Category: Games

Using Minecraft to Challenge Students and Keep Learning Fun

Overview Much more than just a video game, Minecraft is being used by thousands of educators to tackle difficult learning concepts in an amazingly fun and collaborative digital environment. Students are exploring, crafting and making in 3D […]

Creating Interactive Lessons and Games with TinyTap

Overview Interactivity is a key ingredient in involving students in the learning process, and the TinyTap app is a magnificent and free way to start building that interactivity into your lessons. TinyTap is a simple but immensely powerful concept […]

How Games Help Teachers – An Animated Explanation

YouTube channel Extra Credits publishes a weekly video taking a deeper look at games: how they are made, what they mean and how we can make them better. This week they explored how games can help teachers and […]

17 Different Ways to Start Playing Minecraft

Minecraft is one of those rare games that both educators endorse and kids love to play. Maybe it’s the cubic heads, the flying pigs, or just the ability to create anything you want, it has hit the sweet […]

10 Great Options to Find the Best Game Console for Kids of All Ages

Whether you are looking for a game console for the family home or are leaning towards something more portable for your kids, there are a lot of different options out there. A great change from even a […]

8 Online Games for Inspiring Students

For many teachers, online games are the scourge of the classroom – a drain on students’ attention, time and potential. Any educator who has ever tried to teach a lesson using online resources or taken a […]

5 Reasons to Embrace Gaming in the Classroom

Gaming is an amazing strategy to use in the classroom, yet few teachers use it to increase their students’ learning. Generally it is used a ‘reward’ or dismissed as purely fun, with no learning purpose. Gaming, […]

7 Brilliant ‘Design Your Own Game’ Websites/Apps for Students

There’s been a lot of buzz lately about the use of gaming in the classroom – from the ‘gamification’ of learning to the use of Minecraft to teach everything from physics to strategic…

5 Brilliant Ideas for EdTech Scavenger Hunts

Inspired by Stephen & Shae Pepper’s 52 Scavenger Hunt Ideas, scavenger hunts are a brilliant way to pursue a particular topic or educational course with your class in a fun and innovative way. As well as […]

5 Fun Online Games that Disguise Important Lessons

Of all the impact education technology can have in the classroom, it is at its most powerful when students are enjoying themselves so much they don’t even realize they are learning! These brilliant online games each […]

10 Of The Best Educational Online Games

Danger Zone Students are faced with serious global issues to tackle in this fantastic character-based game. They have to use different skills to solve a challenge like combating a deadly airborne illness using test-samples, note-taking and […]

4 Lessons Elearning Can Take From The Explosively Popular “Draw Something” App

It’s a dog… No, cow… No, a Furby! Conjuring memories of the laughter, tears and broken friendships shared in the 1985 classic Pictionary, Draw Something has set a new benchmark in mobile gaming. Launched only a few months ago, […]

5 Games For School That Students Actually Enjoy

There is no doubt that the gaming industry is huge, but with sales of $18.58 billion last year the industry overall is down 5% on 2009 figures. One of the theories behind the drop is the […]