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PAX Prime 2014 – Gaming in the Classroom: How Games Can Improve Our Schools
Games have the power to drastically improve schools and classrooms. Games of all sorts—board, card, role-playing, video, and beyond—can enhance student engagement, heighten learning, and increase...
PAX Dev 2014 – You Have Died of Dysentery: Games in Education Are Still Alive
In the early nineties, traditional educational games such as Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego and Oregon Trail pioneered the way for learning to be fun (and taught us that you can only carry 200...
PAX East 2014 – Educational Video Gaming for the Millennial Generation
Let’s talk seriously about video games in the classroom beyond gamification. Hospital teacher Erin Ryan will focus on defeating common stereotypes against educational gaming in the pursuit of...