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The research is clear: Human beings are born to play. In Game On? Brain On!, Lindsay Portnoy unpacks the games and playful experiences that invite engagement and deep learning. Using cognitive science to explore the ways in which play helps students acquire and maintain critical skills, Portnoy shows how inviting creativity and excitement into the classroom results in big gains for everyone.

From "The Gamer Educator", an openminded guide to parenting alongside screens and gaming, offering practical solutions to managing your family's screen time.​ Parents are feeling mounting pressure to minimize screen time, but are struggling to do so in our technologically driven world. In...

This program is read by the author. NBC NATIONAL INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AND HOST OF “ROSSEN REPORTS” ON TODAY BRINGS THE ULTIMATE HANDBOOK TO LIFE. Do you know where to take shelter in an earthquake? How to bust a lying car mechanic? Save money at the store? You’ll know now. Every...

Humans by nature love to strategize. The evolution of the race is primarily because humans strategized and conceptualized things. A particular amount of well-defined and concrete planning is involved, combined with the right action that will lead to the strategy’s success. This very kind of logical thinking is also applicable to the world of today’s strategy games. Strategy games are games in which the outcome is determined based on the choices made by the player. Games of this kind can be won using tactics instead of technical proficiency or force.

Simulation games attempt to imitate multiple activities from real life in a form of a game for several purposes. The typical examples of these are analysis, prediction, and training. These games can be defined as any video game that tries to replicate real life. Say, for instance, players may be piloting a plane that often has all of the real control systems. These games invite players to improve decision-making competencies while striving for established goals. Simulation games are produced by commercial businesses but can be created by the trainer.