This document discusses the educational benefits of introducing games into the classroom. It summarizes three resources that support using games for learning: The Education Arcade creates games based on classroom lessons to motivate students; an article found students felt more engaged and retained information better when lessons included games; and FunBrain.com is an educational gaming site that helps students practice skills in a fun, interactive way across various subjects. The document concludes games can help students get involved in learning and help them meet educational goals.

1. Games
Classroom /Educational use
Ashlee Lacer
Educ W200

2. Menu
For years, teachers, administrators, and parents are trying to
ease children away from their gaming hours like it is a bad
hobby. What if introducing educational games into the
students’ lives will help them with their studies and
homework? There are sites out there and ideas that agree
with mine that help children in school. These articles and sites
tell why they think it can be helpful to students and teachers.
 The Education Arcade
 Using Computer Games for Instruction:
The Student Experience
 FunBrain.com

3. Click Here to Visit Site!
The Education Arcade
 “The games that are made at the Educational Arcade
are based on what its researchers observe of kids in the
classrooms and combine this with the lessons game
developers and console manufacturers have learnt
over the years of how to get their audiences engaged
within the medium by making compelling games and
control systems.”
 This website describes how they take assignments from
the classroom and turn it into games that make students
motivated to learn.

4. The Education Arcade
 “Our mission is to demonstrate the social, cultural, and
educational potentials of videogames by initiating new
game development projects, coordinating
interdisciplinary research efforts, and informing public
conversations about the broader and sometimes
unexpected uses of this emerging art form in
education.”
 This website included projects and games that are
tailored to mathematics, science, history, literacy, and
language arts.

5. The Education Arcade
My Thoughts…
 Through this website, it is said that you can do so
many things and use all of these games in the
classroom, however, I did not see an easy way
to get a hold of these games.
 You had to make an account to get a hold of
these resources, which I found a little tedious.
 They did, on the other hand, have great
inspirations and resources to let the public know
that games do help in the development of
learning for students, no matter what the grade
level.
Ah-Ha! Moment: Make sure you find a
game site that is easy to maneuver
around to use in your classrooms.

6. Click Here to Visit Article!
Using Computer Games for
Instruction
 This article was written by Michael Grimley and he
mainly wrote about how he studied the motivation of
computer games versus traditional lecture in a
classroom.
 “Instruction was split between lectures and
computer games, and student experiences were
recorded using an Experience Sampling Method to
capture real-time experience and feelings of flow.”

7. Using Computer Games for
Instruction
 “Results indicated that student experiences in the game
mode showed increased alertness, increased feelings of
being active, increased feelings of involvement and an
increased perception of challenge.”
 The article concluded with the final say in that games
can help students get involved in their schoolwork and
the games also tend to help students retain the
information.

8. Using Computer Games for
Instruction
My Thoughts…
 I believe every aspect of this article. I think it shows
great evidence that students like to be visual learners
and by giving them something they can have fun in
a game and competitive way, they will retain and be
motivated to learn more about the subject.
Ah-Ha! Moment: Having evidence
that shows that games are definitely
useful in education helps me as a
future educator to believe in them
and the positive influences they can
take on a classroom.

9. Click Here to Visit Site!
FunBrain.com
 This website is an actual online gaming site made just for
students that need help in a number of subjects!
 In the About Us section, you can see how they were
incorporated and how this website may be helpful to
teachers, students, and parents.

10. FunBrain.com
 “Funbrain, created for kids age preschool through
grade 8, offers more than 100 fun, interactive games
that develop skills in math, reading, and literacy.”
 Here is an example of a game in which you have to guess the
word to keep the boat afloat. It is much like the classical game
Hangman. You are able to choose whatever theme you like
and just click play!
Just click on the
screenshot to play
the game!

11. FunBrain.com
 I think this website is a great way to get children
involved in their learning and education.
 It is perfect for memorization of all types of subjects, in
which we all know, memorization is hard for all of us!
Ah- Ha! Moment :
Making memorization
easy by playing games,
students will not even
know they are learning!

12. Conclusion…
 With all of the insights and evidence of
these websites, I have decided that
online gaming for education if greatly
beneficial to teachers, students, and even
parents!
 I will be using FunBrain.com in my
classroom and with my own children
because I feel it will help them get
involved in their education and will help
them succeed in their educational goals!

13. Works Cited
"FunBrain.com - About Us." FunBrain.com - The Internet's
#1 Education Site for K-8 Kids and Teachers.
Pearson Education, Inc., 2000. Web. 29 Apr. 2011.
<http://www.funbrain.com/aboutus.html>.
Grimley, Michael. "Using Computer Games for Instruction:
The Student Experience." ERIC. Sage Publications,
Mar. 2011. Web. 29 Apr. 2011.
Jhaas. "About the Education Arcade." The Education
Arcade. 15 May 2008. Web. 29 Apr. 2011.
<http://www.educationarcade.org/>.