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Developers Adapting Educational Games to New U.S Standards

Posted on October 22, 2015 by

New U. S standards in education are changing the way developers create educational games. GET YOUR EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS CORRECT, MATHBLASTER. Common Core, a set of K-12 educational standards in math and language arts, has been adopted by 45 states across … Continue reading →

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Report on the Status of Teens’ Use of Technology in Social Life

Posted on August 17, 2015 by

The PEW Research Group has recently released their 2nd  of 3 reports on “Teens, Technology &  Friendships”. PEW, which describes themselves as  “a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world”, … Continue reading →

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Time’s “Everything You Know About Boys and Video Games Is Wrong”

Posted on July 10, 2015 by

A new Time’s piece is claiming that everything you know about boys and video games is wrong. I don’t know if exclusive knowledge on either subject is false, but you may as well throw away all of your beliefs about … Continue reading →

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League of Legends Players Write Open letter to Parents

Posted on February 11, 2015 by

A few days ago a forum post appeared on The League of Legends Official forums stating that is was “Open Letter to Parents of League of Legends Players”. In the letter the author urges parents to think about their effect … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 1, 2013 by

Can Video Games Help Alleviate Dyslexia? A recent study out of the University of Padua in Italy found some interesting findings on the results that video games have on those with dyslexia.  The study, although very small, found that participants … Continue reading →

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