I think you bring up a very good point. Rarely do students ever take a class on handling money or paying bills and having games that can teach these lessons can help a kid out. Not only does it help kids learn, but they are having fun learning because they are playing a game. The other games you mention are very good examples and do help children learn and achieve greatness. The one weak point of this argument though is that there is probably not a large percentage of kids who play those games. Give examples of how the games you show, Final Fantasy and Zelda, help students to learn and achieve greatness. I would just think you would have a better argument is you use games that are very popular witht the general population of video gamers.
- Kevin Daley, Freshman at Drexel University |
