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Five Great Games for Learning on the Go

Whether you’re commuting to work, waiting for an appointment, or just kinda bored, who can resist the siren’s song of the smartphone? It’s right there, in your hand, like a little window into an endless world of entertainment and dopamine extraction schemes. I know I’m certainly not immune. This is why I’ve started using the…

March 30, 2026 // Brandon Pittser

Play Anywhere: Scaling Game-Based Learning Through Ubiquitous Platforms

Learning shouldn’t stop at the classroom door, and today’s platforms – from trusted school devices to immersive online environments – are proving that game-based learning can thrive wherever learners are. This article explores how scalable platforms are making that possible, spotlighting the Chromebook revolution in schools, Roblox’s new Learning Hub, tablet-ready civics games from iCivics,…

August 18, 2025 // Brandon Pittser

5 More Great Music Education Games

As a kid, I spent too much time playing Rock Band and not enough time practicing my actual guitar. Perhaps an educational game would have been the perfect middle ground to keep me motivated to learn an instrument – which is why today, we are doing another installment on music education games! via Giphy Though…

December 8, 2021 // Alyssa Froehling

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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

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

Excellent Mobile App Games for Education

via duolingo.com Hear ye, hear ye! Sometimes students need to learn on the go or without the help of an entire PC setup, which is why we’ve created the list below of educational mobile app games to fit all types of teaching needs. Students can bring knowledge with them wherever they go with some of…

September 22, 2021 // Alyssa Froehling