Board games can provide both a fun and effective way to teach about science. The Purdue College of Science K-12 Outreach team has researched a variety of games to help teach content, understanding, ...

A classic follow-the-leader game can work for all kinds of classroom management tasks—from arrivals to transitions to cleanup ...

Rick Brennan and Jason Darnell, social studies teachers in Houston, created Historia so that students would take an active role in learning ...

Minecraft is officially the most played video game in history. Despite been 12 years old, the public does not seem to have lost interest: over 175 million people play Minecraft at least once a ...

If you’ve been inside a classroom in the past 40 years, you have probably experienced a version of the Good Behavior Game. Although instructors have likely used similar methods since the dawn of ...

Rather than masking learning, educational games allow kids to embrace learning and feel proud for tackling challenging, yet achievable obstacles. Engaging kids using educational games in the classroom ...

As Southern Methodist U. graduates its first class of video-game creators, similar courses flourish elsewhere despite skepticism among the pros Article: Programs and Courses in Video-Game Design ...

VideoAround a billion and a half people all play video games of some sort. That’s more than 20% of the world’s population. Video games have become a part of life. They are now more than just ...

Games are being used much more widely in schools than they were when I first started writing about them 2 or 3 years ago. As of fall 2013, 74% of K-8 teachers were using digital games. 55% of ...