Game-Based
Learning experiences that incorporate games to engage and motivate learners.
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The Difference Between a Game and a Badge
Canvas has a badge feature. If I want to, I can open the settings for a course, attach a requirement to a module, and have the system hand out a small image…
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Second Thoughts on AI-Assisted Game Design in K12
A note added September 2026: I wrote this piece in February 2025 after running a workshop for teachers on having students design educational games with AI tools. I have rewritten it as…
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Pivot: The Learning Design Strategy Game (Preview)
What is Pivot? In fall 2024, I made Pivot, a strategy card game about learning design. Players hold a hand of design principle cards and use them to build a solution to…
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Video Games as Hooks in Project-Based Learning for At-Risk ELA Students
A teacher-built series of custom RPG video games that turned student gaming behavior into unit hooks for project-based ELA work in an alternative high school setting, with built-in support for group work,…
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Accessibility in VR, AR, and Video Games: A Resource List
Immersive and game-based learning keeps showing up in classrooms, and the accessibility questions it raises are different from the ones we are used to asking about web pages and video. Motion sickness,…
