Family Game Nights Come Alive With Tacto
PlayShifu combines real figurines with digital gameplay to bring alive all-time favoriteboard games & more Cupertino, California (June 1, 2021) ... Read more
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SplashLearn Raises $18 Million in Series C Funding Round From Owl Ventures & Accel
SplashLearn, the US-headquartered learning company began 2021 on a high note raising $18 million in Series C funding round led ... Read more
Super Duper’s Jeepers Peepers Game Wins 2020 NAPPA Award
Super Duper Publications’ Jeepers Peepers The “Ask and Answer” Question Game has earned a 2020 National Parenting Product Award (NAPPA). ... Read more
Schell Games’ Virtual Reality Educational Tool HistoryMaker VR Now Available For Free
With a majority of schools participating in distance learning this year, Schell Games announced its virtual reality education tool HistoryMaker ... Read more
Super Duper Digital Library is selected as a Winner by Two Prestigious Family Awards Programs
The Super Duper Digital Library, a collection of hundreds of online cards, games, and worksheets to support reading and literacy ... Read more
Super Duper Publications Provides Unique Educational Materials for PreK-5 Distance Learning and Teletherapy
Distance learning has become a staple of our current educational system. With the launching of its new Digital Library, which ... Read more
What you need to start an esports program
Esports is seeing phenomenal growth, with the worldwide market expected to reach $2.2 billion by 2023. There are professional esports leagues for popular video games such as Overwatch,…
6 steps to help children find purpose and resilience from home
Some days are great. Others are hard. More than two months into stay-at-home orders, parents and kids are getting used to the concept of learning from home via…
Online learning for special education
Vizzle is an online learning solution that keeps students with special needs on track with teachers and parents able to ... Read more
Georgia Power Learning Power Mobile App
While parents, teachers and students alike are managing new ways of learning during school closures and “stay-at-home” orders, the Georgia ... Read more
Complete web-based math curriculum
Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) is offering one free month or a $15 discount on a yearly subscription to Beast ... Read more
Free Math Program for iOS and Android
In response to the demand for learning at home, Bedtime Math has taken their research-proven after-school math club activities and ... Read more
Teachers: Empower your students and help them prepare for the future
Here are some of eSN’s most popular articles for teachers over the past month: 1. 10 things I do to ... Read more
Why I use student-driven ideas in my curriculum
You might think that teaching a high school programming course in which students are asked to code simple games and interactive websites would be motivating and exciting, but…
4 ways I make learning fun in the classroom
As a middle school Spanish teacher, my #1 goal is to have my students fall in love with learning a language the way I did in middle school.
I gamified my classroom and students are soaring
An average child today will have played 10,000 hours of video games before the age of 21. If playing games is part of our culture, even part of…
10 conversations about digital equity
Educators universally agree that equity should be one of the top priorities in every school and in every district across the country. Addressing equity issues is more difficult…
Can creativity be taught?
I recently attended a conference and enjoyed the sessions and topics ranging from professional-development strategies to the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI). Like everyone else, I am eager…
Video of the Week: 3 tips for great formative assessment
Ed. note: Video of the Week picks are supplied by the editors of Common Sense Education, which helps educators find the best ed-tech ... Read more
Students discover the power of coding
Got Code? This week students across the Rowland Unified School District, along with their families, are continuing their exploration of computer coding and programming by participating in Computer…
12 ed-tech tools to try this term
The school year is in full swing, so it’s time to kick things into high gear and push learning to ... Read more
The Friday 4: Your weekly ed-tech rewind
Every Friday, I’ll recap some of the most interesting news and thought-provoking developments from the past week. I can’t fit all of this week's news stories here, though,…
CodeCombat adds game, web development to coding platform
CodeCombat, which offers an engaging platform for helping kids learn computer science (CS), has significantly enhanced its platform in time ... Read more
Cricket Media, Smithsonian launch 2016 Global Folklorist Challenge
Cricket Media, a next-generation global learning company, announced the launch of its 3rd Annual Global Folklorist Challenge in partnership with ... Read more
Panasonic showcases the power of K-12 interactive displays
Panasonic, provider of professional display solutions for education, demonstrated its BF1 display technology at ISTE 2016. The ISTE booth featured the new refined BF1 Series Multi-Touch Screen Display,…
EXO U to launch visual creation, collaboration tool at ISTE
At ISTE 2016, EXO U Inc., a software development company, will launch Ormiboard, a front-of-class visual creation and collaboration tool. Ormiboard gives teachers and students the freedom to…
5 ways to gamify writing in the classroom
Believe it or not, writing is a natural fit for gamification techniques, and students will come to love the challenge.
EXO U launches Ormiboard Pro Visual Creation Software
At InfoComm 2016, EXO U Inc., a software development company, launched Ormiboard Pro, a visual creation and collaboration tool. Ormiboard Pro gives teachers and students the freedom to…
Survey: Teachers now use twice as much gaming and video in the classroom
Teachers' use of game-based environments and online apps has doubled in the last six years, according to the annual Speak Up survey released on May 5. The national…
13 apps that promote higher-order thinking standards
These mobile apps go way beyond games Mobile devices are becoming increasingly common in schools because they cost so much ... Read more
Introducing the math selfie
Sure, you may have taken a selfie, but you likely haven't taken an equivalent fraction selfie — and if you ask the Jefferson Elementary School fourth-graders in Jennifer…
New professional development focuses on engagement through gaming
The ever-increasing omnipresence of digital media in student’s lives can be challenging for teachers as they compete for kid’s attention in and out of the classroom. With this…
How 2 simple role-play games can transform students into active learners
Role-play enhances engagement and subject matter mastery. It's also a lot of fun
4 Essential Game-Based Learning Questions
You’d have to live under a rock to be unfamiliar with the rise of game-based learning in classrooms across the nation in recent years. Integrating a game into…
5 gaming dynamics that truly engage students
Gaming. It’s more than a buzzword in today’s schools, but it still sometimes carries a stigma--is gaming really an effective way for students to learn? The answer, according…
Using games to measure student skills
Game-based learning is one of the most popular trends in education today, and for good reason--a well-designed game engages students, boosts their interest in the topic it addresses,…
Beyond Minecraft: Games that inspire building and exploration
The success and popularity of Minecraft in and out of classrooms is no surprise, Mind/Shift reports.
Teachers finding games give a leg up on learning
Heidi McDonald saw her fourth-grade son, Ian, growing bored while memorizing his multiplication tables and figured he would make better progress if she could make the exercise fun,…
Are video games the answer to college counseling shortage?
With college counseling dwindling in public schools, University of Southern California researchers have created a video game that lets student simulate the application process in all its complexity.