Play to Learn, Make to Learn, Learn to Earn: ASU's Three-Part Vision for Game-Based Education
Every educational revolution starts with a simple heresy: what if everything we're doing is wrong?
Arizona State University's Endless Games & Learning Lab commits that heresy daily. Their premise isn't just radical—it's borderline blasphemous to traditional education: every kid should be a creator, not just a consumer. Not some kids. Not gifted kids. Every kid.
While other universities debate whether games belong in education, ASU built a $5 million lab funded by Endless…
Camp Level Up++: How Game Design Camps Are Building the Next Generation of Creators
A thirteen-year-old just built a Bluetooth speaker from a cigar box, designed a game level that made their dad cry, and laser-cut a stencil that's now hanging in their school's art gallery. This isn't exceptional. This is Tuesday at Camp Level Up++.
While traditional education debates whether to allow calculators in math class, Camp Level Up++ students are wielding laser cutters, programming game engines, and soldering circuits. The gap between what schools teach and what kids can…