How online games can reinforce learning for all students

Online educational games can engage students in learning by allowing them to explore their own interests while reinforcing skills learned in the classroom, special-education teacher Angie Cullin writes in this article. Such games can help build students' social and teamwork skills and support student-directed learning, she notes. "In a differentiated learning environment, games can help teachers personalize learning based on how their students best acquire knowledge," she writes. T.H.E. Journal (1/16)  http://thejournal.com/articles/2014/01/16/using-mobile-games-in-the-classroom-and-living-room.aspx