Video Games to Help Kids’ Eyes

Ying-Ling Ann Chen wants to change the way we handle vision care for children, so she’s invented a new device that5 utilizes cartoons and interactive computer games to keep children occupied while diagnostic devices do their stuff.

Called the Dynamic Ocular Evaluation System (DOES), the machine Chen and her team [...] Continue Reading…

Survey on usage of games for vocational training

Survey on usage of games for vocational training is part of the research activities of the Project GREAT (http://projectgreat.org/). With this survey the partnership is looking to gather information from industry and learning organisations about the existence and the use of games for learning and training within the partnership countries: [...] Continue Reading…

6th European Conference on Games Based Learning

The 6th European conference on Game-Based Learning (ECGBL 2012) will be held in Cork city, Ireland, on the 4th and 5th of October , 2012, and organized by University College Cork and Waterford Institute of Technology.

Throughout the years, ECGBL has been a great opportunity to foster the exchange of [...] Continue Reading…

The 12-Year-Old Developer Who Taught Himself To Code

In his TED talk, the young app developer discusses how students are becoming a valuable source of information about technology, especially for teachers, and should be allowed to assist in developing technology curricula in schools.

Hopefully talks like this inspire younger generations to take up coding and get involved in [...] Continue Reading…