Educational games provide a highly interactive demonstration of learning material that is both engaging and entertaining. Educational games cater for a variety of learners; For example visual learners will find gaming very engaging as they can actually see it working in front of them or 'coming to life'. This provides a solid link between the subject matter and reality. Similarly linguistic and logical learners will find the problem solving, involved in english or mathematics games for example, very engaging. In the above ICT the acitvities involving memory will aid such learners particularly well. The scenery involved in some games, such as the setting of the island in the above ICT, will appeal to Naturalist learners, whilst the sound involved will appeal to those who learn well musically. Because many games have points tallies or a correction function students are able to see when they make a mistake and are provided with the correct answers immediately. This provides an instant feedback to students in a far less intimidating environment then if they were face to face with a teacher with their mistakes being discussed. Online gaming privatises mistakes whilst providing instantaneous correct feedback that the teacher may otherwise not get around to, at least not for some time. Consequently online games are highly useful, entertaining and ultimately engaging ICT tools.
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