eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2024

Key points: Gamifying learning often leads to deeper student engagement and understanding 4 ways to encourage play in education Prioritizing inclusivity in game-based learning For more news on gamification, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub On October 1st, the announcement rings out: “It’s time to master those multiplication facts, everyone!”

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eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2023

This will include the addition of modular pieces, tech-enabled learning areas, and a variety of different seating options to ensure student comfort and encourage movement. Students will participate in VR and AR experiences, gaining access to more immersive learning experiences through these tools.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2024

With a focus on Kindergarten to Career the company offers CoderZ, a fun and equitable gamified and game-based learning experience to Industry 4.0 For four decades, the companys innovative learning solutions have provided learners across the globe with the competencies needed for in-demand careers in production.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2019

And some research backs up his theory: according to a Pew Research Center survey , 84 percent of surveyed teens said they have or have access to a game console at home, and 90 percent said they play games either on a cell phone, computer, console or cellphone. It’s almost like a Language Arts activity in a lot of ways,” Isaacs says.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 2023

This will include the addition of modular pieces, tech-enabled learning areas, and a variety of different seating options to ensure student comfort and encourage movement. Students will participate in VR and AR experiences, gaining access to more immersive learning experiences through these tools.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2016

New online professional development course focuses on increasing student achievement through engagement with game-based learning. The online professional development course focuses on helping teachers incorporate educational video games and applying game-based learning techniques in the classroom.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2019

His guiding belief is that “modern video games have the potential to be taught as humanely and deeply as any traditional text.” According to Fallon, “Students are living, shaping and immersed within a modular, meme-soaked, multimedia world, and video games are a dominant art form within that world.”

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2025

A university developed a course that meshes physics lessons with martial arts. When doing professional development, emphasize how much kids love playing games. By implementing game-based learning, you can kind of trick them into doing math problems because they think theyre playing a game.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

For higher education, with smaller potential audiences and student outcomes at stake, companies are debating whether return on investment is there for game-based learning experiences. Triseum's ARTe: Macenas immerses students in art history. Image Credit: Triseum And Requires a Significant Investment. “The

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2023

Best known for its fleet of traveling STEM laboratories, Learning Undefeated’s flagship STEM education program has prepared more than 1.5 million K-12 students for STEM careers since 2003, through hands-on content exploration, game-based learning, summer camps, and talent development programs.

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eSchool News

MAY 31, 2015

While the IEI did not tip its hat as to what students might be asked to build during the competition, the Minecraft portion of its website lists various creations that can be constructed in the game, including roller coasters, electrical circuits, Rube Goldberg machines, and replicas of works of art.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2023

Topics include science, math, computer science, equity and inclusion, art, esports, and more. Once in Minecraft, tap on Play at the top of the screen, and go into View Library to access tutorials for learners of all ages. Understand that Minecraft Education can be used across all content areas.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2023

Topics include science, math, computer science, equity and inclusion, art, esports, and more. Once in Minecraft, tap on Play at the top of the screen, and go into View Library to access tutorials for learners of all ages. Understand that Minecraft Education can be used across all content areas.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Yet the company’s most impressive offering may have been its games. based company invested more than $25 million to partner with talented developers who built 30 learning games covering math, science and English Language Arts. Amplify’s game division, which Leites started in 2011, sought to buck the trend.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

STEAM-based learning emphasizes both hands-on and digital experiences with engineering, art, game design, prototyping in makerspaces, authoring, robotics, and much more. Students and teachers are learning to innovate hand-in-hand. Another rising educational innovator is K-5 art teacher, Tricia Fuglested.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

It’s an interesting strategy, but still largely restricted to extracurricular activities like after-school coding clubs or art projects. When it comes to core curricular needs like math or reading, and measuring learning outcomes, that’s when you may still need a bit of competition, believes Clarence Tan.

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eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2016

In a conversation with Education Week , Bdeir said schools need to find ways to make science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) education more fun, engaging, and accessible for students. “I Nova Labs is a free digital platform that engages teens in games that foster scientific inquiry.

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eSchool News

MAY 31, 2016

CodeMonkey teaches programming basics in a language known as “CoffeeScript” through game-based learning. Their proven approach emphasizes learning a useful, real programming language through an intuitive and highly engaging online game. classrooms.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Immersive technologies such as virtual and augmented reality are redefining traditional learning methods. Interactive simulations and virtual field trips bring students face-to-face with historical landmarks, famous works of art, and locations that are not accessible to the general public.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2018

In 2013, it created an educational version of SimCity , the classic city-building franchise owned by Electronic Arts. A couple years later, GlassLab released a school-friendly adaptation of the tower-defense game “Plants vs. Zombies 2.”

