Educational games and apps are a useful tool for Blended Learning, making it important to choose games in different content areas that not only align with standards and support learning goals, but engage students as well.  In this session, Max Holechek, UX Designer, Ayu Othman, Art Director and Dr. Tim Hudson, explored games from a developers eyes. They discussed how game design principles can be used effectively to increase student engagement and achievement, both in the classroom and in digital environments.  They shared examples of games that employ these principles in different content areas and in games that are solely developed for entertainment.  They also explained how to classify and select educational games according to their purposes and needs.

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Click to view the webinar “Games for Learning – Design Principles for Student Engagement in Blended Learning Models”

Sponsored by DreamBox Learning

Presented by Max Holechek, UX Designer, Ayu Othman, Art Director and Dr. Tim Hudson, Senior Curriculum Director at DreamBox Learning

To take the CE Quiz and access the resources for this session visit the professional learning community Blended Learning: Extending Classes Online

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