Use of Games in Education

Paralel to the development in technology, technology's use in education has also developed. Thanks to the 3D effects and animations in game development, 3D effects and animation have been used to create educative content in all stages of schools. From kindergarten students to college students, games have become somewhat erreplacable due to their amazing contributions. Kindergarten students can be taught many things such as colours,numbers,days,months etc. using games. On the other hand Medical students can use games to perform surgeries with minimal cost and no risk. 3D maps and landscapes, visual materials will help education in geography. Games can be used not only for students, but also for teachers to further enhance their skills in teaching. Creating storylines in educational games will also help draw the attention of student and teachers alike. Also in long term using games instead of real life materials will lower the cost of education,because a game is only developed once and does not have the necessity for maintenance, compared to a  model of a human body which could break or lose it's function in time. If we were to talk about games in the field of English Language Teaching, we can say without a doubt that games will definitely draw attentions of ELT students more than any written source could. The level of difficulty in games could easily be adjusted to match the linguistic competence of the student. Exams could be done in the form of games to help stop students from developing stress related issues causing them to fail.
Having so many advantages, not using games in education would be inopportune.

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