Video Games are Not Heroin….. what the science really tells us
In a New York Times article from back in 2016, we read the headlines “We now know that those iPads, smartphones and Xbox’s are a […]
Why You Need Esports at Your School (And How to Start It)
This last year has seen huge gains for competitive gaming, known as esports, in education. High schools are upgrading gaming clubs into competitive teams and […]
K-12 Esports Are Blowing Up. This CEO Wants to Take Them Offline.
Kerwin Rent of EliteGamingLIVE argues the future of K-12 electronic sports is in face-to-face competitions that leverage student interest in gaming for learning and career […]
Betting on the Future with Virtual Reality
By Cliff Stevenson, Principal Analyst, Talent Management and Workforce Managemen This week I attended Convergence, Cornerstone’s annual user conference. As someone who attends many events of […]
Implementing Gaming System to Reach Effective Corporate Learning
Gamified learning is one of the most effective methods of learning that have cropped up in the digital age. Students learn new things via a […]
Rules for healthy, happy video gamers
We know that video games often get a bad wrap from media, parents and society as a whole as they lament their intrusion into a […]
The Modern Parents Guide to Apex Legends
New kid on the gaming block is Apex Legends. After amassing a huge following in it’s first weeks, it looks set to give the much […]
Join the Educause Games and Learning Book Club Twitter Chat
I serve on the Educause Games & Learning Steering Committee. One of our new activities is to host book clubs on this topic via Twitter. […]
Fortnite, Video Game Popular Among Students, Now Has 200 Million Players
Fortnite, a shooting game popular among younger players, now has 200 million registered players. How is it affecting schools?
Gamification with Narrative- The story behind the content that drives the simulation
Can simulations tell stories? The affirmative answer of yes suggests that gamified simulations built around narrative may be considered an anomaly by some seeing as […]
Collaborative Gaming with Stories
Tapping, swiping. Swiping, tapping. A world where likes, taps and swipes take power over from turning a page, savoring a metaphor, imagining settings and characters. […]
TCEA Responds: Minecraft Licensing
Dear TCEA Responds: In the next few months, our new Windows 10 computers will arrive. Soon, I will teach students game design. I had hoped […]
