Using video games for education. Is it possible?
We know video games are fun, but you might discover the fact that some of them have real educational value. What if we exploit this at school?
The video covers a lot of things but it's by no means complete with all the information. If you want to go deeper on this topic, I encourage you to read the relative post in my blog where you can find a lot more details:
https://sammed05.github.io/sm_blog/20...
📌Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
04:13 Selecting the right video games for education
06:03 The 3 key features to consider
09:44 All key features are required
10:18 Assassin’s Creed Discovery Tours
11:32 Minecraft (Vanilla and Education)
14:29 Kerbal Space Program
16:56 Portal 2
18:34 Beyond Blue
19:21 Microsoft Flight Simulator
20:10 Valiant Hearts: The Great War
21:32 Variant: Limits
22:53 Earth Primer
24:14 Little Mouse’s Encyclopedia
25:17 Cypher
26:01 Honorable mentions
29:32 Conclusion
🎮List of all video games shown in the video, in order of appearance (not repeated):
Pong
Horizon Forbidden West
The Pathless
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Minecraft
Manifold Garden
The Witness
Super Mario Odyssey
Tetris 99
Minecraft Dungeons
Halo Infinite
Red Dead Redemption 2
Journey
Hades
New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe
Control
GRIS
Antichamber
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Cities: Skylines
Slime Rancher 2
Forza Horizon 5
Undertale
Abzû
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
No Man's Sky
It Takes Two
Mario Bros. Arcade (1983)
Call of Duty: Vanguard
Marvel's Spider-Man
Beyond Blue
Death Stranding
Inside
Portal (with RTX)
Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Discovery Tour)
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)
RollerCoaster Tycoon
Minecraft Education Edition
Factorio
Stardew Valley
The Last of Us Part II (accessibility)
God Of War Ragnarök (accessibility)
Assassin's Creed Unity
Assassin's Creed Origins (Discovery Tour)
Assassin's Creed Valhalla (Discovery Tour)
Kerbal Space Program
Kerbal Space Program 2
Portal 2
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Variant: Limits
Earth: A Primer
Little Mouse's Encyclopedia
Cypher
Rabbids Coding
Human Resource Machine
Oh my Git!
while True: learn()
Codepip (minigames)
TestTubeGames (minigames)
Quantum Moves 2
A Slower Speed of Light
The Green New Deal Simulator
Bad News (browser game)
🔗Links:
🌐My website: https://samdev.netlify.app/
✍️My blog: https://sammed05.github.io/sm_blog/
🐦Twitter/X: https://x.com/MedianiSamuel
📋Tools used for making this video:
▶ DaVinci Resolve for video editing and animation
▶ Blender for making the 3D models in the thumbnail
▶ OBS Studio for screen recording
▶ GIMP for editing both the thumbnail and images inside the video
▶ Ableton for making the ending song
▶ Audacity to record, cut and modify audio.
©️Credits:
🎞️Stock footage from Pexels (https://www.pexels.com/license/)
🎵Ending music track by me, currently unreleased.