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A Serious Look at Game-Based Learning

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Can you share some of the obstacles you’ve faced promoting game-based learning? Shapiro: Years ago, while working in a charter school in New York City focused on using technology in the classroom, I met Katie Salen Tekinba?. She was opening a public school in the city, modeled on game-based learning.

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Reflections on 50 years of Game-Based Learning (Part 2)

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At the same time, many game-making professionals have grown tired of entertainment-only games and leery of the often toxic culture. A significant number of talented game makers are jumping over to games designed for meaning, impact and learning. Recently, the world of edtech financing has exploded.

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Change the Game: Using Minecraft to Teach Students with Autism

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I find it baffling that in 2019 I still have to explain why it’s important to play with students, especially when Fortune 500 companies are gamifying their workplace and their customer outreach, profitable gamer-culture on YouTube is on the rise and colleges have eSports teams.

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65 ways equity, edtech, and innovation shone in 2022

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Now that the most urgent phase of the crisis is past, learning technology leaders can assess how to implement technology that both prepares them for the next emergency and better supports students’ everyday learning needs. Programs use data to help identify learning behaviors and styles which provide better results.

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Educators Share How Video Games Can Help Kids Build SEL Skills

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Your self awareness—how you know and understand yourself, your cultural identity and how that drives your understanding of yourself and others is key,” explains Schlinger in an email to EdSurge. Darvasi doesn’t want students to just play the video game and call it a day.

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