Game-based learning has become synonymous with educational video games in some circles, but low-tech games have been used with great success in classrooms for a while. In fact, games that don’t ...

I learned quite a bit from a tiny robot named 2-XL. If you’re not an official Old™ like me, you may not remember this kids’ toy, which first appeared in 1978, and was a glorified 8-track cassette ...

Part 9 of MindShift's Guide to Games and Learning. The games-and-learning landscape is changing quickly. What's happening in classrooms now will look very different in a decade, so what really matters ...

Rick Brennan and Jason Darnell, social studies teachers in Houston, created Historia so that students would take an active role in learning About six years ago and six years into a career as a ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What are your favorite classroom games? In Part One, Shannon Jones, Jennifer Bay-Williams, Molly Ness, and Sheniqua Johnson shared their favorites. Today, Jenny Vo, ...

CHENNAI: At least 70% of classroom activities in classes 1 to 3 should involve active student participation, the Tamil Nadu ...

Play has always been central to growing up, – whether it's in the street or on a playing field – or in the structured formality of teachers' quizzes. But while it's tempting to see the gamification of ...

Classroom learning remains a cornerstone of education, fostering a dynamic environment where students engage with peers and instructors in real-time. Within these walls, knowledge transcends textbooks ...

Shawn Young has a class full of warriors, mages, and healers. Warriors get to eat in class, mages can teleport out of a lecture, and healers can ask if an exam answer is correct. But this isn’t some ...

The new question-of-the-week is: Do games have a role in teaching and learning in the classroom? If so, how should they be used? Games are often used in the classroom. However, what makes them ...