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Mining a New Way to Learn

Who would have thought that a game with 1980s-style graphics, with zero marketing dollars and with only a nine person team behind it would capture the minds of millions of youth? Minecraft, a sort of building block virtual world, is now being extended into the education realm through the work of MinecraftEdu. MinecraftEdu is tailored […]

Games as Teaching Tools

Leveraging the time children spend on games to create educational experiences is one of the conclusions of the 2009 Game Changer Report from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center.   This report combines results of interviews with experts and analyzes the literature on the topic of gaming in education.  It suggests that, “Digital games offer a […]