Posts Tagged "Serious Games & Simulations"

• Vanquishing Algebraic Terrors

  Games & Sims
  

  I confess that I came to loath Algebra class when I was in school, but times change and now kids are studying coordinate systems, irrational numbers (considering the swooning market aren’t all numbers irrational today?), logarithms, linear equations, fractional exponents and polynomials by playing video games.
  Though some will always be skeptical that students are [...]

  Read More...

• Florida Gets Serious About Math

  Games & Sims
  Better late than never – and just in time for the presedential election - the state of Florida is getting serious about math. New York serious game company Tabula Digita (New York Serious Game Developer Raises $6M) announced the sale of their supplemental pre-algebra and algebra DimensionM video game to 24 middle schools in Broward County, Florida, [...]

  Read More...

• Who Sees WoW Better?

  Business & Marketing
  I began playing World of Warcraft when I was a suit for Pearson. Though I worked my way up to a L20-something Paladin, the daily 4 hours as a commuter and on the phone, and 10 hours at the computer and on the phone killed my interest in grinding higher. Still, WoW was compelling and [...]

  Read More...