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It always seems like the media and parent groups want to rush after video games in a flurry of pitchforks and torches for the allegedly horrendous influence they hold over ...

The premise behind games is that they allow players to experience simulations that can elicit the responses in the brain as actually doing the activity.

Though their ideas have been misinterpreted (and at times oversimplified), the work of both Vygotsky and Piaget has been tremendously influential on the field of education. These 20th century cognitive ...

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Ever heard of Inanimate Alice? Understand what all the fuss is? If the answer is “no” to either, take a gander below. (Full disclosure: I'm an English teacher, and obsessed ...

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 Role ...

25 Video Games You Can Teach With Tomorrow by Terry Heick  Realistically, a 'with it' teacher can teach almost anything using almost anything. I've been taught trigonometry using a paper ...