Well, I concede! After much deliberation, thought and insight from my classmates, I have come to realization that I was allowing my own personal reservations to influence my stand on gaming in education. Thanks to my classmates for grounding me a little.
However, with that said, I do still have my reservations about the use of gaming in the classroom. I can see some good in using gaming in an educational environment in the K-12 level. Learning games are highly available and they are the type of games I allow my own children to play on occassion. Some of these sites my children visit are pbskids.org and Zoom. There are also some pretty decent learning games on playhousedisney.com and then there is my daughter's favorite, 5aday.com (a site about eating your fruits and veggies each day -- she learned about this site in school).
Though I still think too much of anything isn't necessarily good, I do think this can be controlled. It is absolutely up to the 'adults', however, to do the controlling. I suppose the idea of gaming addiction in adults is their own vice...just like gambling, etc. I do think that isolating oneself at a young age and 'living' through the fantasy world of gaming is still not positive.
So...do I see a place for gaming in education? Sure. However, all in moderation and with caution and supervision.
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