News Educational Game Devs Struggle for Traction in the U.S. The website Gamesandlearning.org just published a report by Sande Chen, a serious-games consultant and author.…Linda BrenemanNovember 24, 2015
News Microsoft & Code.org Announce Minecraft Hour of Code There's a new Minecraft tutorial available for this year's Hour of Code. Code.org's Hour of Code is "a one-hour introduction…Linda BrenemanNovember 16, 2015
MobileReviews Mensa Brain Training Review: Not Much Fun Mensa Brain Training is an app "accredited" by the Mensa organization and developed by Barnstorm…Linda BrenemanNovember 9, 2015
News U.K. Students Create MolCraft, a Minecraft World That Teaches Biochemistry In the U.K., students at The University of Hull have created a Minecraft world that…Linda BrenemanNovember 9, 2015
News Lightneer Launches as Angry Birds Cuts Its Education Division “The world caught us off-guard,” says the website of game startup Lightneer. Lightneer is the…Linda BrenemanNovember 9, 2015
MobileReviews Land of Venn – Numeric Storms Review Last week I reviewed The Land of Venn - Geometric Defense. This week I tried…Linda BrenemanNovember 4, 2015
MobileReviews The Land of Venn – Geometric Defense Review Here's the problem with educational games: if they're educational they're not fun, and if they're fun they're not educational. Few games…Linda BrenemanOctober 28, 2015
Feature 8 Ways To Justify Letting Your Kids Play Video Games When you become a parent, you have to get used to being judged. You'll be judged by…Linda BrenemanSeptember 20, 2015
News More of What Teachers Need to Know About the Eco Game I saw the Eco game at PAX Prime 2015, and I really liked it. It's…Linda BrenemanSeptember 8, 2015
News Eco Aims To Be an Educational High-Stakes Society Simulator Eco looks a lot like Minecraft—the first person viewpoint, the blocky landscape, and tools such…Linda BrenemanAugust 30, 2015
News Evergreen Game Calms While Teaching Natural History Evergreen looks simple at first. Beautiful music plays and you begin by drawing a tree—growing branches,…Linda BrenemanAugust 29, 2015
News LeapFrog Releases LeapFrog Epic Tablet, a Tablet Just for Kids LeapFrog is releasing a new tablet for kids, called the LeapFrog Epic tablet. Its design…Keezy YoungAugust 24, 2015