First research

I began looking into the role of games in education and there was a large amount of research and in the form of books, papers and studies that I could utilize. Books which were very helpful were...

Digital game-based learning -- Marc Prensky, Sivasailam Thiagarajan

How Computer Games Help Children Learn -- David Williamson Shaffer, James Paul Gee

What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy -- James Paul Gee

Everything bad is good for you: how today's popular culture is actually making us smarter --

Steven Johnson

Digital game-based learning -- Marc Prensky

Why video games are good for your soul: pleasure and learning -- James Paul Gee

Video games in education: can they really teach our children? -- Kyle Lince

Videogames and education -- Harry J. Brown

Unfortunately many of those spent their time dispelling the 'digital games rot kids minds' myth rather than discussing the effects and role of digital games in education and learning. However there was still more than enough information around to be able to write my essay and I felt that as my particular angle on the essay wasn't one that had been looked at too often, it would make for a more original work and perhaps lead to say something that hasn't been said before.