Educational Games
Be an Informed Voter: Cast Your Vote Game
Posted by jglassman on
In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 5-8, students play Cast Your Vote, a game in which they experience the different ways to evaluate candidates running for office, such as political debates, re...
Introducing Yard Games!
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Kids love to play in the Yard! Now they can with our newly expanded collection of Yard Games from our partner, University of Wisconsin’s Field Day Lab.
Yard Games invite students to explore conc...
New on GameUp: Water, Carbon and Nitrogen Cycle Games
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BrainPOP is excited to present three brand new games, from our partner Field Day Lab, featuring the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles!
The Water Cycle Game challenges students to move their water ...
Common Sense Media Launches Their New Game, “Digital Compass”
Posted by cemignano on
We're excited to announce the release of a new educational game, Digital Compass, from our friends at Common Sense Media!
Digital Compass is a choose-your-own-adventure interactive game developed w...
Guest Blogger Matt Farber Reflects on Playtesting Educational Games
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Earlier this week, we shared Steve Isaacs' (@mr_isaacs) reflection on a playtesting session focusing on an educational game that’s currently in development at BrainPOP HQ. Matt Farber (@MatthewFarber)...
Guest Blogger Steve Isaacs Reflects on Playtesting Educational Games with Students
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When creating features, educational games, and other projects at BrainPOP, we strive to incorporate the teacher and student voice in all parts of the process. Recently our User Testing Lead, Katya Hot...
Using Games in the Classroom
Posted by Laura Gatto on
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
Posted by Laura Gatto on
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...
Guide to Digital Games and Learning from MindShift
Posted by Laura Gatto on
The MindShift Guide to Digital Games and Learning started as a series of blog posts written by Jordan Shapiro with support of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop and the Games and...
3 Reasons Classroom, Inc. Loves Partnering with BrainPOP’s GameUp
Posted by SM Bruner on
It's been a true honor for us at BrainPOP to present Classroom, Inc.'s After the Storm: Day One and The Sports Network 2 on GameUp. Not only are the games of the highest quality and incredibly valuabl...
