No gamer left behind is a vodcast regarding the use of gaming technology in leraning, it may be accessed here. The video presents a number of examples where gaming is being used for educational purposes to great effect. The U.S. military is a high profile example of simulation gaming being used for training purposes. More relevant to the secondary school is the example of using civilisation to interest students in social sciences/history. The students in the video use the COTS (commercial off the shelf) game of civilisation to learn about how civilisations have been constructed and the different influences which shape the ways in which the different societies develop. The video states that the students in the program have become A grade students after the introduction of using civilisation as a means through which to learn the subject. I have always enjoyed computer games, I feel they have been a great help to my own development of problem solving abilities among other skills. Of particular interest to me as a language teacher I’m very interested in the use of MMORPGs as a tool through which learning can occur. I have recently taken to playing a free MMORPG by the name of Rappelz which can be accessed here (French version). The reason I chose to start playing the French version is because I see this game as being a means through which I can foster a virtual French community with my students, however fantastic the community may be, it’s a medium through which I can provide my students with the opportunity to create meaninful language in a context that interests them. All of the games quests, characters and beasts have French names, and communicate with the player in French, meaning if the students are to succeed in the game, they will have to understand the language. Further to this, the game has a guild function, through which I can organise a team with my students and we can play through the world together, communicating solely in the target language to achieve our goals of slaying whatever beast or conquering whatever quest is thrown at us. I find the idea of this game very exciting, I have mentioned the game to students in my class before who have already mentioned that they play it and other games such as silk road, which is another free MMORPG. Finding the right game to use to stimulate the interest of the class is something a teacher will need to consider, and also whether the RPG type game is more suited to boys or girls or whether both can play, however I feel at the very least this type of game can provide a very meaninful learning experience to students in the language subject area.