“We need to bring activities and problem-solving to the worlds of chemistry and algebra -- make kids want to do things with them, to the see them as tools to surmise new possibilities -- that’s the game. If we brought those to school, they’d like it as much as Portal” - James Gee.
In the video below, James Paul Gee, a "shares insights into why video games are such effective learning tools."
http://youtu.be/JnEN2Sm4IIQ