Traditional assessment rewards the wrong behaviors-here’s why

Traditional assessment rewards the wrong behaviors-here’s why

Alan November, June 16, 2017, eSchool News. Instead of rewarding students for how many problems they solve, here’s what schools should be focusing on instead. If you told me that students as young as first grade can learn to solve complex linear equations—an algebraic...
Video Games Help Model Brain’s Neurons

Video Games Help Model Brain’s Neurons

Nick Wingfield, April 24, 2017, New York Times. Enlearn’s founder, Zoran Popović, who is Director of the Center for Game Science at the University of Washington is interviewed in this New York Times article, Video Games Help Model Brain’s Neurons, about...
How online gamers are solving science’s biggest problems

How online gamers are solving science’s biggest problems

A new generation of online games don’t just provide entertainment – they help scientists solve puzzles involving genes, conservation and the universe By Dara Mohammadi, TheGuardian For all their virtual accomplishments, gamers aren’t feted for their...