Give Time for Gaming
We all know that students love to learn through games, so I believe it is well worth the extra 10 - 15 minutes of your class time, once or twice a week, to allow students some gaming time on the computer to reinforce the skills that you are teaching. Too often we don't want to give students any "free" time because we have so much to teach them, or they need extra time to get their work done. I tend to think differently. I think students will learn important lessons from the challenge and self-discovery of exploring a game on a site that reinforces what I have taught them. I'm willing to cut my lesson short once a week to allow for some gaming time. I'm even willing to shorten an assignment once a week to gain some extra time. A few guidelines to consider: Play the game yourself and see if the game appropriately challenges your students. If the game has directions, I don't teach the game to the students. They need ...