If you're like me, you probably have at least one treasured memory of being allowed to play an edutainment game at school under the guise of learning.
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Japan has just opened its first esports high school, and education publisher Pearson has worked with the British Esports Federation to develop the world's first esports qualification. "Esports is not [sitting] in your bedroom playing on your own in the dark eating crisps; it's teams of people playing against teams of people in a competitive environment," Tom Dore of the British Esports Federation told website Which School Advisor.
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The Manitoba Construction Sector Council is developing a new game-based learning tool called TradeUp to introduce young people to most of the construction trades required to build a new home.
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Crucial for developing skills, making friends and learning, the power of games is well understood by Joel Baraka. The 23-year-old OZY Genius Award winner has bridged the gap between play and education at home in Uganda through his academic board game 5 STA-Z, bringing fun and learning to a community that has been deprived of adequate educational resources and opportunities.
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ST Math, an online program from MIND Research Institute used by more than 1.3 million P-8 students, employs a visual, gamified approach to teach math. I recently spoke with MIND's chief data science officer Andrew Coulson, who heads evaluation of student and teacher usage and outcomes for ST Math, about the program's approach to math learning and evaluating education technology more broadly.
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