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While the world of educational programming and video games is vast, not all offerings are created equal. So how is a parent or teacher to choose? Nadine Levitt, founder of the educational technology ...

Video games have come to be regarded as valuable educational resources. Through a combination of interactive environments and ...

Educational games are a great way to supplement your child’s learning, especially when they feature familiar characters and fun activities. Make the most of screen time at home with these free ...

Learning at home doesn't have to be stressful or boring (at least not all the time!). Depending on how old your child is, they'll likely have schoolwork to complete while at home, but if you want to ...

Math video games can enhance students’ motivation to learn, but it may depend on how students play, researchers have found in a study of middle-schoolers. Math video games can enhance students' ...

One of the most frequent challenges at the forefront of most stories I write about educational games is how to balance fun and engagement with instructional content and learning, or in other words, ...

When teachers used digital educational games in the classroom, students raised test scores by more than half a letter grade in only three weeks, according to a study from researchers at Vanderbilt ...

Marianne Malmstrom has been using video games in the classroom for over eight years. She recently completed a 3-month professional development tour of New Zealand focused on investigating successful ...

When learning starts to feel like play, education stops preparing kids for the future and begins letting them ...

Still, even if "edutainment" was a Trojan horse of math and history lessons dressed up in blocky '90s graphics, there's no denying we spent hours on that Oregon trail or trying to find Carmen Sandiego ...