Why We Play Video Games: How Our Desire For Games Shapes Our World was first published in Game Informer magazine, and then on gameinformer.comby Ben Reeves Gamers have spent countless hours saving princesses, dodging bullets, and…
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10 Ways Teachers Are Using MMORPGs In The Classroom
An MMORPG is a type RPG–a role playing game. By definition, this offers enormous potential as a living, breathing character simulation. MMO stands for “massive multiplayer online,” which roughly means “lots of people play together.”…
19 Pioneers Responsible For Video Games In The Classroom
While new technologies have made games an ever more prevalent and talked-about part of everyday life, the creation, development, and study of these forms of games, especially in learning, is really nothing new. Some of…
How To Integrate Video Games In The Classroom
How To Integrate Video Games In The Classroom Using video games in a formal learning environment isn’t an entirely natural concept–using them in pursuit of global learning initiatives only adds to the seeming complexity. Judging…
18 Ways Universities Are Using Video Games To Learn
Thanks to an ever richer assortment of educational games, students at nearly all levels of schooling are getting the chance to learn while having fun, experimenting, and practicing essential skills through video games. While gaming…
6 Important Questions Answered About Learning Simulations
TeachThought recently spoke with Clark Aldrich, an enthusiastic advocate for new learning forms, and leading thinker on the power of learning simulations and author of Learning Online with Games, Simulations, and Virtual Worlds and Unschooling Rules: 55 Ways…
What Teachers Are Saying About Video Games In The Classroom
Do educational video games actually work for learning? Note that this is a different question than “Can video games improve learning?” Educational games and video games are two decidedly different things, and the infographic below…
How Minecraft Can Be Used To Create A Video Game
Minecraft is not only a standalone video game that creates a digital sandbox for players to play, create, design, and publish thinking, but it also can be used for a different purpose entirely–to create other…
Learning Simulation & Serious Game Profile: Budget Hero
Learning Simulation and Serious Games Profile Title Budget Hero Version 2 Other versions 1 Sponsor/Producer American Public Media Developer Series Number in Series Company Description American Public Media is one of the largest producers of public radio…
Video Games: The Art Form For The 21st Century
Whether or not video games are truly art is a silly debate that keeps popping up everywhere–usually by those that continue to browbeat gaming based on games that are too (insert adjective here) for their…
Video Games Shift From Action to Emotion Makes Them More Education-Friendly
The emotional power of video games is becoming increasingly powerful. This is in part because storytellers are becoming more adept at leveraging what it is games naturally do well. But it’s also an effect of…
5 Simple Things Educators Can Do To Promote GBL
In my post “Gamification vs. Education – Irreconcilable Differences?“ I wrote about the things that the video game industry needs to do in order to be taken seriously by educators, parents, and policy makers, so that…
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