I am on the fence about videogames in school settings. I never really felt Oregon Trail really served a purpose as a learning tool I thought it was more of a reward than anything else. With all the technological advances schools are receiving I am fearing more and more about being overly intrusive in a student's life. I think there should be a division between work and play and I wonder about the effects of intergrating so many elements from a student's personal and social life into a school setting.
On the other side of the argument maybe such integration will help students with their social skills making the educational environment more humble. Videogames, however, I just don't really see much educational value in them. I think entertainment will always outweigh education in a school setting because most students become bored with scholastics in a school setting. So how much will they actually retain from playing a videogame. I feel students will get more caught up in the entertainment value and forfeit anything educational that you can learn. Of course there will be some who will realize the value of what they are doing and I'm sure most will enjoy something they can relate to in order to make learning more fun and easier.
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