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'It's a fun way to learn math and other things': Dublin City Schools adding learning games to the classroom

Dublin City School District is introducing an interactive, educational, game system to their elementary and middle schools. The gaming system, which is an interactive playground from PowerUp EDU, puts an interactive screen on a wall. "It's a fun way to learn math and other things," elementary school student Harmonee Harris said.

games-based learningDave EngDecember 6, 2023math, teacher, gamesComment

Learning to play an instrument could boost your short-term memory

This suggests that learning to play an instrument could improve short-term memory for non-musical tasks. There have been several studies showing that musicians tend to have better short-term memory than non-musicians when it comes to music-related tasks, such as remembering musical sequences.

memoryDave EngFebruary 16, 2023Games, play, instrument, short-term memory, training, teacher, student, newsComment

Game-based learning activities in a virtual classroom

In game-based learning usually the lesson content is adjusted to fit the game, while in gamification game-like aspects are adjusted to fit the lesson content. For most of the games to be played in an online environment, a virtual classroom should be able to provide at least: video-conferencing, interactive online whiteboard.