Video Games

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Video Games

• Reinventing the Traditional Education System
• By April Bandell, Meghan Bloomer and Kathryn
  Grimm

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Abstract

• So, whats this all about?
• Teachers are turning to video games to help teach
  in the classrooms.
• Whether its for history, gym, health or science,
  video games are extremely effective tools in
  classrooms.

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Why Video Games

• Games are personalized, interactive, engaging and
  challenging
• Games are educational because they allow students
  to gain hands-on experience while having fun
• Video games can move the education system beyond
  traditional academic disciplines

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Do you remember playing

• Carmen Sandiego!
• Carmen Sandiego Math Detective allows students to
  use math skills to help Carmen accomplish certain
  goals
• Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego is a long
  time loved educational video game that teaches
  geography, agricultural knowledge and history
• Why are games like these so effective?
• Students learn without actually thinking they
  are learning

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Video Games Save Money?!

• This fact is surprise but true.
• Think about your seventh grade frog dissection
• The costs and time consumption of tradition frog
  dissections outweigh its benefits
• There is a better way BioLab Frog

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Gym Class Hero

• Video games are saving gym classes all around the
  nation
• Dance Dance Revolution is getting thousands more
  children involved in physical activity than
  before with tradition physical education
• By the end of the decade, DDR will be in about
  1500 schools around the nation
• DDR appeals to a wider range of students

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The Moral of the Story

• Video games are extremely effective in classrooms
  and are being used more and more every year.
• The main priority of schools is to teach and if a
  video game can help, why not spread the joy.

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