Teacher using today's games to teach children

“It connects to their lives. Research shows that kids want to perform where they have competence. Games are part of their lives.” - Brock Dubbels, teacher at Seward Montessori in Minneapolis

“I like video games a lot, and I thought it would be cool learning about how to learn from them. It’s going to be really interesting, because all I’ve ever done before is play them for fun. But now I get to play them for class and actually learn about how they help people learn.” - Genevieve Paule, student

So…the modern-day book report is now a report on how to play a game. Now this is a class I can get behind!

>Full article here (thanks QuarterRoy!)