How This Startup Leverages Games to Create a Love for the Natural Sciences
How This Startup Leverages Games to Create a Love for the Natural Sciences
How This Startup Leverages Games to Create a Love for the Natural Sciences
By Michael Niehoff
November 20, 2020
Summary
Even before the more recent growth of the edtech industry, educators have routinely created games and interactive challenges in order to get students engaged with subjects ranging from math and logic to history and reading.
This is the mission of Michael Kasumovic and Arludo who are bringing gaming to the natural sciences.
We take inspiration from every single videogame our team has ever played-from Guitar Hero to Flappy Bird! It's fun remixing some of the game mechanics to create new educational experiences.
Every time we create a game, we think about how that experience can be 10-20 minutes in length-our games are not traditional games in that you need to keep coming back.
What would you tell any teachers who might be hesitant to bring games into their classroom?
Kids are excited about games because they offer them a different world to explore and discover.
Imagine if we could help kids become that excited about learning by creating games that encourage them to explore the world.
We create new games about research and we partner with the researchers to support their real world work.
We are bringing learning communities together to use games to work with the scientists.
Samples include: What makes a perfect gamer? What is beauty? How do we improve our creativity?
Reference
Niehoff, M. (2020, November 20). How This Startup Leverages Games to Create a Love for the Natural Sciences - EdSurge News. Retrieved November 30, 2020, from https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-11-20-how-this-startup-leverages-games-to-create-a-love-for-the-natural-sciences