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Kuhn, Jeff; Stevens, Vance – TESOL Journal, 2017
As computer-based game use grows in classrooms, teachers need more opportunities for professional development aimed at helping them to appropriately incorporate games into their classrooms. Teachers need opportunities not only to learn about video games as software but also about video games as culture. This requires professional development that…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Educational Games, Video Games, Faculty Development
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Blevins, Brooke; LeCompte, Karon N. – Democracy & Education, 2016
Stoddard, Banks, Nemacheck, and Wenska suggested that there is a tension between the goal of the iCivics games and the goals of democratic education. In this response, we suggest that iCivics can be utilized to help meet the goals of democratic education and to encourage our nation's youth to become active civic participants if used alongside…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Educational Games, Civics, Citizen Participation
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Stevens, Vance; Verschoor, Jennifer – TESL-EJ, 2017
According to Dudeney, Hockly, and Pegrum (2013) coding is a deeper skill subsumed under the four main digital literacies of language, connections, information, and (re)design. Coders or programmers are people who write the programmes behind everything we see and do on a computer. Most students spend several hours playing online games, but few know…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Critical Thinking
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Yamaguchi, Ryoko; Hall, Adam – National Center for Education Research, 2017
Between 2002 and 2014, the Institute of Education Sciences (Institute) supported over 400 projects focused on education technology through the National Center for Education Research (NCER) and the National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER). The majority of this work has been funded through Education Technology research topics of NCER…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Educational Research, Research Projects, Public Agencies
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Equity & Excellence in Education, 2000
Describes two efforts to promote equity within the educational system. Teaching SMART is an equity-based staff development program for elementary teachers designed to produce systemic change in the classroom by improving science education. The other effort involves developing computer games that are engaging and educationally rich for both girls…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education