Games Are Essential Classroom Tools

As designers/instructors of a graduate course in differentiating instruction + technology, we ask our students about the role of games in instruction.

We are frequently surprised at the responses, ranging from "I do not allow my students to play games" to "I use games everyday."

You may want to check out the article we wrote for the ISTE 2010 conference in Denver which speaks about games and game-like instruction: Games Are Essential Classroom Tools.