Research # 13
Bibliography
Orry, J. (2006). 59% of teachers would consider using video games in schools. Retrieved Feb. 09, 2006, from Prodigious Gaming Web site: http://www.pro-g.co.uk/news/nid/2105/.
Abstract
This article is a pole of teachers that were asked if they would ever use video games in the classroom. A surprising 59% of teachers said yes. They think that they would be a good way to boost the cognitive process and use some hand-eye coordination. These teachers also think that games will help students learn topic specific information that they might want to take through their life with them. Also 53% of teachers said that would try to use interactive computer games in the classroom. This is promising information that could mean that many teacher will actually try the gaming in the classroom in the near future to see how it impacts the students and their learning.
Green Ink
I think that teachers, or atleast the ones that were polled, are thinking very modernly and maybe they are newer teachers there is no way to know. Teachers are seeing that students aren't interested in school, at least the majority, and they want their students to leave knowing something. Teachers really do try to get the students to learn information, but the way that the human brain works is to get the kids to get the good grade and then they can just forget the information. This is why we need to go above the human brain and go to technology because students seem to respond better to the technologies as opposed to the traditional styles of learning.
Orry, J. (2006). 59% of teachers would consider using video games in schools. Retrieved Feb. 09, 2006, from Prodigious Gaming Web site: http://www.pro-g.co.uk/news/nid/2105/.
Abstract
This article is a pole of teachers that were asked if they would ever use video games in the classroom. A surprising 59% of teachers said yes. They think that they would be a good way to boost the cognitive process and use some hand-eye coordination. These teachers also think that games will help students learn topic specific information that they might want to take through their life with them. Also 53% of teachers said that would try to use interactive computer games in the classroom. This is promising information that could mean that many teacher will actually try the gaming in the classroom in the near future to see how it impacts the students and their learning.
Green Ink
I think that teachers, or atleast the ones that were polled, are thinking very modernly and maybe they are newer teachers there is no way to know. Teachers are seeing that students aren't interested in school, at least the majority, and they want their students to leave knowing something. Teachers really do try to get the students to learn information, but the way that the human brain works is to get the kids to get the good grade and then they can just forget the information. This is why we need to go above the human brain and go to technology because students seem to respond better to the technologies as opposed to the traditional styles of learning.
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