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Playing Games in School: When games make a difference in education 23 Aug 2013 | 06:15 pm
EdSurge has assembled a great primer on games and learning Playing Games in School: When games make a difference in education. This online resource takes a high-level look at Games and Learning and f...
Meet the Winners: Lexi Schneider 21 Aug 2013 | 09:31 am
Lexi Schneider is an artist, basketball player, and incredibly curious about the world around her…so curious in fact, that on her first foray into game design, she won the Best Written Middle School G...
SXSWEdu: We Need Your Vote! 19 Aug 2013 | 10:22 pm
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve submitted two panel proposals to SXSWEdu. We’ve lined up some great speakers, and can’t wait to share their insights with you.
Meet the Winners: Kieran Luscombe 13 Aug 2013 | 08:57 pm
Continuing our spotlight on the STEM Challenge Winners, we are pleased to introduce you to Kieran Luscombe, winner of the Gamestar Mechanic High School prize. When presented with a set of tools, Kiera...
New York City Video Game Design Workshops Full of Creative Energy 8 Aug 2013 | 10:26 pm
Now that the 2013 National STEM Video Game Challenge has wrapped up, we are busy analyzing the results of this year’s competition and the activities that surrounded it. One of the areas we’ve been dig...
Meet the Winners: Brad Schmitz 2 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Each week, we are introducing you to a winner of the STEM Challenge. Last week, we profiled Brianna Igbnosun, the Scratch High School Winner, and this week we are thrilled to introduce you to Brad Sch...
Questimate! Makes Learning Estimation Skills Fun 1 Aug 2013 | 08:57 pm
Back in 2010, Motion Math was a finalist in the first Cooney Center Prizes for Mobile Learning. They’ve continued to make some amazing apps since then, including Motion Math Zoom, Motion Math: Hungry ...
Achieving Cognitive Balance 25 Jul 2013 | 07:15 pm
Girls should play more video games. That’s one of the unexpected lessons I take away from a rash of recent studies on the importance of—and the malleability of—spatial skills. First, why spatial skill...
Meet the Winners: Brianna Igbinosun 24 Jul 2013 | 07:55 pm
This is the first installment of a series featuring the winners of the 2013 National STEM Video Game Challenge. Stay tuned for a new profile of each of our student winners each week! We’re not sure if...
Highlights from the IDC 2013 Conference 17 Jul 2013 | 10:18 pm
For four glorious days, industry mingled and held hands with research at the 2013 Interaction Design and Children’s Conference, which took place from June 24-June 27 in New York City. This year, Sesam...