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Connecting educators to a vast collection of high-quality, standards-aligned content, ready-to-use digital lessons, intuitive quiz and activity creation tools, and professional learning resources, Discovery Education provides educators with an enhanced learning platform that facilitates engaging, daily instruction.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

I grinded a lot in high school, eventually graduating as valedictorian and principal oboe of a small arts magnet in Los Angeles. I like to think I maximized my experience gained in both the arts and academics during this time. Of course, this minimized my experience with, say, hanging out with friends or having a girlfriend.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

We caught up with Gee to learn about what games he’s currently playing, what he’s learning, why he doesn’t trust people who don’t finish games, and how it feels to be one of the most respected voices in the game-based learning community at the ripe age of 68. I helped start. You know, what the heck?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Also there’s a game-based learning element to it. There’s a lot of scenario-based prompts, so it’s really playful. Through 21 different careers, we teach them about data algorithms, predictive analytics, machine learning. This is fashion design, culinary arts, urban city design.

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Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2018

So the team turned to the Drexel’s cooperative-education program, which requires undergraduate students participate in a professional learning experience before graduating. Through the program, Brown and Urdaneta-Hartmann hired Vincent Mills, a senior at Drexel University majoring in Game Art and Production.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In the first “episode,” which Classcraft released in April, students learn about the value of relationships through a story about about tribes in search of a mystery tower’s secrets. Educators have uploaded quests to teach history, art and even taxes and budgeting.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2020

Like the major league sports franchises buying and building esports teams , colleges are undoubtedly interested in the big money that’s flowing through the video game industry. But gamers with the right skills, a couple of cameras and enough followers can rake in millions playing from practically anywhere.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Cooking, arts & crafts, science experiments Use Visuospatial Tasks. Use tokens Engage the Brain’s Predictive Power With Risks and Updates. Follow mock stocks Provide A Larger Goal. Grow plants under different conditions Use Math as a Secondary Element of a Project. Take notes or use manipulatives All of the above.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

make themed puzzles and games available during sponge time — right before lunch or at the end of the day. if you’re just getting into game-based learning, this is a great starting point. Education applications. use the puzzles to practice mouse skills for clicking, double-clicking, and drag-dropping.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

For instance, in a language learning course, students can engage in vocabulary-building games that involve matching words to their corresponding meanings or completing sentence exercises. Simulations offer students the opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge in practical scenarios.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

For instance, in a language learning course, students can engage in vocabulary-building games that involve matching words to their corresponding meanings or completing sentence exercises. Simulations offer students the opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge in practical scenarios.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Though these are game-based learning, there’s no plot as you might find simulated games. Each app includes personalized learning, an enhanced review mode, and additional challenges to keep students motivated. Think Number Munchers rather than Minecraft.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

But these efforts have fallen short of meaningfully transforming learning. Edtech initiatives that reduce teachers to the role of facilitator often overlook the important role the teacher plays in activating rich learning experiences for students. At the end of the day, edtech can feel like one more thing on a teacher’s plate.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2017

Williams may have never considered herself to be a "tech person," but she recognized the value of code and discovered how a supportive community could empower her and her students to learn. “I can barely fix a printer. If there is a non-tech way to do something, I will find it,” says Shanti Williams, a teacher at P.S. 34 Oliver H.

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Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2019

Among those who tried include Osman Rashid, the co-founder of Chegg and Kno, who launched Galxyz in 2014 to build a science video games for grades three to 12. Magnates from the gaming industry have attempted as well. Electronic Arts founder Trip Hawkins raised $9.3 Atari founder Nolan Bushnell started BrainRush in 2012.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2016

Students in Art Goldberg’s English composition classes at Miami-Dade College and Broward College have a different experience than their peers in most introductory college writing courses. Are digital games viable tools for creating effective online teaching and learning environments in higher education, and, if so, is anyone using them?

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2019

That’s roughly how much Age of Learning estimates it will have spent by the end of this year on “ Adventure Academy ,” a multiplayer online game to teach elementary- and middle-school age children subjects including math, social studies and language arts.

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