Walking into a classroom you might be greeted with a scene of students on their phones. As the semester comes to an end and the motivation of students lessens, many turn to video games as a way to procrastinate their work. Instead of resisting these games that students are going to play anyway, schools should start to encourage students to play educational video games.

According to the United States Academy of Esports League, video games serve as a non-traditional way to engage students. Instead of giving lectures or reading textbooks, teachers could incorporate games into their lesson plans to keep students motivated to learn. This way, by playing the game they are actually doing something while learning instead of staring at their textbooks when they should be reading or zoning out when they should be listening to their teachers. 

A lot of students are going to play video games instead of doing their homework with or without permission. Schools can try to block websites with games on school computers, but students will always just find new websites. Even if there were no games on computers students will find ways to get their games by using their phones or bringing in their own personal ipads and laptops that do not have games blocked on them. Students also have free will to play whatever games they want when they are at home trying to get work done. If homework assignments were more engaging, then maybe students would want to do them more.

In conclusion, many schools and teachers view video games as a distraction. This is true in a lot of cases, but they do have some strengths that teachers can implement into their lessons to keep their students more engaged.