“Classroom teachers are using more computer games in the classroom, and a UW researcher is working on ways to make games more effective at teaching math.”
via Computer games + math = fun and learning in schools | Local News | The Seattle Times.
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Gaming Scholarships for Students
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and Leaders on Fast Track (LOFT) are sponsoring a national fellowship to encourage minority youth to develop video games as a platform for social change. The program is accepting 20 youth inventors, between the ages of 16-24. Games will be designed to addresses a social issues. Applications are due October 1, 2013.
Game on? The use of gamification in e-learning.
“Many HR and L&D professionals face the problem of ensuring that their training and learning programmes maintain learner engagement and motivation. Gamification has been regularly recognised as an opportunity to help solve this problem….”
Game on? The use of gamification in e-learning. | TrainingZone.co.uk.
