Last year we released the District Game-based Learning Implementation Guide to help administrators, Technology Directors, and Curriculum Specialists introduce game-based learning at a district-wide level. Since then, we’ve heard...
If you’re like me, you can’t put a VR headset on without dreaming about the possibilities for learning. From a design perspective, VR affords the opportunity to place the learner in any conceivable environment, and more importantly, to make it interactive. That’s profoundly...
We recently reached out to some of our game-based learning educator allies and asked them how they use games in the classroom, and they had a lot to say! So much in fact that we’ve compiled their insights into a shiny new eBook for your perusal...
Over the course of 10 years of making more than 100 educational games, we’ve developed some fairly strong opinions about what makes a great learning game - from mechanics, to learning objectives, to organization, we have a lot of specific ideas about best practices…
It’s that time of year again, so we’ll be packing up and flying out to Texas this weekend for another exciting week of talking to educators and exploring EdTech...
We draw on quite a few paradigms of thought when we develop games, and fortunately for us there is no shortage of taxonomies and frameworks to be found in the realm of education...
Earlier this year, Filament Games adopted Sennett Middle School, and it’s hard to believe it, but the first school year of our adoption is already over...
Did I just get you excited about a video game involving the cheese, beer, and the Packers? Sorry, I didn’t necessarily mean to do that. What I do want to get you excited about is that many of your favorite video games are being made by your neighbors, friends, and colleagues in the beautiful state of Wisconsin...
In this episode, we’re joined by two incredible educator pioneers who are leading the way towards using VR for learning. Hear from Maria Galanis, Instructional Coach at Shepard Middle School and Andrea Trudeau, Library Information Specialist for Deerfield District 109, as they discuss their best practices for using VR in classrooms.
When discussing--or designing--storytelling in video games, we typically leverage the rhetoric of the storytelling mediums we’re already familiar with: notably, novels and films, a media reference point/anchor that...
Every now and again we like to give you a peek into our processes for developing learning games - something we’ve been doing almost exclusively for 12 years! It’s a chance for us to reflect on how we approach the act of making, and a chance for you to get to know the inner workings of a leading learning game studio. Pretty cool! Today we’re going to talk about our visual design process.
Today our dear friends Nate Grundahl and Annie Larson from the Sun Prairie Area School District stop by and chat with Brandon and Dan about their game-based learning program...
