Video games platforms such as the Wii and Xbox Kinect are
great ways to be physically active while learning or teaching a subject. I feel
that these types of games fit better with different subjects than others such
as a health class or maybe an anatomy where you are looking at how the body
moves and functions, but with the right game most subjects could find some sort
of use for this platform. As a future History/ American Government teacher
finding a game such as “Sim City” would help me teach how civilization grows
and some of the growing pains governments go through.
Mobile devise games/ apps offer a much wider application
opportunity. These include many civilization-building games as well as many
more simulator games. While teaching the new weapons used in WWI I could easily
put my students in old Bi-planes and put them in a virtual dogfight for them to
experience what pilots back them went through. These all provide a fun way for
my students to learn without them feeling like they are learning.
