Okay, so I admit it. I was on vacation when we went to go hear Joseph Kahne’s presentation about the civic potential of video games. So, I’ll have to keep this short and sweet.
From what I’ve read, as well as experienced in the corporate world, video games can be an excellent resource relating to training by actively engaging learners by keeping their attention. Positive or negative, they’re a useful tool. Further research online reveals a distinct division of their use due to what some would say are the violent nature of video games. In my humble opinion, they’re a great tool to use if you have the tie, money and support of your training organization. But sometimes, you might have so much work to do that you have to put them on the back burner for use another time.
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11851
