Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesConsumer and Education: 4 Robots That Engage Students in STEM | Robotics Trends “Robots can capture a child’s imagination like no other tool by creating a fun, physical learning process. With robots, kids learn programming via interactive play by moving … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesEducation Through Play: How Games Can Help Children Learn ” inShare14 Can games serve as a vehicle for education? What can, for example, the anti-pig fury of Angry Birds’avian avengers teach players about the laws of physics? What we know … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesGamifying the classroom is a bad idea | Al Jazeera America “ I was part of a generation of children who learned about dysentery through a video game. Every week, I sat in front of a bay of Apple II … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesInventor to Schools: ‘Let Kids Fail!’ | MindShift “We’ve heard the importance of failure and experimentation in learning. In this excellent interview on Science Friday, inventor James Dyson speaks about his direct experience with failures and schools’ need to accommodate … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutes BBC News – Internet Archive puts classic 70s and 80s games Classic video games from the 1970s and 1980s have been put online by the Internet Archive and can be played within a web browser for nothing. The collection … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom the article: Videogames have got a bad rap over the years. Linked with violence, isolation, sedentary and antisocial behavior – if you believe some of the more hysterical media sources, videogames are symbolic of everything that’s wrong with young … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteCan Digital Games Boost Students’ Test Scores? | MindShift. I’m always being asked for references to sources that “prove” games are useful. Well, here’s one: A new SRI study released today suggests they do — at least in the subjects … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteTHIS: They’re playing in the comment section of a website about video games: That’s three levels of virtual world created only to entertain them. 5 Gamer Comments That Give Straight White Guys a Bad Name | Cracked.com. This is brilliant. … Continue reading