Video Games at School "A posting"

I read the article called “Teachers Tick the Xbox,” by Micheal Shaw. This article discussed teachers using video games as an educational tool. A study taken in England and Wales reported that a third of teachers use video games as a part of their lesson, even though these teachers are concerned that video games lead to bad behavior. These teachers are using video games as an educational tool, because they feel video games motivate and interest students. Besides the bad behavior as a negative result of video games, teachers are afraid they will lead to anti-social behavior and the teachers feel most games have negative representation of females and foreigners. The website being promoted in this article is called BBC Jam. The website claims to include “a range of games which vary from standard educational activities to those which its creators claim have a more ‘Xbox feel’".
I selected this article to include in my blog, because I hope to teach Elementary Education and video games are popular with students in this age group. I also haven’t seen a video game that has an “Xbox feel” be educational and I am skeptical how they could help educate students. I think some games can be educational that deal with trivia, but I have not witnessed any educational video game. This study took place in England and Wales, and concluded a third of teachers use video games as part of their lesson. I am curious if schools in America are going to move towards including video games in their lessons as well. I was hoping to find out about software that would reach students with mental and physical handicaps. I do not think video games would be good in lesson plans, but at free time or in before and after school programs I think they could be great for these students due to the motivational and hands-on experience.
Teachers Tick The Xbox