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Transform Your Classroom with Engaging Math and Science Activities

I’m excited to share my favorite math and science finds from Oriental Trading that make learning interactive and fun! In this ...
EdSurge

To Get Serious About Games, Teachers Experiment With Play in the Classroom

Every week at the Nysmith School in Herndon, Virginia, Philip Baselice breaks out a game to teach his class about key world events. Baselice teaches history to middle schoolers, and game-based ...
Education Week

With Larry Ferlazzo

The new question-of-the-week is: What are your favorite classroom games? In Part One, Shannon Jones, Jennifer Bay-Williams, Molly Ness, and Sheniqua Johnson shared their favorites. Today, Jenny Vo, ...
KQED

How Teachers Can Use Video Games In The Humanities Classroom

Part 12 of MindShift's Guide to Games and Learning. We often think about game-based learning as if video games can become robotic teachers. In the same way that software file systems have created more ...
William & Mary

Game-based learning brings play into the high school classroom

Multiplayer world-building games like Minecraft and Roblox allow adolescents to engage in complex creative thinking, as well as refine their skills of communication and collaboration. As gaming ...
The Journal

Using Mobile Games in the Classroom and Living Room

Teaching methods today are not the same as they were even just a few years ago. Technology as a teaching tool has come a long way. While overhead projectors and bulky desktop computers used to ...
VentureBeat

Game Classroom pulls together kids, parents and teachers in one educational site

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More A Los Angeles firm called Earlier Media is launching an educational games ...
The Southern Illinoisan

Teachers create video games for classroom use

CARBONDALE - Brian Murley's approach to teaching math to his students is a far cry from the abacus. "This is Lord Nasher," Murley said, pointing to the computer screen where a medieval figure was ...
USA Today

Video game invades classroom, scores education points

8 million high-tech jobs are expected to be created over the next five years A survey found that 65%25 of U.S. students are bored %22at least every day in class%22 97%25 of teens play computer%2C ...
VentureBeat

Classcraft makes the classroom a giant role-playing game — with freemium pricing

Shawn Young has a class full of warriors, mages, and healers. Warriors get to eat in class, mages can teleport out of a lecture, and healers can ask if an exam answer is correct. But this isn’t some ...
Education Week

3 Reasons Students Don’t Play More Games in the Classroom

Children are becoming acutely acquainted with mobile technology long before their K-12 classroom years. When they arrive at their first organized school experiences, they are often already savvy on ...