game-based education

Latest game in Mission U.S. series now available

“Mission 4: City of Immigrants,” part of the Mission U.S. collection of free educational games with comprehensive support materials about three different periods in American history produced by WNET-TV in New York, is now live. In “Mission 4: City of Immigrants,” students assume the role of Lena Brodsky, a 14-year-old Jewish immigrant from Minsk, Russia. Lena arrives in the United [...]

Free PD from The Learning Games Network

Elkhorn Crossing School (Scott County) will host a free professional development Game Design Jam July 9-11 presented by the Learning Games Network, a non-profit spin-off of the MIT Education Arcade that seeks to bridge the gap between research and practice in game-based education. The Game Design Jam will introduce teachers to new instructional resources and work with them to develop [...]