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Filament Games Podcast | Season 4 Episode 5: Educational Experiences in Roblox

You + the newest episode of the Filament Games Podcast? via Giphy In this episode, your illustrious hosts Brandon and Dan interview Filament Game Designer Colin Skinner about his experiences working as lead designer on RoboCo Sports League. What is RoboCo Sports League? In short, it’s a RoboCo-inspired experience Filament Games is creating specifically for…

February 13, 2023 // Alyssa Froehling

Research Roundup: The Positive Impacts of Game-based Learning

When it comes to game-based learning, there’s a whole lot to love! Game-based learning is a superhero in the K-12 classroom, but it’s also versatile. Adults of any age can productively partake in game-based learning, and professionals of all kinds can use it to boost their skills and careers. In this blog, we’re going to…

February 8, 2023 // Alyssa Froehling

5 Reasons Why You Should Work With Filament Games

Are you searching for an educational game developer? Looks like your journey through cyberspace led you to the right place. In case this is your first time visiting our blog, hello! We’re Filament Games, a full-service digital studio that specializes in learning game development on a for-hire basis. via Giphy We’ve worked with clients like…

February 6, 2023 // Alyssa Froehling

What’s New in Game-based Learning – February 2023

We’re shot through the heart, and game-based learning is to blame. 💘 It gives video games a good name! Welcome to February, Filamentarians – another segment of your beloved monthly series is here! Here’s a roundup of recent game-based learning news that will melt your icy hearts (which are frozen due to the cold weather…

February 1, 2023 // Alyssa Froehling

Resource Roundup: What’s New in 2023

Just like that, we’re already one month into 2023! As industry leaders, every new year is an opportunity for us to predict, prognosticate, and prophesize what’s to come in the game-based learning and edtech space. Read on and discover everything new (or coming soon) in 2023! via Giphy Start off this year right by following…

January 30, 2023 // Alyssa Froehling

Research Roundup: Immersive Learning is the Future

Exciting news, Filamentarians! This March, our VP Jennifer Javornik will be venturing to Austin, Texas, along with some of our friends from FIRST, Museum of Science, and Roblox to join a panel called “Learning in Immersive Experiences is the Future” at SXSW. If you’re headed to SXSW this year, be sure to catch this session…

January 25, 2023 // Alyssa Froehling

6 Educational Games We’re Excited to Play in 2023

We’re feeling ⚡electrified⚡ about 2023! One of the main reasons for our excitement? All of the cool learning games that are coming out this year, of course! via Giphy As leaders in the educational games space, we have a finger on the pulse of all the latest game-based learning news and technology trends. We don’t…

January 23, 2023 // Alyssa Froehling

Video Games and AI in 2023

If you were on the internet at all at the end of 2022, you know that Lensa AI and other AI portrait generators were taking TikTok and other social media platforms by storm. Lensa specifically sparked many important conversations about privacy, the ethics of AI art, the exploitation of data, and more. As we take…

January 18, 2023 // Alyssa Froehling

Top Game-Based Learning Conferences to Attend in 2023

You know the old adage: new year, new game-based learning conferences to attend! Okay, so maybe we slightly modified the original saying, but we wouldn’t be who we are today if we weren’t continuously 💪pumped💪 about the educational possibilities of video games! If you too can’t stop daydreaming about what a new year will bring…

January 11, 2023 // Alyssa Froehling

EdTech Predictions for 2023

Welcome to 2023, FilaFriends! Every January we make a new set of edtech predictions, giving our best guesses as to what this year will hold for our industry. No, we don’t use magic to make our predictions – just our 17 years of experience! If you’re curious about 2023’s edtech trends and hot topics, be…

January 9, 2023 // Alyssa Froehling

Game-based Learning for Professionals

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