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...
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...
Last night we kicked off our first live Twitter Chat of the year with educators from across the country who are using games in the classroom, or are excited to learn more about game-based learning. A riveting conversation transpired about how students...
The benefits of reading classic literature are numerous and the sooner a child gets interested in reading, the better chance they’ll continue to read and learn throughout their lifetime. Along with an increase in vocabulary skills...
Did you ever dance during a reading class or sing a song during science? While teaching methods certainly don't have to be this unorthodox, research shows that employing multiple senses may have significant benefits for learning new...
To say we’re excited about the impact of Virtual and Augmented Reality on learning is a bit of an understatement. Not a day goes by where we’re not thinking about how to harness this technology to help learners of all ages experience...
VR! The kids are INTO IT! We’ve been so focused on VR over here at Filament Games I can’t be 100% certain I’m not typing this with goggles on right now. It’s been really exciting to cut our teeth on our first round of VR projects, and it’s led to...
So you want to enter the magical world of game-based learning? Good! It only takes a few minutes on the app stores to see that not all learning games are equal. Just because you have a game and...
This just in! Scholastic has published the results of a national survey of 4,721 public school educators in the newly released Teacher & Principal School Report. This report focuses on the barriers to equity in education, educators’ funding priorities...
Filament Games has been a Unity shop for a while now, and we’re big fans. There are a lot of benefits to using this platform, and we’ve written before about how to get the most out of Unity in game development, based on our current understanding...
