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Three Guidelines for Effectively Integrating Games in the Classroom

Posted by Karl Kapp on March 19, 2015

A number of meta-analysis studies have been conducted in the field of game-based learning attempting to create generalizable findings that can be used to select and create meaningful educational and instructional game experiences. Here are three guidelines culled from research on the subject. Embed the instructional game into the curriculum. Games should be embedded in […]

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Thank You, Thank You for Kickstarter Backing

Posted by Karl Kapp on February 23, 2015

What a crazy ride the last few weeks have been. As you may know, I have co-founded a company called 2K Learning and we decided to try Kickstarter to fund part of our company’s birth. It worked, it did not seem like it was going to work for over 26 days into the event but, […]

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Lessons Learned from My “Seemingly Doomed” Kickstarter Campaign

Posted by Karl Kapp on February 9, 2015

By now you may or may not know that I have co-founded a new company called 2KLearning (from lack of backers, I am assuming you don’t know). You can learn about the “seemingly DOOMED” campaign here. The goal of the company is to create innovative video game-based and hands-on maker faire-based learning experiences for middle […]

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Kickstarter Campaign: Day Two–The Make/Play Revolution

Posted by Karl Kapp on January 15, 2015

The kickstarter campaign that we have started for 2K Learning is for implementation of an exciting curriculum to provide students with hands-on learning opportunities coupled with a video game to reinforce and help teach the concepts of motion and force. We’ve had great reach so far but now we are looking for more, we are […]

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Leaving Stealth Mode: Announcing 2K Learning and Kickstarter Campaign

Posted by Karl Kapp on January 15, 2015

Today is an exciting day with the announcement of the launch of 2K Learning. 2K Learning is born out of 6 years of work on a National Science Foundation project which has since morphed into a full fledged company offering innovative play/make curriculum designed to instill a love of science, engineering and math into middle […]

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