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How Gamification Uncovers Nuance In The Learning Process

Teach Thought

JULY 10, 2025

Share a pic or an update and watch the ‘likes’ roll in, each one like a point in a game. See also The Difference Between Gamification And Game-Based Learning Misunderstanding Gamification The current issue around the idea is less about definition and more about tone. Academic) A good grade?

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3 ways educators leverage gamification strategies

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Beran uses tools including Raz Kids , Dreamscapes , Prodigy English , and IXL language arts for English/language arts gamification, and uses Prodigy Math , Math Playground , Pet Bingo , Sushi Monster , and IXL math for gamifying math. Discover how she integrates these gamified tools into her classroom.

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5 ways to engage your students with Minecraft

eSchool News

JUNE 1, 2022

While there are many tools and resources available to educators to support their efforts to create dynamic digital learning environments, one of the newest and most engaging is Minecraft Education Edition (M:EE). Popular among students (and teachers!), Best of all, you don’t even need to be a Minecraft expert to get started!

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Leveling Up Language Learners’ 21st-Century Skills with Minecraft

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

How could a game featuring so little language drive this much language learning? In addition to the language generated by the students themselves in their projects, I found that a huge amount of English was being generated as students shared tips, accessed online guides and built a common understanding.

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How Research-Informed Games May Result in Deep Learning Experiences

Edsurge

MAY 10, 2021

Games can be particularly effective for engaging learners, promoting active participation and motivating students, both in and outside of the classroom. But for SplashLearn CEO Arpit Jain, it is important to make a distinction between gamification and game-based learning (GBL).

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How to Transform Lessons Into Adventures

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2024

Imagine a classroom with students deeply engaged in their lessons, eagerly solving math problems and exploring English skills through fun digital games. Their excitement is evident as they face challenges and earn rewards, turning traditional learning into an adventure. The key is intentionality.

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Amplify’s Games Find a New Home in Touch Press

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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A Decade Into Experiments With Gamification, Edtech Rethinks How to Motivate Learners

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

The platform comes from the same stables — of MIT Media Lab — as Scratch, the free-to-use, ubiquitous coding language popular with young people from across the world. Shoelace doesn’t want to “trick” kids into learning, an act Dexter likens to feeding them chocolate-covered broccoli.

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Coding in the Classroom: Six Tips to Get Even Reluctant Teachers—and Students—Started

Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2017

When Williams started programming in her classroom with Vidcode , she had an English language learner (ELL) who knew very little English. Roadblock: Only some of my students will be interested in programming.

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65 ways equity, edtech, and innovation shone in 2022

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

As these tools become more integrated into the classroom, teachers will want to ensure that all students, including those with disabilities or language barriers, are being supported. Literacy and Curriculum, Certified Academic Language Therapist C.A.L.T Literacy and Curriculum, Certified Academic Language Therapist C.A.L.T

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Games Can Breed Uncivil Behavior. They Can Also Teach Digital Citizenship.

Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2019

In the past, where digital citizenship and online games most often intersected was in the realm of communication—namely, norms around respectful language and dialogue that are aligned with the ethical and moral standards that someone would have for face-to-face conversations.

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Zap Zap Kindergarten Math–Clever, Engaging Early Math Lessons

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 7, 2017

The game runs just as well offline as connected. Coming soon: voice-overs in 8 languages including French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, and UK English. Once students are used to the game’s worlds and their ecosystems, play becomes intuitive. Things you should know.

Math

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What’s a Digipuzzle?

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Netherlands-based Digipuzzle is an online educational resource that offers hundreds of G-rated learning games for younger audiences, many in both Spanish and English. Topics include math, animals, typing, geography, spelling, letter recognition, holidays, seasons, dinosaurs, USA, other games, and more.

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With Eyes on Asia, Kidaptive Raises $19.1M to Grow Its ‘Invisible’ Adaptive Learning Platform

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Kidaptive first entered the edtech market in 2012 with Leo’s Pad, a game-based learning app that offered mini-games and puzzles to assess cognitive skills in young children. In 2015, Kidaptive acquired Hodoo English, a language-learning company, in a deal that established Kidadaptive’s Korea headquarter.

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How this educator integrates Dungeons & Dragons into the curriculum

eSchool News

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Fast-forward to 2024, marking the game’s 50th anniversary. I’m now an English teacher and case manager at NewHope Academy in Arlington Heights, Illinois, where we integrate Dungeons & Dragons into our curriculum. They even joined a support group for parents of kids who played D&D!

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Age of Learning’s Latest Is a $100 Million Educational Game

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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With Eyes on Asia, Kidaptive Raises $19.1M to Grow Its ‘Invisible’ Adaptive Learning Platform

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