Learning games for k-5

They combine content delivery, practice and assessment in a single activity. Like with any new tool, educators need time and support to implement game-based learning.

Shapiro worked with the Games and Learning Publishing Council to develop the MindShift Guide to Digital Games and Learning , a document you can download for free that offers 40 pages on game-based learning, including resources for choosing and finding games and a chapter for overcoming obstacles to using them in the classroom.

One of those obstacles is finding games that fit your curriculum. And perhaps the most welcome perspective is the reminder a teacher gets looking out on a classroom of young learners enjoying themselves: Learning can be really fun!

About Jordan Shapiro: Shapiro is the full-time father of two boys seven and nine years old and the lead administrator at Project Learn School, an independent cooperative K-8 school in Philadelphia. He is also a columnist for Forbes. Sign up here for news and blog updates.

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