Tuesday, February 17, 2009
02/16/09
By reviewing the sites given in last night's class and everyones feedback on how they would incorporate them into their lessons, I think that it was very useful and allowed us to see how others would use games. I think a majority of us agree that we need to incorporate them into lessons for a variety of reasons but that we need to make sure that the teacher still teaches the lesson first. That is crucial to making sure the children are still learning what is needed out of the lesson. I think education games can be useful in the classrooms as long as teachers use them correctly. I enjoyed many of the websites that we used, and think that they can be used in classrooms.
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After listening to the discussion that we had on 2/16, I came to the same conclusion that Steph came to about educational games being used correctly by the teacher. I feel that most educational games can only be used as a supplemental tool rather than a means for core instruction. I think that often, teachers use these games as a filler and do not see the educational benefits that they are providing for their students.
ReplyDeleteSteph, I most definitely agree with you when you say that the teacher needs to teach the lesson first, and then the educational game can be used as a supplement to instruction. I don't think that teachers should depend on educational games to teach their students. It's up to us to make sure our students get the information that they need.
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