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Filament Games is now a Roblox Developer!

Roblox, the global online platform and content creation system sensation, just announced its ambitious foray into online interactive educational experiences, and Filament Games is THRILLED to be part of this rollout! Say WHAT? How did this happen? Over the past several months, Filament Games has been in deep R&D mode, meeting with the Roblox Education…

November 15, 2021 // Jennifer Javornik

Educational Games and Media Literacy

There is a lot of data on the internet. Like, a lot. It comes as no surprise that not every 🔥hot take🔥 on the web can be trusted. Between the 24-hour news cycle, disinformation campaigns, and the plethora of articles shared on Facebook each day, it’s easy for anyone to feel overwhelmed while trying to…

November 10, 2021 // Alyssa Froehling

Filament Games | Educational Game Developer

What’s New in Game-based Learning – November 2021

Be-leaf it or not, the month of turkey, pumpkin pie, and cranberries galore is upon us! And with every new month comes a new installment of What’s New in Game-based Learning, a cornucopia of noteworthy news from all around the world to keep you updated on GBL while you sip that PSL. Let’s get into…

November 1, 2021 // Alyssa Froehling

Excellent Learning Games That Teach ELA and ESL

It’s been too long since we’ve covered some excellent ELA (English Language- Arts) and ESL (English as a Second Language) learning games on the blog! via Giphy As we mentioned in our last post about ELA games, they tend to be a bit — how do we put it? More slippery and less straightforward than…

October 27, 2021 // Alyssa Froehling

Using Digital Games to Teach Collaboration

For students or employees – for anyone who interacts with others on a regular basis, really – collaboration is a fundamental skill. It’s also one of the 4 Cs of 21st-century learning. Problem-solving, troubleshooting, and reaching goals can become even easier when one knows how to work well with others. Research (and more research!) has…

October 25, 2021 // Alyssa Froehling

The Educational Games of Our Youth

Ah, sweet memories! via Giphy Previously, we’ve covered some shiny new educational games and gaming organizations that help build 21st century (future-facing) skills. From content creation to project-based learning, video games teach skills that are useful for a wide variety of careers. To further investigate how video games help us all grow, we asked our…

October 20, 2021 // Alyssa Froehling

How Digital Games are Changing Educational Space

In our previous post on games and content creation, we touched on how Brown University Ph.D. fellow and rapper Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo was able to provide her campus with a new sort of communal space when she teamed up with the Brown Arts Initiative to present a series of concerts in Minecraft. With distance learning not…

October 18, 2021 // Alyssa Froehling

Student-Created Educational Games

Video game enthusiasts live in an exciting time where game development is becoming more approachable than ever before for people of all ages — games themselves have the capability to teach game development skills, such as programming and design (among other future-facing skills). Around the world, school initiatives are encouraging students to grapple with and…

October 11, 2021 // Alyssa Froehling

Ready, Set, Play! RoboCo Playtests Now Online

Attention all humans – RoboCo is now available for playtesting! It’s Time to Play As you may have seen already on Twitter and Discord, Roboco is holding playtests! From now until the end of 2021, players will get to experience the latest, most up-to-date version of RoboCo, and we couldn’t be more thrilled. There is…

October 6, 2021 // Nicole Remily

What’s New in Game-based Learning – October 2021

Oh, hello. via Giphy What was that? An intangible voice whispered through the leaves and asked, “what’s new in game-based learning?” We’re glad it asked. Read on for less boos and more news! Bringing STEM to Students with Mobile Technology (EdTech Magazine) A lack of access to higher-level STEM courses for K-12 students is a…

October 4, 2021 // Alyssa Froehling

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