In Real Life

7th-Graders Make A Paper-Mache Video Game You Can’t Play

Elisabeth Willis is my kind of art teacher. She’s encouraging her students to create their own video game characters in real life. Her 7th grade class assignment was so popular this spring that she’s already been asked to put together a panel for the National Art Educators Association—and she’s not even a full-time teacher yet.


January 17, 2011
In Real Life

Can Games Change The Way Boys Learn In School?

Kotaku AU

Apparently schools are failing boys. For every 100 girls expelled from school, 335 boys are expelled. If you are a boy you are four times more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD. Something has to change and according to Ali Carr-Chellman video-games may be able to provide a solution.