Education in Video Games

The big topic that we faced the week was how there could be involvement of video games in classrooms to teach in academic settings.  Anyone who has experienced a form of game already knows that there is going to be a form of learning in the early stages of any game to make sure one understands what one is doing so that one can apply it later on the game.  Right there a very important point is brought up about how we view school in our society, as a source of gaining knowledge that we can apply in a future job in the real world. Well in video games one can think of it in the same way, the early levels are like going to high school or college, going through the classes that prepare you for the job that you would like in a future, and when you get to higher levels, its like getting into the real world of having to apply our knowledge from the past.  Seeing it from that perspective we can see that video games could definitely create a different form of learning that if anything would be an excellent form of research.  I also people would have to get use to it, because it takes away from the normal way we view  education, but then again electronics are changing every form of learning that we have in present time.  My old high school just made mandatory for ipad's to be used for every class, so they will not be using textbooks.  Even though it may be uncomfortable in the beginning, especially for someone like me that isn't very electronically savvy, there benefits that need to be taken into account, including the amount of money being saved in the long run.
I would like to finish by saying that after spending most of life going through different levels of education, I have realized that the best way to find the talents and gifts in people, is by using different forms of teaching skills. Some people like myself are more visual learners, while others prefer reading or listening to it from the teacher.  Video games bring that form of visual learning that I would definitely appreciate having in my collegiate career.