video games

Designing Games for Students

by Martin Esterman
July 25, 2012

Hello again! When I wrote my blog post on my experiences as one of the Educator Winners from the 2012 STEM Video Game Challenge, I didn’t have a chance to discuss

Math Teacher Designs Winning Game for Students

by Martin Esterman
July 16, 2012

Hello everyone! My name is Marty Esterman and I am the Educator Grand Prize winner for the PBS Kids stream in this year’s STEM Video Game Challenge event for my

Calling All Girls: Their Future, Our Responsibility

by Idit Harel Caperton
June 8, 2012

Dr. Idit Harel Caperton, President and Founder of the World Wide Workshop, is passionate about getting more young girls and women excited about becoming leaders in STEM-related fields.This piece originally

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2012 National STEM Video Game Challenge

by Cooney Center Team
June 4, 2012

This year’s National STEM Video Game Challenge was a record-breaking event for the Cooney Center and our partners at E-Line Media. With more categories and subcategories than ever before, we counted more

National STEM Video Game Challenge: Celebrating Success

by Brian Alspach
May 23, 2012

An adventure game where your character moves around by manipulating the attractive and repulsive forces of the atom. A 3D battle against pathogens inside the human body. An early learning game starring a shark

Game Design Camp: Lessons Learned

by Allison Mishkin
May 21, 2012

Allison Mishkin teaches at a game design camp for middle school students. Here she shares some of the lessons that she’s learned — and tries to impart — to her

Video games can unleash a learning revolution

by Michael Levine & Timothy Loew
September 27, 2011

This op-ed was originally published in the Boston Globe’s “The Podium” on September 25, 2011. For decades, America’s educational leadership has been the envy of the world. But now,

We All Need a Little Hope: Organizational Spotlight on HopeLab

by Carly Shuler
July 5, 2011

One of the perks of working with The Cooney Center and Sesame Workshop is getting to meet people doing amazing things. The industry is full of passionate organizations and individuals

Five Features of a Successful Game According to Al Gore

by Pam Abrams
June 20, 2011

Al Gore doesn’t know THAT much about video games but who cares? He’s Al Gore, and he believes enough in their potential to have given the keynote speech today at

E3 and the Future of Educational Games

by Zachary Levine
June 8, 2011

As an intern at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, I was fortunate enough to attend the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) held on June 7-9. I was also able to partake

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