Tag: video games
New Kickstarter ‘World of Classcraft’ Lets Students Unlock Real-World Powers
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There's a new spin on the popular online video game already big in classrooms. The World of Classcraft is ready for you to power up your learning.
Minecraft In Education: Pros And Cons
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In an effort to weigh the benefits of Minecraft in education, I turned to the proverbial crowd on Reddit to see what they had to say about the popular game.
Why (And How) To Start Learning Video Game Design
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Learning video game design is an innovative and interactive way to get students thinking, working, and engaging like never before.
SimCityEDU Is Coming Soon To A Classroom Near You
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Ready to do Common Core-compatible and video game-based learning with a twist? SimCityEDU is coming this March!
30 Surprising (And Controversial) Ways Students Learn
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What are the real ways students learn? Is daydreaming a good thing? Should they play violent video games? A new report takes a close look.
How To Make Your Own Educational Video Games
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Ever tried out a video game that's left you a bit underwhelmed? What if you could make your own educational video games?
Why Teachers Are (And Aren’t) Using Educational Video Games
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One of the more popular trends these days has been the influx of video games into education. They provide a user experience that's familiar to most students, interactive, and usually quite fun. So it's win-win, right? Not quite.
This Video Game Is So Educational You Don’t Even Realize It
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The term 'gamification' doesn't do the new video game Ludwig justice. It takes the most cutting-edge graphics and couples them with some of the most important lessons a student needs. The creators of Ludwig delivered a TED talk (below) that unveils a bit more information on why and how they built the epic game.
New Grant Brings Adaptive Gaming Technology To Disabled Students
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We constantly talk about education technology and how it can benefit students. But what about students with disabilities? The growing world of adaptive technology comes into play. A new grant is making this even more clear as it lets students learn and play video games like never before.
6 Video Games To Use In Your Classroom Tomorrow
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Realistically, a “with it” teacher can teach almost anything using almost anything. I've been taught trigonometry using a paper clip. So where does the non-gaming teacher start with video games?
Should Classrooms Be More Like Video Games?
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So recently this idea of “gamification” has been jumping around in my head. There’s something simultaneously immature and brilliant about it, but I haven’t been sure exactly what.
The Gamification and Socialization of Learning
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Terry Heick of TeachThought takes a look at Grockit, an upstart company founded by a former educator attempting to socialize and gamify test preparation for national standardized tests. The big question: does it work?
Why Schools Should Embrace Gaming Technology
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The current structure of our public school system has lead us to a point where both students and teachers are under-performing, and technology will need to play a major role in reinvigorating our schools. Joel Klei...
Using Video Games As A Teaching Tool.
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[caption id="attachment_4407" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Gillian Laub for The New York Times"][/caption] The following is an excerpt from a New York Times article by Sara Corbett. Check out the full art...
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Super Mario In The Classroom? [VIDEO]
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What do your students do their spare time? We're guessing play video games is one of the top tasks. What about making their own video game? What about making their own video game using the classroom and stop-motion p...
Boy Scouts Awarding Video Game Badge: Why It's A Good Thing
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Parents have another enemy in the battle against television and video games. The Boy Scouts of America are now essentially sanctioning video games by offering a video game badge. However, this badge is a good thing fo...
