eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Maker High offers an immersive learning experience hosted on Roblox for educators to teach chemistry in middle and high school classrooms. Maker High is a new experience on Roblox from the award-winning GoldieBlox team that leverages the power of gamified learning to deeply engage learners in chemistry.

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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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AUGUST 9, 2019

High school English teacher John Fallon is what you might call an early adopter. His tech of choice: video games—specifically narrative-based digital games that engage students by engrossing them in a story. Exploring New Worlds Narrative digital games aren’t just for high school students.

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JUNE 10, 2019

The news came as a surprise to educational game developers and researchers, many of whom credit the Institute of Play for supporting and growing the game-based learning industry. Among the institute’s first project was designing and implementing a new public middle and high school in New York City.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2025

I hosted multiple games from the same question set, and the variety kept students excited throughout. Blooket even provides a helpful preview for each game mode, suggesting the difficulty, time length, and required skills. Some even created their own Connection sets, adding another layer of engagement.

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JUNE 21, 2022

Schools have begun to recognize the value of esports, with more than 8,600 US high schools having started video-gaming teams since 2018. Players must program a backend strategy and use their coding and problem-solving skills to outsmart competitors. It’s as much game development as it is gameplay.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Just last year, former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe said the demand for highly skilled workers in the state far outweighed the number of qualified candidates, with “36,000 cyber jobs” needing to be filled. We have a tight relationship with the business community here and those are the skills businesses want students to have.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Our small community hosts the National Blueberry Festival every year and countless high school students work the local u-pick blueberry fields. In iCreate, students develop problem-solving skills through engineering challenges, collaborative inquiry projects, and media creation.

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MAY 15, 2024

Inclusive STEM programs widen job opportunities for the growing technology sector, support students in building digital literacy skills and empower young people to become creators — not just consumers — of technology. As the demand for digital skills grows, schools must develop inclusive programs to engage diverse learners.

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MARCH 18, 2024

In this pursuit, the Reinvent the Classroom initiative, a collaborative effort led by Digital Promise in partnership with HP, Microsoft and Intel, serves as an exemplar for leveraging game-based learning for inclusive instructional practices. The first experience featured an action-packed and timing-focused game.

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MAY 22, 2017

In Thomas County, Georgia, students who have struggled in the mainstream have found a home in Bishop Hall Charter School. At Bishop Hall, students master skills at their own speed. Principal Chris Huckans believes that competency-based education (CBE) is one of the keys to the school’s success.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

Also, just this month, Verizon made headlines with its launch of the first ever Scholastic High School Esports League. Partnering with the nonprofit games for Change, Verizon is bringing professional level coaching and resources right into high school classrooms.

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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. CoCo is also a gateway, she claims, to teach communication skills, like how to disagree respectfully. This kind of collaboration doesn’t exist in Scratch or Code.org.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Here’s what they had to say: The demand for online learning will continue to grow in 2022 and possibly lead to the creation of virtual schools, which would introduce new AR and VR learning processes. This will inevitably result in increased comprehension and productivity in student learning. Founding President, Dasaran.

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APRIL 22, 2019

Imagine learning math and science from the perspective of a middle or high school student. Over the last few decades, research in educational psychology has shown that play, in particular, is how children develop the cognitive, social and communication skills needed to succeed in life.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 30, 2016

CodeCombat has added major new capabilities including Game Development and Web Development, and quadrupled the number of levels available to users of its original Learn to Code module, giving students plenty of runway to keep enhancing their coding skills. years for elementary school, 1.5

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

You may have seen the photos of stadiums packed to the gills with crazed fans or photos of young high school- and college-aged players hoisting sparkling trophies high into the air as they pull in million-dollar prize purses. There are now over 115 colleges and universities offering scholarships.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

From high school valedictorian to game company CEO to computer science instructor, all I really needed to know, I’ve learned from video games. Final Fantasy Min-maxing is a resource-management term used often in terms of gaming strategy. This process is known as grinding.

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MAY 21, 2020

As the world has come to accept that being a professional competitive gamer is a legitimate career path and an achievable goal for anyone, young gamers are starting to hone their skills in high school and college with ProGuides helping them along the way. Those same skills translate directly back to their school work.

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JUNE 18, 2018

With the advent of each new technology—like AI, automation, VR/AR, and nanotechnology—comes economic shifts that demand different skills from employees and creates new challenges for both employers and educators. Incorporating gaming into education doesn’t necessarily mean more screen time.

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AUGUST 27, 2019

Sara Rowe and Lennelle Gilpin, who teach middle school geography in Wentzville, Mo., Michael Milton, a high school history teacher in Burlington, Mass., recalls a childhood love of mystery novels, piecing together clues and what we might call today active learning. Physical geography is important,” Keller says.

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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. It includes click-to-choose choices as well as games. landform or landmark exists.

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JANUARY 10, 2018

Math games have grown by leaps in the past six years. Among those at this year’s Expo: Researchers at the University of Oregon showed off Numbershire and KinderTek , two math games for young children that teach foundational skills with illustrations and evidence-based practices.

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APRIL 4, 2019

If you’re looking for meaningful lessons to wrap up your school year, here are my top picks: Digital Passport. Applied Digital Skills. Common Sense Media’s award-winning Digital Passport is the gold-standard in teaching digital citizenship to grades 3-5 (or Middle School). Applied Digital Skills. Cool book reports.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The game naturally fosters collaboration and problem-solving, skills that can be difficult for these students to practice in traditional academic settings. When you stop to think about it, it’s pretty amazing how many educational goals the game can help students attempt to achieve. That’s where D&D comes in.

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