video games Archives - Ditch That Textbook https://ditchthattextbook.com/tag/video-games/ Ed tech, creative teaching, less reliance on the textbook. Thu, 12 Aug 2021 23:33:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 We should rethink our definition of ‘wasting time’ https://ditchthattextbook.com/we-should-rethink-our-definition-of-wasting-time/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-should-rethink-our-definition-of-wasting-time https://ditchthattextbook.com/we-should-rethink-our-definition-of-wasting-time/#comments Thu, 02 Mar 2017 13:43:16 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=5251 On Sunday, I was cleaning the kitchen. On hands and knees scrubbing the floor, to be more specific. (Yep, I’m that guy, and that’s OK with me, You know what they say: happy wife, happy life!) All of a sudden, mid-scrub, I thought, “Where are my kids and what are they up to?” I have […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/we-should-rethink-our-definition-of-wasting-time/feed/ 11 How video games can help students in class, at home https://ditchthattextbook.com/how-video-games-can-help-students-in-class-at-home/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-video-games-can-help-students-in-class-at-home https://ditchthattextbook.com/how-video-games-can-help-students-in-class-at-home/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2016 10:45:42 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=4768 Games are a daily part of our existence for most of us. We play video games on our phones, our tablets, our computers, or TVs … almost everywhere. We take part in games through rewards programs, accumulating points with our favorite restaurants, hotels and stores to redeem. Elements of games are showing up more and […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/how-video-games-can-help-students-in-class-at-home/feed/ 7 Gamification: How Clash of Clans changed my class https://ditchthattextbook.com/gamification-how-clash-of-clans-changed-my-class/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gamification-how-clash-of-clans-changed-my-class https://ditchthattextbook.com/gamification-how-clash-of-clans-changed-my-class/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2014 11:10:39 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=2378 When my son was 5 years old he loved the game Clash of Clans. If you’ve never played this online multiplayer game, the premise is this: You create an army of warriors and a village for them to live in. Then you find armies of other users of the game and you do battle against them. You […]

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