Field notes from a learning studio.

Why Games? (The Real Answer)

Most people come to game-based learning thinking "kids love games, let’s use that." I came from the opposite direction. Here’s what a decade of World of Warcraft raids taught me about pedagogy — and the three principles it produced.

The General Public Still Doesn’t Understand the Purpose of Education

Being able to answer homework questions quickly doesn’t produce the type of citizens we need in the world. We’re updating the theories behind how we teach, and need to help the public understand these shifts.

A world to investigate, phenomena firsthand, decisions with consequences, low-stakes failure. Games already deliver what inquiry needs.

What we learned building for blind & visually impaired students. Why they want to explore, not just complete tasks.

Targeted programs reach a fraction of the girls who need them. Transforming how STEM is encountered during school reaches everyone.

Pedagogy alone can’t answer the deeper question: better for whom? Where game-based learning slots in.