12 Games Focused on STEM Learning for K-12 and Preschool Children Win Awards in Annual Serious Play Competition ORLANDO, FL. –-– Twelve games designed to build skills in STEM in K-12 and Preschool students have been cited for excellence in the 2020 International Serious Play Awards Program. These … [Read more...]

Can video games tactfully handle Nazism and its aftermath? These Czech historians say yes. A frail old woman speaks into the camera. The conversation is uncomfortable, awkward even, as she relates the history of your grandfather’s arrest by the Gestapo — until now an event that has been shrouded … [Read more...]

Poland Is First Government Worldwide To Add Video Game To Official School Reading List As Educational Resource ISFE member Spidor, representing the video games industry in Poland, has announced that, from the next academic year 2020/2021, the video game “This War of Mine” will be placed on the … [Read more...]

40+ Resources For Bringing AR/VR To The Classroom Do you work within or interested in the education industry and looking to bring VR/AR to the classroom? In this blog, you’ll find a collection of links to FREE apps plus much more!  Want to download the whole list as a downloadable spreadsheet? … [Read more...]

Edtech is surging, and parents have some notes Parents reflect on the past few months of remote learning Unlike most sectors, EdTech has been booming over the last few months. Flashcards startup Quizlet is now a unicorn, digital textbook company Top Hat is finding unprecedented surges in usage and … [Read more...]

Xprize Connect launches game-making challenge for kids and teens The Xprize nonprofit foundation is announcing Xprize Connect, a new learning initiative in which students will compete to make video games. The first major competition in the Xprize Connect initiative is Code Games: A Global … [Read more...]

QuantumERA’s™ AR360 App is a Time Machine to Battle of Gettysburg Gettysburg: A Nation Divided is ready to transport you to 1863 (GETTYSBURG, PA – May 18, 2020) – Are you ready to travel to 1863 using the latest Augmented Reality technology? Hop aboard as QuantumERA™ transports you back to the … [Read more...]

Coronavirus: Lockdown walk inspired social distancing game An online game aimed at helping children see the importance of social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic has racked up about 10,000 plays in its first two days. Players of Can You Save the World? must keep away from people in a … [Read more...]

LemonadeLXP Offers Learning Experience Platform For Free Ottawa, Canada, April 22 2020 — LemonadeLXP, an award-winning learning experience platform, is offering free three-month access to help companies seamlessly migrate to remote learning in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. “Because of … [Read more...]

Learning with Digital Games: A Guide for Educators and Parents during the COVID-19 Crisis By: Ryan Schaaf   COVID 19 has disrupted the world. The pandemic has crippled world markets, shuttered businesses, and threatened our very lives. Many countries, states, provinces, and cities have … [Read more...]

Making the Grade: Augmented Reality apps to enhance at-home learning One of the tasks in education the iPad enables over a Chromebook is Augmented Reality, and right now is the time for AR apps to shine. With students forced home for the final stretch of the school year, class trips, field trips, … [Read more...]

This Augmented Reality Platform Is Changing How Kids Learn https://youtu.be/tgTbz_bLsUY Seekxr has launched an online augmented reality (AR) platform for Education, Seek Education, to provide teachers with teaching resources to encourage interactive learning. Parker McDonough, Head of Seek … [Read more...]

DreamRider’s at-home learning tool will help kids shape their own future A new Home Edition of the Planet Protector Academy is riding to the rescue of overstressed parents who are looking for creative ways to inspire their children to take care of the planet and each other. The COVID-19 crisis … [Read more...]

Three Flip Studios announced the French,Italian, and Korean editions of Influent now free-to-play LOS ANGELES, CA - April 18, 2020 -- Three Flip Studios announced today via social media that the French,Italian, and Korean editions of critically acclaimed language learning video game, Influent, are … [Read more...]

A German Video Game, Using Swastikas to Remember Nazi Terror After a rule change on World War II-era iconography, Through the Darkest of Times features the symbols in what the makers say is warning for our times. The game’s creators, Jörg Friedrich and Sebastian St. Schulz, said they were … [Read more...]

Loyola Press Offers Free Online Games for Grammar and Vocabulary CHICAGO, Ill, March 2020—Loyola Press, a Chicago-based publisher, is offering access to online vocabulary and grammar games for teachers and students to utilize for at-home learning during the coronavirus pandemic quarantine. The … [Read more...]

Keeping at-home education fun through online, video games WHAT: Parents are facing fluid plans for their child’s education as the large majority of schools in the nation closed into April are facing still-rising coronavirus case numbers. EXPERT: William Watson, an associate professor in learning … [Read more...]