Video Games Can Teach Us how to Teach

I've just read an article by a professor of media research at a German university. The article makes a very important point. Video games often tell a story, usually a lengthy and in depth one at that. Yet, even with these long stories, children still maintain interest in playing games. How do video games hold the interest of ADD children and keep them interested in a long story? We can learn from video games and apply their techniques to school teaching. If a teacher can hold a students interest like a video game can, we would have much more successful teaching and students would retain much more knowledge. Not only can the lessons of video games be applied from a teaching perspective, but they could also be relevant to many industries that try to focus on the youth demographic.