The following infographic, which was put together by Online College Courses, tries to answer that question. It pulls together a list of benefits and concerns about using video games in education, including details like 70% of teachers feel that video games increases student engagement, a 2009 study which showed students were statistically less likely to have attention problems in school.
I wish there were more games where you did work and earned some time at a free time game. Fill in 10 math facts and then get 1 minute of game time. Too often some kids play the educational games by clickly randomly versus thinking. Or they find the least academic game on the site or a game that is too easy for them and keep playing that.
Great post. Have you heard of the new TeacherTube tablet called KENNA? My school district is currently using them and they are awesome! Here is their site – kennatablet.com