Minecraft in Education: What Minecraft Can Teach You About Pedagogy by TeachThought Staff Minecraft is a simple, clumsy-looking little game full of blocky graphics and unclear terms of play. It is essentially a giant sandbox of digital legos that players can do with what they wish–tear stuff down, dig holes, or build dizzying towers of…
What are the best non-violent video games for children? Well, that depends on how you define ‘violent’ but here are 50 to get you started.
What Are The Benefits Of Game-Based Learning? by TeachThought Staff This post has been updated, adding additional information. There seems to be a perception that online gaming has a detrimental impact on children’s development. Nothing could be further from the truth, and there are countless–and complex–reasons for this, but it also makes sense to the…
Gamers often throw around “escapism” when talking about their hobby, but this is a hollow explanation for what motivates us to play games.
In a growth mindset, there are larger factors than the outcome. Progress and growth are acknowledged as valuable in the learning process.
As they are learning, give students the opportunity to articulate their thought process of how they came up with their solution to a puzzle.
In Democracy 4, the player is elected president and must decide how they will respond to crises, movements, and opportunities for progress.
While they have the connotation of being wastes of time, video games and simulations provide useful and compelling platforms for learning.
Video games are increasingly used to confront social and cultural issues that are otherwise problematic to address with a raging troll-fest.
eSports competition is facilitated through organized, multiplayer online video game competitions.
From using levels and and progress bars to badges and rewards, here are ten strategies to make learning feel more like a game.
At TeachThought, we love learning through video games, and Civilization VI is one of our favorite games to learn with and through.
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