When the weather outside is frightful, the right activity can transform students’ pent-up energy into laughter, movement, and ...

Though some might see video games as a distraction, a recent study from the University of Georgia suggests they can actually ...

Every week at the Nysmith School in Herndon, Virginia, Philip Baselice breaks out a game to teach his class about key world events. Baselice teaches history to middle schoolers, and game-based ...

Yan Shi’s computer science course at the University of Wisconsin at Platteville isn’t exactly typical. Not simply a professor, Shi is a “king of the kingdom,” and her Intro to Computer Science class ...

Shreyaan Chhabra, a computer science major, said he chose the class because he likes gaming and heard that Moshiri was a good ...

I learned quite a bit from a tiny robot named 2-XL. If you’re not an official Old™ like me, you may not remember this kids’ toy, which first appeared in 1978, and was a glorified 8-track cassette ...

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Religion and Gameworlds Most of my research is in Chinese religions, and I find ...

Teachers can use a variety of tech tools to create short social emotional learning activities that fit easily into the classroom routine.

In a classroom in the University of Virginia’s Clark Hall, a coterie of mad scientists delves into the grisly mythos of the undead to make their own creatures of the night, their own vampires. It’s ...

KIPP Academy has been chosen as the first educational institution to receive donations of the new card game Coyote on behalf of three Harvard Business School students. Kang Huh, Eddie Alviso, and ...

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