Should students play games (software) in school?
I believe students should be able to play games in school, but there should be a limit on the time students are spending playing. According to Randel (1992) games are more interesting than traditional instruction. Instructional games also give educators the opportunity to take advantage of a student's ability to focus and hold their attention on the topic. This also makes learning fun for the students. Teachers should place a time on the instructional games because of the concerns of inefficient learning, classroom barriers, and confusion of game rule and real-life rules. Educators should follow certain guidelines when it comes to using instructional games: use sparingly, involve all students, and emphasize the content-area skills first. Students need the best of both worlds transitional instruction and instructional games to nurture the whole child.