Gaming
10 Ways Game-Based Learning Can Enhance Your Curriculum
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Have you been wanting to try out game-based learning in your classroom? Here are ten ways games can enhance your curriculum and help students meet standards:
1. Make repetition more engaging (and e...
Learning With Games at #GLS11
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BrainPOP staffer Allison Mishkin recently attended the GLS conference and is sharing the learning with us here on the blog today. Thanks, Allison!
The 11th annual Games+Learning+Society Conference ...
Research Shows the Power of Game-Based Learning
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Our GameUp partner, EdGe at TERC is passionate about game-based learning! They're a team of designers, educators, and researchers working together to study how game-based learning can be measured and...
New on GameUp: Slice Fractions
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Our newest partner on GameUp is Ululab, and they're bringing a fantastic new game!
Check out Slice Fractions, a math game that helps students master the concept of fractions. Players must guide a w...
Using Games for Formative Assessment: The A-Games Project
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We’re thrilled to be able to tell you about the A-Games Project, a newly published study that looks at the use of digital learning games for formative assessment. This project, funded by the Bill and ...
You’re (Re)invited to a Game Play Great Talks
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Our original January event has been rescheduled due to inclement weather. Join us at BrainPOP headquarters on Thursday, February 26th, from 6:30-8:30 pm as Jessica Millstone shares how...
You’re Invited: Sparking Change Through Game Play
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Join us at BrainPOP headquarters on Monday, January 26th, from 6-8 pm as Jessica Millstone shares how gaming can impact social change!
Facing History and Ourselves in New York will ...
BrainPOP & Game Developers: Changing the Way Kids Learn
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BrainPOP & Game Developers play nicely together, which is why the concepts of feedback and partnership are at the core of GameUp, BrainPOP's learning games portal. By definition, GameUp is a place...
Using Games in the Classroom
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Katrina Schwartz's blog post for MindShift on November 24, 2014 entitled, "Some Struggles Teachers Face Using Games in the Classroom" brings to light the many barriers to implementing game-based lear...
Serious Games into the K-16 Classroom with Victoria Van Voorhis
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In this video talk with Victoria Van Voorhis of Rochester discusses the challenges in taking serious games and interactive media from the margins to the mainstream across the K-16 spectrum. Her essent...
