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Coding, Creativity and the New Digital Fluency

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By positioning code as a creative tool, educators can tap into students' intrinsic motivation while simultaneously building computational thinking skills. Aligning learning with students' interests, like game design, boosts engagement and motivation.

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The critical link between scholastic esports and career pathways education

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I was prepared to talk about the connections to STEM learning, the opportunity to engage otherwise disengaged students, the inclusive nature of gaming, the research behind gamification and game-based learning, and more. . After all, everyone loves to play!

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I gamified my classroom and students are soaring

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An average child today will have played 10,000 hours of video games before the age of 21. If playing games is part of our culture, even part of our identities, then it stands to reason that students can be highly motivated by game-based learning opportunities. So what if we make classrooms the game?

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How Gaming Creates Opportunities for Learning That Endures

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Mimi Ito is a cultural anthropologist and learning scientist at UC Irvine. If you can embed skill development within a genuinely motivating social set of rewards, learning is deeper and more enduring. Recently, we were fortunate to speak with her at length on the topic of game-based learning.

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The future of learning spaces is open ended

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It’s an exploration space, ideal for mobile learning, embodied learning, floor simulations and game-based learning where students freely explore a variety of content domains by interacting in virtual environments and one another. Expression and collaborative interaction is championed in this learning environment.

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How One District Takes STEM Learning to the Next Level

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Selecting a collaborative and nonviolent platform for introducing esports into the curriculum can stimulate creativity and teamwork among students, as evidenced by our choice to employ game-based learning tools for creative competitions.

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5 Ways Video Games Transform Learning and Prepare Students for Tomorrow's Jobs

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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. Here are some key insights we’ve gathered about the ways video games foster learning: 1.