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. This partnership will evolve because it is like an R & D project in a sense. million in revenues in 2017, up from S15.5

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

That tagline serves as something of a futuristic mission statement for the Boston-based company, which focuses on bringing brain-training video games to market and is seeking to produce the first FDA-approved game treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 3, 2016

One particular game-based learning edtech consultant describes Bennett as "an advisor with little to no practical experience". I do not support any of those above statements; in fact, to me, they sound like temper tantrums, and I’m one of the strongest Minecraft in education supporters. Did he just?!

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

In CoCo’s demo video, all the different use cases for the platform seem geared toward users building projects together, like coding and playing a game live. Shoelace doesn’t want to “trick” kids into learning, an act Dexter likens to feeding them chocolate-covered broccoli.

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Edsurge

MAY 19, 2022

A version of this article first appeared at the Medium site of the Stanford GSE Office of Innovation and Technology.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2018

“We set out to show that games could be used as a reliable formative assessment tool,” says Lindl, who currently leads global education initiatives at Unity, a game engine and development company. In 2013, it created an educational version of SimCity , the classic city-building franchise owned by Electronic Arts.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

Educators are constantly challenged to find ways to keep kids’ attention in class when, outside of school, their world is full of all kinds of highly compelling and visually stimulating media. Many educators find that gamifying learning keeps students engaged.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Playing games in the classroom is not a new concept. So, it’s perhaps not surprising that there are game-based edtech companies hoping to leave a mark in classrooms. But what goes into building a game-based learning startup—or any edtech startup?

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Teach Hub

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Educational technology , also known as edtech, has emerged as a powerful ally for educators in the classroom offering a range of tools to enhance instructional methods, engage students, and create a dynamic and interactive learning experience for students.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Schools had a crash course in greater instructional technology usage during the pandemic. Teachers have gained so much confidence and are finally using educational technology in a way that enhances their instruction at a scale we haven’t seen. –Nick Gaehde, President, Lexia Learning. .

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Kasumovic: I'm a university lecturer and I really wanted to get my students a bit more excited about learning. Everything around them—from social media to streaming—was becoming more exciting, yet education hadn't changed a bit. So with my first game I decided to make my students become spiders running around a field to find mates!

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

The tech sector is responding to the need for lifelong learning with online services focused on adult learners, an approach that is important and useful. But it’s the earlier years that most need our attention.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

At the start of the 2000s, the whole industry was being turned on its head by games like StarCraft and Counter-Strike, which created a new form of online game competition culture. The technology barriers to playing an esport are lower than ever and titles are increasingly available on laptops, tablets and even phones.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2019

Without a baseline of geospatial knowledge, it’s harder to make connections between peoples and cultures—and therefore harder to identify pressing global issues that warrant attention, says Kenneth Keller, a high school history and geography teacher in Marietta, Ga., and the current president of the National Council for Geographic Education.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

I believe the answer has been in front of us this whole time: video games. You may gasp, but gaming is a multi-billion-dollar industry for a reason. Good video games are incredibly effective at capturing our attention, converting extrinsic rewards into intrinsic motivation, and creating meaningful experiences.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2016

“The idea behind doing the accelerator is that this is an opportunity for us to share with [the startups] what we know about education, but it really is also giving us a portfolio of solutions we can bring to our customers,” says Intel’s VP and General Manager of Government and Education John Galvin.

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