Games for Educators is a web site provided to you by the Chicago Toy & Game Fair and Live Oak Games to promote the use of games in education. 

Why use games in education? Three reasons:

1. They help students learn. Browse the stories on this site and you'll see it time and time again. When people sit down to a game, they fully engage their minds. Intellectually, socially, emotionally... there simply is no better way to engage a student's mind than through the use of a game.
2. They're fun.  Whether you love the thrill of competition, the challenge of an intriguing puzzle, or simply getting together with friends, there's a game out there for you. Bringing games into the classroom can help get kids looking forward to class, get them excited about learning. Sometimes, they even bring the games home, enriching their whole lives.
3. They help break down barriers, and get students and teachers interacting on a whole new level.

Don't believe us? Here's what Yehuda Bolinger, a professional writer and game player, said in his recent post Do Games Matter? (edited for content)

Games create social connections and foster family and friend relationships. Games facilitate communication and community. Games raise...self-esteem. They teach logic, patience, math, pattern matching, and manners, and sometimes history, geography, science, and a host of other lessons. From Rock Paper Scissors to a Marathon, games give us focus, challenge, inspiration, perspiration, joy, deep thought, laughter and fortitude.

Yehuda goes on to say that just as it is impossible to play sports without building muscle and health, it is impossible to play traditional games without building mental muscle and social health.

Yehuda's a smart guy.

That's our mission: to promote games in education, to help enrich the learning process for both teachers and students.