As we gear up for the long Labor Day Weekend, most are planning to relax and unwind, or perhaps to attend a barbecue or two. After all, how much can get done in a weekend? The answer: a whole lot if you’re High School team winners Noah Ratcliff and Pamela Pizarro-Ruiz. They spent a sleepless […]
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Meet the Winners: Noah Ratcliff and Pamela Pizarro-Ruiz
August 27, 2013
Playing Games in School: When games make a difference in education
August 23, 2013
EdSurge has assembled a great primer on games and learning Playing Games in School: When games make a difference in education. This online resource takes a high-level look at Games and Learning and features insights from leading scholars and practitioners in the field, including James Paul Gee and Joel Levin. The collection features a guide […]
Meet the Winners: Lexi Schneider
August 21, 2013
Lexi Schneider is an artist, basketball player, and incredibly curious about the world around her…so curious in fact, that on her first foray into game design, she won the Best Written Middle School Game in the National STEM Video Game Challenge. “Head of the Class,” a written entry, takes place in a virtual school where […]
SXSWEdu: We Need Your Vote!
August 19, 2013
Meet the Winners: Kieran Luscombe
August 13, 2013
Continuing our spotlight on the STEM Challenge Winners, we are pleased to introduce you to Kieran Luscombe, winner of the Gamestar Mechanic High School prize. When presented with a set of tools, Kieran says that he always “finds a use for everything and then I use it to the best of my ability.” And by […]
New York City Video Game Design Workshops Full of Creative Energy
August 8, 2013
Now that the 2013 National STEM Video Game Challenge has wrapped up, we are busy analyzing the results of this year’s competition and the activities that surrounded it. One of the areas we’ve been digging into are the game design workshops that took place around the country with the support of organizations like the Institute […]
Meet the Winners: Brad Schmitz
August 2, 2013
Each week, we are introducing you to a winner of the STEM Challenge. Last week, we profiled Brianna Igbnosun, the Scratch High School Winner, and this week we are thrilled to introduce you to Brad Schmitz, the Scratch Middle School winner. An 8th grader from Glandorf, Ohio, Brad Schmitz is a Boy Scout who sees […]
Questimate! Makes Learning Estimation Skills Fun
August 1, 2013
Back in 2010, Motion Math was a finalist in the first Cooney Center Prizes for Mobile Learning. They’ve continued to make some amazing apps since then, including Motion Math Zoom, Motion Math: Hungry Fish, and more. CEO and co-founder Jacob Klein shares some of the inspiration behind the creation of their latest app, Questimate!, a […]