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Most of the news I found discuss whether video games have any negative effects on kids. IIn constrast, those educational games which play an important role in educating kids are neglected and not paid much attention to.

Optimal limits for focus and engagement.

Article provides examples on how game developers benefit from interacting with their own children (e.g. able to observe what features excite children that were not anticipated by designers)

a video game that teachers colonization. it has been developed by the ministry of Culture in Brazil with other collaborators. It is viewed as a tool for distance learning

A video game developed based on a research on children in pre operative phase. With content on the surgery and other aspects that would help children get over their fear of surgeries.

A new study finds that when adolescent girls play age-appropriate games with their parents there may be some benefits, such as feeling closer to family members and having better mental health.

"Parents see the use of mobile technologies in schools as a means of increasing student engagement (43 percent) and preparing students for the working world (41 percent). The most often-cited instructional benefit is mobile devices' ability to extend learning beyond school hours."

Video games may change engagement.

Researchers from Yale and Stanford study how people make face and scene associations.

Discussion of potentially distracting elements of incorporating technology into a classroom.

therapy dog pilot program aims to reduce stress

ny times' column contest asks readers play the role of a doctor and provide correct diagnosis for a medical case

aesthetics help draw interest in the brain?...