Share 'Co-opting Video Games in the Classroom: What's the deal?'

Games are fun. But not always. For example, I bet if I required an entire 5th grade class to complete 3 hours of WoW leveling each night for a week, some would be complaining about the homework load. Some of us would like to co-opt video gaming into the service of the traditional classroom curriculum. But there is something about the nature of goals and intentions, is this a teacher-centered assi…