The Benefits of Video Games in Education
In the past, video games have been labeled violent, pointless, and mind-numbing, but now educators are exploring the benefits of video games in the engagement and success of students. Video games allow humans to think as a network rather than on their own, and sets their minds free. Players can wander around the digital terrain interacting with whatever and whomever they encounter.
Further, games help us develop non-cognitive skills, like patience, discipline, collaboration, problem solving, and more that exemplify how we behave, explain how we learn and, ultimately, if we succeed. You can’t get that from a traditional classroom and textbook setting.
Kids in grades K-12 today, also known as Generation Z, don’t know a world without the internet, and are the most tech-savvy generation yet. Almost half of them spend 10+ hours online daily, and 30,000 hours gaming by the age of 20. By using these statistics to their advantage, educators will be able to better engage with students, and evolve from the traditional lecture-and-test classrooms that our 20th century educational system is accustomed to.
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