Educational Online Game

Esther Asor

ED 271

Mrs. Taylor

October 10, 2014

Educational Online Games

Educational online games is one of the most important assessment or activities that teacher should include in their daily lesson plan. There are three main reasons why I said educational online game is very essential. First, there are various different important ways to use online games. Second, it is fun but on the other hand very challenging. And last, based on some researchers, it improves student’s performance and achievement too.
          Let me begin with, the different ways on how educational online games are very important. Educational online games are mostly very useful to the students who have trouble paying attention in class. For instance, those children with attention disability or those kids who have hard time during lecture. In addition to, educational games teaches students how to use the computer. For example, it helps them to know the parts of the computer, which are the screen, mouse, keypads, etc. It can also help them to improve with their typing skills. However, educational online games can teach more than just the subject. It helps the students to learn the importance of taking turns during a game. It also helps them to learn the need to wait and watch while others are playing. These are some various different ways on how educational online games are very important to students, and how it provides a different way to learn. Student will remember a lesson if they learn it in a different way (Rose, 2010).
          Let me continue with, how educational online games are very fun and challenging. One way that educational online games are very fun is when the game includes several players to participate. For example, when two students play an online game and they keep track on who have the highest score. Another way of how kids find educational games very interesting is when it involves problem solving and they ended up with all the correct answers. However, educational online games can be very challenging on the other hand too. Some kids or students find it very challenging especially when they go through the higher stages of the game. Some online games even make the students used their higher order thinking skills to win the game. One of the most challenging things about the online games for our group was when we have to come up with our own rubric for the game which I think our group fails because we didn’t really come up with a nice one. But I believe that there are certain components that we fail to include in our rubric. There are a various good component which can be included in a rubric base on how the online game is, and here were some good example from the educational electronic games rubric (cuss, 2004).
            Let me end with how educational online games improved student’s achievement and performance in school. I do believe that educational online game does a lot of contribution to student’s achievement and performance. And base on some research, students who used educational online games have a better higher achievement and performance than those who used the old traditional face to face teaching (Eric 1999). As we know these days, technology is part of student’s learning. As a result, students should know how to use a computer. One way how educational game help improved student’s achievement and performance was, games online can also be a way to practice the lesson that have been taught in class. For example, if a student doesn’t really understand the lecture in class, he or she can understand by playing the game related to the lesson being taught.              All in all, I believe educational online games should be applied in any subject which student’s find it more confusing. As a result it is a lesson to be learn, it is both fun and challenging. However, it will improve the student’s performance in school and sometimes in their everyday life if necessary.


References
Rose, Suzanne. (2010) Why Educational game is important in the classroom.
California State University (2004) Educational Electronic Games Rubric). Sacramento.
Eric (1999) The Important of Education Technology on student achievement: What the most current Research to say.