Gaming Archives

College students sound off on social networking likes and dislikes

August 4, 2010 by Maya Prabhu

Google is talking to several top online game developers about creating a broader social networking site that would offer social games and could compete with Facebook—and in interviews…

IT Management

Researchers: Even violent video games can be learning tools

May 28, 2010May 28, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

You're at the front lines shooting Nazis before they shoot you. Or, you're a futuristic gladiator in a death match with robots. Either way, you're playing a video…

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3D gaming firm, Duke Medical School team up for virtual training

May 28, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

Virtual Heroes, a Raleigh, N.C.-based firm that focuses on so-called serious games technology for use in education and training, has teamed up with Duke University School of Medicine…

Curriculum

New computer games promote civics education

October 10, 2013May 27, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

An "unintended consequence" of the No Child Left Behind initiative has been a decrease in civics knowledge, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said May 26 in…

Blended Learning

Like Facebook, but for learning

November 5, 2013May 3, 2010 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

Aiming to engage students who are multitasking with different forms of technology, companies are creating collaborative learning spaces online where students can help one another solve homework problems…

eClassroom News

Students soon could learn with handheld 3-D devices

August 28, 2010April 21, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

Thanks to new developments in handheld technology, students soon could have glasses-free 3-D displays in the palms of their hands.

District Management

Northern Illinois professor brings video games to class

November 5, 2013April 15, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

Brianno Coller, an associate professor of engineering at Northern Illinois University, is showing that video games have a place in the classroom.

District Management

Six technologies soon to affect education

November 5, 2013April 15, 2010 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

Cloud computing and collaborative learning environments are set to take hold in K-12 schools in the very near future, with mobile devices, game-based learning, and other education technologies…

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Student-driven film spotlights young gamblers, online betting

March 26, 2010 by Maya Prabhu

With sports betting at his fingertips and a poker table a mouse click away, it was all too easy for Max Shona to spend hours gambling on the…

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How video games have trained a generation of athletes

January 27, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

For more than 30 years, sports video games have been focused on simulating real-life athletics more and more perfectly. But over the past decade, games have moved beyond…

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Warner Brothers to produce ‘Sesame Street’ video games

January 13, 2010 by Laura Ascione

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has signed a deal with Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization that produces "Sesame Street" in more than 140 countries, to create and publish…