Microsoft is co-funding a research institute aimed at finding ways to use videogames to teach maths, science and…
It's a bit of a nostalgic day today at Kotaku (or maybe I've just done a poor job of getting out of the historian…
I was recently discussing the mainstream media's love affair with Second Life, and how the bloom appears to be off…

I sort of hope the Zero Punctuation knock-off dies a quick death, but reader Nathan M. sent us this video, which…
The 'Games are making kids stupid' meme is as fresh as ever, but new research from the university of Wisconsin…
Horrible Histories is a series of best selling edumacational books that do their best to make learning history fun…
I was chatting with a fellow Chinese historian this weekend when he confessed that his interest in Chinese history…
I mentioned the Games, Learning & Society Conference in Madison, Wisconsin back when a call for papers was put out.…
DS game Moe Sta is here to teach people English. The instructional software features 5,000 English questions that…
Electronic Arts is hopping on the Nintendo DS learning tool train with the announcement of two new games for the…
We mentioned the new Sony Playstation-edu initiative when it was announced; now, Senior Manager of Developer…
Oh, and the music used in this video is FRIGGIN' AWESOME.
One of the benefits of teaching on a collegiate level is that "fun" can frequently go out the window (as one of my…
Nintendo plans to hand out free DS Lites and copies of Brain Training to the teachers attending an upcoming…
In an effort to make learning Chinese less painful (and ostensibly to capitalize on the 'MMO as language learning…