Hi Mr.G!! it one of your students and i agree with you completely but besides the fact that i love video games i think that it could help with students of present or past

Thank you for your comments. The main reason I sa...

2007-09-14T20:15:22.188-07:00

Thank you for your comments. The main reason I say no when they ask if we get to play games is that has been what I am encouraged to say by the district. Also because they are looking to play video games that have no educational guidence. I would love to however work more on give the educational guidence needed to the multitude of games out there.

If you're willing to play D&D, board games, and so...

2007-09-10T04:48:36.633-07:00

If you're willing to play D&D, board games, and so on, why do you say "no" when the students ask if you're going to play games?

Did you mean that they specifically wanted to play "video games" as opposed to "games"?

In answer to video games, of course video games have as much place in education, so long as the right ones are chosen and the lesson is guided around the experience.