1. GAMES & EDUCATION

2. Benefits of educational games According to Shapiro, “gameplay has cognitive benefit because games have been shown to improve attention, focus, and reaction time. Games have motivational benefit because they encourage an incremental, rather than an entity theory of intelligence. Games have emotional benefit because they induce positive mood states; in addition, there is speculative evidence that games may help kids develop adaptive emotion regulation.” social skills because they connect and interact with friends and the environment around them. Whenever a child plays a game, he or she develop independence, self-sufficiency, and persistence. Playing with the same toy with others, the child acquires social skills such as sharing, empathy and cooperation.

3. Game website Garry's Mod Garry’s Mod (GMod) is a sandbox game like Minecraft but instead of building and exploring, students use a fun physics engine that simulates things like gravity and mass. They also use a virtual toy box of assets from Valve Software’s popular games. The tool is a step up in complexity from the elegant simplicity of Minecraft, but with Garry’s Mod, students are exposed to physics concepts while having madcap fun. Cons: A steep learning curve and some violent content limits classroom accessibility.

4. Kerbal Space Program Kerbal Space Program has a robust physics engine too, but it’s more focused than Garry’s Mod. Players purchase rocket parts, put them together, and then see if they can get a ship into orbit, to one of two moons, or even to another planet. These aren’t easy tasks, so play is focused on trial and error testing, and, like Minecraft, seeking help from the community is part of a successful strategy. Game website

5. CODECADEMY Codecademy is a web-based, self-paced site that teaches actual industry-standard languages like PHP, Javascript, Python, Ruby, HTML, and CSS. While students don’t create publishable games like they would in Stencyl, their learning is purpose-driven and contextualized, e.g. JavaScript for web development or Ruby for app development. And students do get to see their code’s output directly onscreen. web

6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auP-eq17U1g Gaming The Educational System