Hayley, in her blog, has summarised some of the skills games introduce to students. Through engagement in games students are learning how to follow instructions, working in sequential order to complete a task, although it was indicated that games with too many rules weren’t as popular as students would rather discover things along the way. These aspects of games are indicative of classroom learning, following classroom rules and instructions to complete tasks are essential to effective teaching and learning to occur. One teaching and learning approach that I believe is effective is allowing students to explore and experiment activities, the inclusion of this engages students in discovery learning.

These are only some of the benefits games provide as raised throughout the video, providing validation for their inclusion within the classroom. The benefits of gaming are clear and the students enjoy it, thus finding a game that incorporates levels of skill development relevant to the students’ needs should be considered as a pedagogical tool within the classroom.

Video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPbiD7SHTCU