mindshift guide to games and learning

Can Playful Learning Prepare Kids to Be Better Global Citizens?

March 29, 2016

Back in January, I joined the Joan Ganz Cooney Center as a Senior Fellow. It is a perfect fit. I’ve been a fan of the Center’s work for a while,

Available Now: The MindShift Guide to Digital Games and Learning

by Administrator
November 18, 2014

How can games unlock a rich world of learning? That is the key question behind a new resource that aims to help teachers successfully incorporate games in the classroom. The

Games in the Classroom: Overcoming the Obstacles

by Jordan Shapiro
September 19, 2014

Part #20 of MindShift’s Guide to Games and Learning Series Even for educators who are excited about using games in the classroom, questions inevitably come up around the very real

Using Games for Learning: Practical Steps to Get Started

by Jordan Shapiro
September 12, 2014

Part 19 of MindShift’s Guide to Games and LearningBy now, you’ve probably read enough to be convinced that it’s worth trying games in your classroom. You understand that games are

Need Help Picking the Right Learning Game? Some Things to Consider

by Jordan Shapiro
September 5, 2014

Part 18 of MindShift’s Guide to Games and Learning To make sense of the broad and complex world of games and learning, we’re inclined to create neatly organized lists and

How To Choose A Learning Game

by Jordan Shapiro
August 29, 2014

Part 17 of MindShift’s Guide to Games and Learning Many teachers are excited about trying games in the classroom but don’t know where to begin. The landscape of learning games

Video Games and the Future of the Textbook

by Jordan Shapiro
August 22, 2014

Part 16 of MindShift’s Guide to Games and Learning The textbook is a problem that consistently plagues classrooms. At best, textbooks are innocuous, offering simple summaries of a very broad

Screen Time That’s Valuable For Young Kids

by Jordan Shapiro
August 15, 2014

Part 15 of MindShift’s Guide to Games and Learning. Most people agree that implementing game-based learning makes sense for older students, but what about really young kids? Do screens have

In the Bustling, Interactive Classroom, A Place for Digital Games

by Jordan Shapiro
August 8, 2014

Part 14 of MindShift’s Guide to Games and Learning. If there’s one thing we know for sure, it’s that today’s technologies will one day be obsolete — we shouldn’t be

What Happens When School Design Looks Like Game Design

by Jordan Shapiro
August 1, 2014

Part 13 of MindShift’s Guide to Games and Learning. In education, it seems as if innovation and revolution play like the song of the Sirens in a culture of perpetual

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