eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2022

San Francisco, CA, 22 June 2022: SplashLearn, the game-based learning program used by millions of students, announced the winners of its massively popular annual competition – the SpringBoard Math Challenge. SplashLearn would like to congratulate each and every school, teacher, and student who participated in the competition.

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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. Educators have long used games to promote learning and deepen student understanding of subject matter. Arpit Jain This was the impetus for SplashLearn.

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2023

The benefits of esports make a compelling case for creating a program: Research shows that students who participate in scholastic esports experience social and emotional benefits, increased academic achievement, and higher graduation rates.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Recently, we were fortunate to speak with her at length on the topic of game-based learning. Here, she comments on the history of gaming in education, its limitations and its potential—when done well—as a conduit for deep connections with learners. EdSurge: How have you seen the field of game-based learning evolve?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2023

This will include the addition of modular pieces, tech-enabled learning areas, and a variety of different seating options to ensure student comfort and encourage movement. In the past several years, schools have also seen an increase in esports team participation. In other applications, AR, VR, and AI will be used directly by students.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Accel, who earlier invested $7 million in Series B, also participated in this round. SplashLearn is a game-based learning program that intelligently adapts to each child’s learning ability and helps them master skills at their own pace. “We SplashLearn was incorporated in 2010. About SplashLearn.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Below are three key components to successful game-based learning: 1. Mastery is a key component of measuring what a student has, in fact, learned. Now, take an experiential learning game. Next page: 2 more components to successful game-based learning). Mastery: What Level is Acceptable?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 2023

This will include the addition of modular pieces, tech-enabled learning areas, and a variety of different seating options to ensure student comfort and encourage movement. In the past several years, schools have also seen an increase in esports team participation. In other applications, AR, VR, and AI will be used directly by students.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2024

As a result, more students have opportunities to participate in innovative local programs aligned to Tennessees highest-demand skills and careers. With a focus on Kindergarten to Career the company offers CoderZ, a fun and equitable gamified and game-based learning experience to Industry 4.0 education for CTE.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2018

These types of educational scavenger hunts are trending as participants must work together to solve a variety of clues to open the Breakout EDU strongbox. Today’s technology-rich classrooms are clawing to get at the latest game-based learning tools and digital applications.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 2022

A significant body of research has found that students who participate in scholastic esports programs benefit from increased emotional regulation, academic achievement, and graduation rates. These benefits only scratch the surface of the positive consequences for students participating in scholastic esports.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2025

“Games are among childrens favorite activities, especially for primary school students. “Empirical research has shown that students in gamified classrooms tend to participate more actively in lessons, leading to improved academic performance and retention of knowledge” (Dehghanzadeh et al.,

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eSchool News

APRIL 17, 2025

Monster Quiz and Team Quiz : Game-based activities that foster collaboration and competition as students work in teams to answer questions on their devices. Game Show : A front-of-class experience that turns quizzes into an interactive game show, perfect for review sessions and whole-class participation.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2016

New online professional development course focuses on increasing student achievement through engagement with game-based learning. The online professional development course focuses on helping teachers incorporate educational video games and applying game-based learning techniques in the classroom.

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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2016

The explosion in teacher interest and usage of videos and game-based learning could be a harbinger of a new awakening for digital learning.”. Five out of 10 administrators in the survey said implementing digital content resources such as videos, simulations, and animations was already producing positive student outcomes.

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eSchool News

MAY 10, 2023

Everyone loves games, and competition motivates people to perform their best. So, by adding gamification elements during teaching sessions, schools can significantly increase their participation and engagement levels. In addition, gamification can improve student skills such as active learning, problem-solving, and critical thinking.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 6, 2025

Seventy-three percent of participants showed improvement in key areas, such as phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. When we asked students about their favorite part of the summer reading camp, the majority told us it was the gamified learning program, said NCVA Principal Kelly Shanahan.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) started collaborating on game-based learning (GBL) in developmental math and writing instruction in the mid-2000s, they had no idea what they were setting in motion. The CGN also has hosted three increasingly well-attended conferences, called the CUNY Games Festival.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2019

and London-based nonprofit Onebillion. Kitkit offers a game-based learning program on tablets to help children learn independently. The app offers a library of books and videos and 2,400 learning activities across 22 sessions covering math and reading. Each of them received $1 million.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2024

Here are just a few ideas that have helped me incorporate fun and curiosity into my students’ lessons: Gamification: Gamification is when educators use game mechanics in non-gaming situations to improve student engagement and encourage greater participation.

