article thumbnail

Game-Based Learning Is Changing How We Teach. Here's Why.

Edsurge

I have to do a lot of the same strategic thinking that I enjoyed doing in that game.” He also ponders whether games can both teach and measure 21st-century skills, considers the barriers to a broader use of GBL in schools and discusses the not-so-mysterious motivational power of Pokemon. “Now I run a 40-person ‘empire’ at Filament.

article thumbnail

Epic Guide To Game Based Learning

The CoolCatTeacher

100+ Game Based Learning Resources to Get Started in Your Classroom From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Games are fun. Game based learning excites learning in my classroom. Game Based Learning in My Classroom. By Jennifer Roland.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The New Revenue Source Catching on with Game-Based Learning: Mom and Dad

Edsurge

When Julia Rivard Dexter first launched her game-based learning startup, Squiggle Park , she was hoping to reverse declining literacy rates by creating games that were so fun and engaging kids would want to play in their free time.

article thumbnail

Robots and Related Tech Play a Role in Advancing Curricula

EdTech Magazine

By Eric Walter Some experts look to AI and robotics as the teaching tools of the future.

Robotics 348
article thumbnail

The Impact of Inclusive STEM Education

Edsurge

Research formality ranges from classroom-based informal needs assessment and feedback regarding professional learning to high-level National Science Foundation-funded studies. Iterate on what works and learn from what doesn’t.

STEM 179
article thumbnail

6 Digital tools that encourage computational thinking

Neo LMS

This framework focuses on turning students from consumers to content creators through game-based learning and computational thinking (CT) skills while developing their critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Students learn to read, modify and write scripts in JavaScript, Python, HTML, CSS, Java, and more.

Tools 366
article thumbnail

Robots That Teach: Using Sphero in Class

EdTech Magazine

By Sam Patterson The company that inspired Star Wars' BB-8 droid has already won the hearts and minds of K–12 students with a similar ball-shaped robot namedSphero.

Robotics 150