# Students that are Tech Addicted/Experienced Gamers

**URL:** <https://forum.code.org/t/students-that-are-tech-addicted-experienced-gamers/21714>\
**Category:** Resources, Tools, Differentiation\
**Tags:** differentiation\
**Created:** [November 3, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/students-that-are-tech-addicted-experienced-gamers/21714 "2018-11-03T21:08:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![brian.schalliol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@brian.schalliol](https://forum.code.org/u/brian.schalliol)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/students-that-are-tech-addicted-experienced-gamers/21714/1 "2018-11-03T21:08:27Z")

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**Challenge with those students**

- Struggle to understand how
- Expect to build games in class on day 1
- Can’t stop the temptation of playing games on other tabs
- Student wanting instant gratification of completion  
**Strategies**
- Incorporate some more unplugged activities
- Seating the student next to a student that needs some assistance next to this student to do some peer programming with  
**Resources**
- Have students research a game and see how much process goes into making a game that they are interested in
- Teach parents some technology