News The Best Interviews of 2014 Over the course of 2014, the Pixelkin staff has had the honor of meeting with a…Editorial StaffDecember 29, 2014
News Third Grader Inspires Us To Take a Second Look at Games in the Classroom Individualization, Failure, and Fun: Changing the Way We Educate Students (by Cordell Steiner, October 15,…Keezy YoungNovember 21, 2014
Opinion Top 5 Smart Toys for 2014 Holiday Giving What’s a smart toy? It’s a toy that's made intelligent by electronics—like on-board computer chips, robotics, sensors, or speech…Linda BrenemanNovember 18, 2014
NewsTips for Parents Tablets in the Classroom: Friend or Foe? School districts across the nation are passing resolutions and funding to add tablets, such as…Nicole TannerNovember 7, 2014
Reviews [Review] Pokémon Art Academy Pokémon Art Academy isn't a game in the strictest sense. It's more like a digitized drawing…Keezy YoungOctober 28, 2014
Reviews [Review] Project Spark Project Spark isn’t a video game. It’s an environment and an elaborate toolset for making…Linda BrenemanOctober 20, 2014
News [VIDEO] Teaching With Portals? You Bet. Josh Weier Explains How Portal Can Help Kids Learn. Do you know how to think with Portals? Valve, the makers of Portal and Portal…Simone de RochefortSeptember 19, 2014
Opinion Parents Who Hate On Technology in the Classroom Are Wrong Not long ago I spoke to a really angry mom at a business networking event.…Linda BrenemanSeptember 5, 2014
News The 8 Best Family-Gaming Panels We Attended at PAX The Pixelkin Staff spent the weekend at PAX Prime looking at games and attending panels…Editorial StaffSeptember 3, 2014
News The 6 Best Educational Games We Saw at PAX The Pixelkin Staff spent the weekend at PAX Prime looking at games and attending panels…Editorial StaffSeptember 2, 2014
Tips for Parents Libraries Aren’t Just for Books Anymore Most of us grew up with the notion that libraries are a place for books…Keezy YoungAugust 18, 2014
Reviews [Review] Valiant Hearts: The Great War Puts Us In Touch With the Human Side of History One hundred years after the start of World War I, I finished Valiant Hearts: The Great…Keezy YoungAugust 4, 2014