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Bill Gates Takes On Education's Biggest Bureaucratic Beast With Video Games - 0 views

www.fastcompany.com/...ucratic-beast-with-video-games

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shared by Garrett Eastman on 16 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • Garrett Eastman on 16 Jun 11
     
    Along with new federally mandated education standards, investments by Gates in grants for "digital learning" tools.
Garrett Eastman

Xenos Project Expands with $1.99M Grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - 0 views

learninggamesnetwork.org/xenos-announcement

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shared by Garrett Eastman on 12 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Garrett Eastman on 12 Apr 12
     
    The Learning Games Network, a non-profit spin-off of the MIT Education Arcade that bridges the gap between research and practice in game-based education, today announced a $1.99 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to expand Xenos, its flagship integrated social learning environment gaming platform, for Hispanic adults learning English (ESL) in libraries and workplaces. The goal of the Play Games-Learn English Project is to provide self-directed ESL instructional resources to adults in informal learning and vocational training settings. Pilot sites include the Boston and San Francisco Public Libraries and BJ's Wholesale Clubs."
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