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Tag Archives: game-based learning
Serious Games for the Classroom
Jeff Kuhn
Greetings and welcome to another edition of the TESOL games and learning blog! When searching for video games to incorporate into the classroom, choices often fall into two broad categories: educational games and commercial off-the-shelf (CotS) games. Serious games is … Continue reading
Esports: A Phenomenon Enters the Mainstream—and ELT
Jeff Kuhn
Wondering how the new experimental card will upend the Overwatch meta? Can anything stop G2’s dominance of LoL’s Summoner’s Rift? Have no idea what any of this means? It’s esports—and it’s becoming the next big thing. Welcome to another edition … Continue reading
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Back to School With Minecraft
Jeff Kuhn
Welcome back to another TESOL games and learning blog post. As a new school year starts in many parts of the world, it’s a great time to take a look at Minecraft. Perhaps most everyone has heard of Minecraft at … Continue reading
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Tagged as CALL, classroom games, computer-assisted language learning, game-based learning, gamification, minecraft
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Video Games and Violence: Facts and Fear
Jeff Kuhn
Video games are back in the news again after a series of tragedies in the United States. It has become a familiar pattern, a young adult commits violence and an immediate response is to lay blame upon video games as … Continue reading
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Gamifying the Classroom, Part III: Gamification Tools
Jeff Kuhn
Greetings everyone, to this month’s TESOL games and learning blog. This month, we will wrap up our long look at gamification by highlighting tools for the classroom. Following is a list of tools to get you started—or to keep you … Continue reading
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Gamifying the Classroom, Part I: The Basics
Jeff Kuhn
Recently, Ohio University held its annual CALL Conference featuring a keynote from TESOL President Deborah Healey. During her visit, she found time to delivered a fantastic primer on gamification to our graduate students. As a result, I thought it would … Continue reading
A Framework for Understanding Games and Learning
Jeff Kuhn
Hi all, welcome to another edition of the TESOL Games and Learning blog! This month I wanted to highlight Reinhardt and Sykes’ (2012) framework for incorporating games into classroom practice in response to Mary McDonnell who, on my initial blog … Continue reading
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Classroom Games: Designing for Experience
Jeff Kuhn
Hello everyone! Welcome to another games and learning blog post. Safe travels to all those venturing to the TESOL Convention. For those staying home, be sure to check out the CALL-IS session webcasts for live broadcasts from the Electronic Village. … Continue reading
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