Edutopia

5 Reasons to Use Game-Based Learning in Your Classroom

Social engagement: Playing an analog game typically brings students together. Initial student interactions are functional: ...
Psychology Today

Generalization: The Magic Sauce in Learning From Video Games

If you want to improve your aerobic capacity, play full-court basketball, not softball. To improve your analytical skills, learn to play chess or bridge, not Chutes and Ladders. If you really want to ...
Frontiers

Digital Game Design, Behavioural Intention, and Sustainability Education: Gamified and Immersive Approaches for Motivating Pro-Environmental Action

Rapid technological change is impacting aspects of how learners currently engage with global sustainability challenges; for ...
Education Week

Play-Based Learning in Kindergarten Is Making a Comeback. Here’s What It Means

Parents visiting their children’s kindergarten class for the first time may think they’ve arrived at the wrong room, especially if they expect it to resemble the kindergarten they attended as ...
WGRZ

NY to host Serious Play Video Game Conference

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — New York is getting into some serious play as it hosts North America's largest game-based learning conference for the first time this August. Empire State Development announces North ...