"The Max Schoenfeld School in the Bronx is addressing low literacy rates through an innovative after-school program that integrates video game design with literacy instruction. Serving primarily low-income, Hispanic, and English learner students, the program uses a curriculum developed with a literacy expert to teach vocabulary, storytelling, and communication skills.
Read MoreKeyBank Foundation has committed a $300,000 community impact grant to Urban Arts, a New York-based nonprofit that teaches video game design to underserved youth as a pathway to college and career success. Urban Arts provides a comprehensive curriculum in game design, coding, animation, and storytelling, while also offering college access services, scholarships, and mentorship opportunities.
Read MoreGrinding is a video game mechanic that some find tedious, while others take pleasure in the repetitive cycle of actions the game offers. Though it's a very subjective matter let's look at the good and bad of grinding in video games. If you're unfamiliar with what this mechanic is, we've got a quick explainer on grinding in video games.
Read MoreFrom my standpoint as a video game designer and scholar who specializes in game-based learning, I don't see a need to limit video game play among students during the school week. Scholars such as James Paul Gee, a longtime literacy professor, have repeatedly shown that video games can be used to facilitate learning in the K-12 classroom.
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