Tag Archives: games and learning

Game-Based Learning With Electronic Village Online 2022

Posted on 12 January 2022 by Jeff Kuhn
Jeff Kuhn
Jeff Kuhn

Hello, Happy New Year, and welcome to another edition of the TESOL Games and Learning Blog. It’s January, and that means it is time once again for the Electronic Village Online (EVO).

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6 Ways to Evaluate Games for the Classroom

Posted on 14 December 2021 by Jeff Kuhn
Jeff Kuhn
Jeff Kuhn

Hello and welcome to this end of the year edition of the TESOL Games and Learning Blog. For this month’s edition, let’s examine what should guide our implementation of games into classroom practice. If game-based learning is to make the shift from a focus on the games … Continue reading →

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Lesson Plans for Educators—Minecraft: Education Edition

Posted on 9 November 2021 by Jeff Kuhn
Jeff Kuhn
Jeff Kuhn

Hello everyone, and welcome to another edition of the TESOL Games and Learning Blog. This month, we dig back into the world of Minecraft to explore Minecraft: Education Edition (Minecraft: EE). One of the biggest challenges in using more games in the … Continue reading →

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Exploring the World of Walking Simulators: Using Games as Narrative Text

Posted on 12 October 2021 by Jeff Kuhn
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Jeff Kuhn

Welcome to another edition of the TESOL Games and Learning Blog. In this month’s blog, I wanted to dive into the genre of video games commonly referred to as “walking simulators.” These games are first-person narrative games that task players … Continue reading →

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Fantasy Geopolitics: A Game of World News

Posted on 10 August 2021 by Jeff Kuhn
Jeff Kuhn
Jeff Kuhn

Hello and welcome to another edition of the TESOL Games and Learning blog. With the Olympics having recently concluded, I thought it would be great to share fantasy geopolitics this month! In this classroom game, students create a list of nations serving as their roster, then the … Continue reading →

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Learning Argument and Persuasion With Quandary

Posted on 13 July 2021 by Jeff Kuhn
Jeff Kuhn
Jeff Kuhn

Hello and welcome to another edition of the TESOL Games and Learning Blog. This month’s blog post explores far future and the space colony of Braxos in the game Quandary, first featured in my November 2019 blog post. Quandary’s straightforward design, section-based structure, and potential for expansion into classroom activities make … Continue reading →

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ELT for Video Games: Language and Video Game Careers

Posted on 8 June 2021 by Jeff Kuhn
Jeff Kuhn
Jeff Kuhn

Hello and welcome to another edition of the TESOL Games and Learning Blog. For video gamers, June is a big month as each year the video game industry hosts the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), a 3-day event where the major video game publishers announce their upcoming games. This … Continue reading →

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Building Language Learning Games With Scratch

Posted on 12 May 2021 by Jeff Kuhn
Jeff Kuhn
Jeff Kuhn

Welcome to another edition of the TESOL Games and Learning Blog! Last month we explored Twine, a text-based interface for creating interactive stories. Twine is a great tool for older students or more advanced language learners, but perhaps not the best choice for younger … Continue reading →

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