Tag: Video Games

eSports competition is facilitated through organized, multiplayer online video game competitions.

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 131 Balancing Screen Time And Digital Media With Real Life Drew Perkins talks with Anya Kamenetz about her new book and the issue of balancing the use ...

Allow Second Chances. And third. And fourth. Like in games, students should be allowed second chances when they fail in the classroom.

We love learning through video games and Civilization VI is one of our favorite games to learn with and through.

 This Is One Of The Best Games To Teach Social Studies by Terry Heick Title: Civilization VI Platforms iPad Microsoft Windows Steam (The Windows version/Amazon link is an affiliate link--read ...

10 Specific Ideas To Gamify Your Classroom by Mike Acedo In today’s classroom, educators are constantly required to mold their teaching methods to give students the best opportunity to succeed. ...

The Complete Updated List Of Backwards-Compatible Games For Xbox One by TeachThought Staff What is a 'backward-compatible' game? In short, a backward-compatible game is a game from a previous version ...

On Student Engagement: How To Be As Interesting As A Video Game * How Video Games Have Mastered Learning Engagement Terry Heick Agreeing on how to best establish what a ...

3 Examples Of Game-Based Learning: Actual Stories From The Classroom by Ryan L. Schaaf There is a difference between gamification and game-based learning. Game-based learning is, in short, learning through games. Using ...

A Video Game-Themed Student Interest Inventory For Elementary Students by TeachThought Staff Curricula: You can download a ready-for-student version of this student interest inventory for free on the TeachThought TpT ...

12 Examples Of Gamification In The Classroom contributed by Ryan Schaaf & Jack Quinn Everyone loves games. Albert Einstein himself indicated they are the most elevated form of investigation. He knew games ...

What Blocky Video Games Can Teach You About Learning by Terry Heick Ed note: This post has been updated and republished from a 2013 post Blocky video games are accessible. ...

MinecraftEdu: The Craft Of Digital Citizens by TeachThought Staff Originally released in 2011, Minecraft quickly found a place in classrooms around the world. It was dead simple to use--at its ...

Teaching With Pokemon Go: What's Possible? by Jonathan Cassie Since its summertime release, Pokémon Go! has become a singular sensation in gaming. With millions of downloads and players, it has ...

That Dragon, Cancer: The Saddest Game Ever Made by TeachThought Staff We've talked about the difference between gamification and game-based learning (GBL) in the past, as well as examples of ...

5 Ways To Use Pokemon Go For Critical Learning by TeachThought Staff So I guess we should discuss this Pokemon thing, huh? While it may well end up being the ...

This War Of Mine Is On Sale For $2.99 For A Limited Time by TeachThought Staff This War of Mine, a game about the inhumanity of war and featured recently ...

14 Video Games That Tackle Important Social Issues by TeachThought Staff While they have the connotation of children's toys and time-wasting 'interactions,' video games and simulations provide useful and compelling ...