Cultivating Creative-Mindedness
Professor Guy Claxton will be speaking at the 2014 WISE Summit. When people talk about education, they often focus on two dimensions. One is: What shall we teach children? The other is: How will we know if they’ve learned it? Curriculum and Assessment. These dominate educational debate worldwide. But there is another dimension, less obvious but […]
Building Online Communities to Boost MOOCs in China
In China, the completion rate of MOOCs is not more than five percent even though most courses offer access to high-quality content. Dr. Yang Liu, Director of Education at Guokr in China, explains how her organization found a way to strengthen learners’ engagement and interest in the courses. They created MOOC Academy, an online community […]
Leo’s pad
Country of Origin: United States Languages: English Developer: Kidaptive Publisher: Kidaptive Year Published: 2013 Platforms: iOS Genre: Interactive Narrative Age Range: 3-6 Subjects: Math Leo’s Pad puts players in the shoes of a visitor to the lab of a young Leonardo da Vinci. The game is heavily fictionalized, giving Leo a cast of fantasy friends, […]
DragonBox Algebra 5+, DragonBox Algebra 12+
Country of Origin: France/Norway Languages: English, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Spanish, Korean, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, German, Russian, Chinese, Mandarin, Finnish, Basque Developer: We Want To Know Publisher: We Want To Know Year Published: 2012, 2013 Website: http://www.dragonboxapp.com/ Platforms: iOS Genre: Puzzle Subjects:Math Age Range: 8+ DragonBox is an exemplar of learning through compelling gameplay. Rather than try […]
The Math Mage
Country of Origin: Jordan Languages: English Developer: RGH Games Publisher: Rubicon Group Holding Year Published: 2012 Website: http://www.themathmage.com/ Platforms: iOS Genre: Quiz, RPG Age range:6-11 Subject: Math The Math Mage embeds math quizzes in a magical fantasy setting where players take on the role of a math-wielding mage. The game’s juicy visual feedback and rich sound […]
Minecraft / MineCraftEDU
Country of Origin: Sweden (MineCraftEDU: US) Languages: English, Spanish, French, German… (Huge List of language translations) Developer: Mojang / TeacherGaming Publisher: self-published Year Published: 2011 / 2013 Website: http://www.minecraft.com/ http://www.minecraftedu.com Platforms: Web, Windows, iOS, Android, Xbox 360, Linux, Raspberry Pi Genre: Simulation, Building Simulator Age Range: 5+ Barriers to Entry: Controls can be tricky to get […]
Monthly Magazine Games
Country of Origin: Japan Languages: Japanese Developer: Shogakukan Publisher: Shogakukan Year Published: 1922 Website: http://www.shogakukan.co.jp Platforms: Multimedia magazine Genre: Learning Age range: Grades 1–6 (elementary) Subjects: Math, literature, science Launched in 1922, Monthly Magazine Games has been a vibrant and vital classroom companion to Japanese elementary school children for nearly a century. From cover to cover, […]
Monkey Math School Sunchine
Country of Origin: United States Languages: English Developer: THUP Games Publisher: THUP Games Year Published: 2013 Website: http://thup.com/portfolio/monkey-mathschool-sunshine/ Platforms: iOS, Android Genre: Math, Counting Barriers to Entry: Very low. Age range: Preschool. Game is rated ages 4+, but reviewers report 3-year-olds playing. Subject: Math Monkey Math School Sunshine is a math-based sequel to Monkey Preschool Lunchbox, […]
Alifbaba
Country of Origin: Netherlands Languages: Arabic Developer: Zinder.nl Publisher: Alif-Ba Education Year Published: 2013 Platforms: Android, iOS Genre: Puzzle Age range: 5+ Subjects: Language skills (Arabic) Targeting kindergarteners, Alifbaba teaches Arabic reading and writing through a series of gamelike experiences. Quirky animal characters invite users to engage listening to, reading, and practicing Arabic through spelling-puzzles […]
Professor Layton (Series)
Country of Origin: Japan Languages: English, Spanish, Japanese, Korean (more possibly?) Developer: Level-5 Publisher: Level-5, Nintendo Year Published: 2007 (first release) Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo exclusive) Genre: Puzzle, Adventure Barriers to entry: Nintendo platforms only Age range: 8+ Subjects: math Games in the Professor Layton series are collections of logic puzzles, pieced together […]