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Resource Roundup: Mental Health Awareness Month and Digital Play

Mental Health Awareness Month brings a timely focus to the intersection of digital play and emotional well-being. Classrooms and corporate training centers face mounting pressure to deliver rigorous content while safeguarding mental health. The latest research provides hard data on how playful digital environments actively promote emotional regulation, stress relief, and social connection. To highlight…

5 Excellent Digital Games for Teaching Empathy

Like most human-made scenarios, the K-12 classroom is a high-stakes environment for social development. As we’ve often said, game-based learning excels in certain key areas, and the ability to simulate high-stakes situations is one of those superpowers. Digital games offer an exceptional sandbox for students to practice critical interpersonal skills like empathy and conflict resolution…

Classroom Games to Teach Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Skills in 2025

Schools are placing a stronger emphasis on social and emotional learning as they help students manage stress, build empathy, and collaborate effectively. Research continues to show that SEL skills – self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making – are linked to improved academic outcomes and healthier classroom climates. Yet traditional SEL lessons can…

Research Roundup: Game-based Learning and Social-Emotional Learning

Game-based learning and social-emotional learning are the perfect pair! As more and more research emerges on the benefits of both, it’s becoming increasingly clear that combining these two approaches can lead to incredible outcomes for learners of all ages. In this research roundup, we’re exploring the latest studies on the intersection of game-based learning and…

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