Tag: Video Games
What Is A Learning Simulation?
Learning Simulations: An Overview This post has been updated from a 2012 post. Clark Aldrich is an enthusiastic advocate for new learning forms, and leading thinker on the power…
6 Ways To Find Video Games You Can Teach…
6 Ways To Find Video Games You Can Teach With by Ryan Schaaf, Assistant Professor of Educational Technology at Notre Dame of Maryland University…
Game-Based Learning Apps: Universe Sandbox
Game-Based Learning Apps: Universe Sandbox App: Universe Sandbox Platform: PC Price: $9.99 on Steam (though they often have sales–put it in on your wishlist…
Teach Like Minecraft: 5 Strategies To Craft Creative Students
Teach Like Minecraft: 5 Strategies To Craft Creative Students by Terry Heick At this point, some of you are probably sick of…
How To Help Your Students Embrace Failure Through Game-Based…
Help Your Students Embrace Failure Through Game-Based Learning contributed by Justin W. Marquis, Ph.D. Whether our students fear the dark, monsters, heights,…
The Problematic Connotation Of Video Games
Video games’ time in the public spotlight is usually brief, and tangled with discussions on children, violence, and Constitutional rights.
What Games Can Teach You About Your Students’ Needs
“A voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles.” That’s one very dry, but interesting way to describe play. The role of play in…
How Video Game Design Is Like Rocket Science
How Video Game Design Is Like Rocket Science The connotation of video games is more than anything else, juvenile. If you asked…