News and reflexions about change for good
L’aspect « ludique » des jeux peut rentrer « en conflit » ou en contradiction » pour leur l’utilisation à l’école. D’une façon hâtive, beaucoup pensent que l’école n’est pas faite pour jouer, qu’il n’est pas question de perdre du temps en jouant et qu’il faut construire avant tout des notions de bases à travers l’apprentissage de contenus. 
PING is an online game made for secondary schools, forming a starting point to discuss the subject ‘poverty’ and what it means to be poor. Ping is aimed at the students of the secondary and third degree. The students become the main characters in the game. They can choose between Jim or Sofia, who, due to certain circumstances, end up on the street and need to find their own path.
This film examines a fundamental human experience and key component of connected learning, 'play,' and explores whether it has been underestimated and whether, as a state of being, it holds answers for the reimagining of education.
Gamification has been a big buzzword in education in recent times. 
An interesting overview of the reasons and ways that games can be effective tools for pedagogy, followed by a summary of some of the Games for Learning Institute* current research projects.
To mark International Women’s Day, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics will release an interactive tool to highlight the progress and pitfalls in girls’ and women’s education. This tool uses a game approach to engage a general audience of a wide age range (including teachers, students, activists, pupils, etc) concerning gender disparities in enrolment and transition rates from primary to secondary and tertiary education. Users put themselves into the game by creating their own characters and then compare their situation with those of other characters around the world. They can also explore the data further by using a ‘time machine’ to change the settings of their characters. 
Conventional wisdom suggests that time spent playing video games is time wasted. The common perception is that few video games exercise the brain and, if there is any physical activity involved, it's usually the occasional wave of a controller rather than anything that will work up a sweat. And shouldn't kids be outside playing, rather than sitting in front of yet another screen?
Healthy food advertising in the form of online games doesn't make kids crave more wholesome snacks, according to a new study from the Netherlands.
AirShip Challenge promotes a healthy and active lifestyle
for kids of all ages. The player navigates the Sportacus AirShip through the
clouds above LazyTown and collects points by capturing falling SportsCandy. 
Experiments show how technology supports learning, with the
potential to increase student engagement and motivation. Games target all kinds
of subjects and age groups, with different types of gaming from strategy to
simulations to hard-core curriculum topics. Teachers can access an arsenal of
tools, from game consoles to laptops to smartphones.
Ludwig is Game-based learning, a combination of communicating
knowledge and play. To win the game, the players gather knowledge and also
apply it immediately.