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Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2024

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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eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

In a recent Oddcast survey of teachers who have used Voki in the classroom, teachers pointed to the importance of using Voki, with 71 percent saying that using Voki “excites students making them more apt to learn.” Voki allows my students to demonstrate their learning in a unique and meaningful way.” and around the world.

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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. The beta test includes 350 students from five higher-education institutions who have installed and registered the At Play in the Cosmos game app.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2021

The publicly traded, game-based learning company announced Thursday that it was acquiring Clever, a digital learning platform used widely among K-12 schools in the U.S. The Oslo-based company has a large global presence already, with 1.6 Kahoot, it seems, is just heating up.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Challenge encourages game-based learning to help kids learn to have fun with math. If they build it, they will learn from it. That’s the idea behind the national K-12 Game-a-thon, which invites students to let their imaginations and problem solving run wild as they design, build and share their own math games.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2022

Early stage edtechs are also participating in the AWS EdStart program, the AWS edtech virtual startup accelerator, designed to help entrepreneurs build the next generation of online learning, analytics and campus management solutions on the AWS Cloud.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

CoCo follows a “knobs over switches” philosophy, where a user can either participate in another user’s project, just watch or create their own thing. Getting the Motivation Right CoCo’s tactics for keeping participants motivated are centered around the appeal of co-creation.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

Schools that embrace eSports are starting to see changes in student engagement and participation. Partnering with the nonprofit games for Change, Verizon is bringing professional level coaching and resources right into high school classrooms. Number two, select a game. It’s clear that Esports is more than just a game.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2017

Upgrades also include Smarty Ants Español, a program designed to help K-2 Spanish-speaking students learn how to read in Spanish. the game-based learning platform, is going mobile. Speaking about Participate, Bellow told EdSurge, “I could think of no better team to oversee and build out the future of eduClipper.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

It’s one thing when master teachers successfully implement learning games in a carefully controlled research study. But engaging students through game-based learning (GBL) means little unless the games are easy to implement and effective where they matter most—in the classroom. Sums up Vanderbilt’s Dr.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Innovations in Games-Based Learning video series. We are also launching our learning innovation design center this fall with state-of-the-art facilities to explore VR/AR, makerspaces, green screen and video production, personalized learning zones, brainstorming hubs, live streaming and more. UNC MEITE website.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Some universities participate in league-wide scholarship tournaments, like the Georgia Esports League , comprised of varsity college teams from around the state. The sudden popularity of the game Overwatch allowed Stephen’s College to more deeply participate in the world of academic esports.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

In fact, research shows that 80 percent of esports teams are comprised of students who have never before participated in extracurricular activities. Much like participation in an athletic team, esports players learn how to work together as an effective team by communicating and collaborating with each other.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2019

Minecraft Item Labels One of the major benefits of the game, specifically for children with autism, comes with communication. Chat features are enabled with speech-to-text functionality, which lets struggling readers and writers plan and participate with the community at their own pace without the pressure of a face-to-face conversation.

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Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2018

Even with an idea, the duo was still missing a crucial skill set in the game development: programming. So the team turned to the Drexel’s cooperative-education program, which requires undergraduate students participate in a professional learning experience before graduating.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

We caught up with Gee to learn about what games he’s currently playing, what he’s learning, why he doesn’t trust people who don’t finish games, and how it feels to be one of the most respected voices in the game-based learning community at the ripe age of 68. I would like to see the same in school.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

When participants were tested on other cognitive abilities, such as working memory and attention, they showed improvements as well, which served as a significant indication that transfer had taken place. And gains weren’t short-lived, but persisted for as long as six months after the training ended.

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