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Are Video Games the New Textbooks?

abcnews.go.com — Learning how neutrophils attack infection in the bloodstream isn't exactly the most gripping topic for your average high school student, but the Federation of American Scientists hopes to change all that — with video games. Advocates are enthusiastic about the promise of video games in schools, but some educators are wary...

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  • sleepyjjk, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2Great idea if implemented correctly. I honestly hope that video games like Spore will educate people that there is quite a lot of validity in science. Not only that, theories like evolution will show to be quite valid. With a video game, it will give the imagination needed to see how such a theory could be correct.

    Not only that, it can show people visually how it works, to some degree, while they are still having quite a bit of fun.

    However, the key point to make is that it has to be fun and exciting to learn. For example, having a good teacher normally makes a subject much more interesting and much more rewarding to learn, even if one has to put a lot of effort to understanding it. The same will go for games, having a fun and exciting game will be much more effective at getting the points across.

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