Jul 09 Caution! Students at play By Katie Gould Welcome to the first installation of “The Teachers’ Lounge,” a forum where the often overlooked voice of teachers can be heard. Through our regular blog we will address trends, best practices and the real challenges educators, students and families face… Continue reading
Jul 09 Sixth graders ditch traditional lessons to create video game businesses By April Brown It took seven people to create the “Golden Medallion” spy adventure video game and its advertising campaign. They did their own coding, conducted a beta test, created a website, a commercial and an instagram feed, and they came up with… Continue reading
Jun 27 When educational games work: Mission U.S. demonstrates best of video game learning By Elizabeth Jones How often do students get to time-travel back to 1770 Boston, talk to both patriots and loyalists, witness a brawl between local workers and British soldiers and then duck as troops open fire and the Boston Massacre sparks the American… Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch Would the rise of quasi-professional student athletes harm college sports? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 21 Nintendo's Game Boy turns 25 By Justin Scuiletti It was more or less muscle memory: put in a fresh pair of double-A batteries, slide in the square, gray cartridge of your favorite game into the open slot, then flip on the little power switch on the top. Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch Friday, December 20, 2013 We take a look at President Obama's end-of-year press conference… Continue watching
Jul 11 Watch How Virtual Reality Games Can Impact Society, Encourage Prosperity How Virtual Reality Games Can Impact Society, Encourage Prosperity… Continue watching
Jun 18 Widening the Experiential: Jaron Lanier Explains Virtual Reality By Jaron Lanier // Jaron Lanier, the widely regarded father of virtual reality, recounts his early experience introducing virtual reality to Hollywood and how his vision of his own technology differed from what some people wanted. Our interview with Lanier about his book,… Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch Can Violent Video Games Play a Role in Violent Behavior? In our continuing look at the gun debate for PBS's weeklong special "After Newtown," Jeffrey Brown explores whether there is any connection between violent video games and violent behavior. Continue watching