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Inside one of Sweden’s first eSports schools

On Tuesday, August 18, the first students of Sweden’s new eSports curriculum enrolled at Arlanda Gymnasiet school inMrsta. Seven High School students became the first to join a new national curriculum track in physical education, devoting lesson time to the tactics and mastery of eSports. It is the perfect time …

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The BBC is giving a Micro Bit computer to every British year seven child

11 and 12 year olds across the UK are to receive a pocket-sized codeable computer courtesy of the BBC. The Micro Bit was teased back when the corporation’s Grand Theft Auto drama was announced in April. A million of the devices have been ordered with the aim of supplying one …

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Math – What is it good for?

Guerilla Tea's Alex Zeitler on why current maths education is turning people away from the subject, and how you can get into programming without excelling at it

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US Department of Education acknowledges potential for games in schools

The US Department of Education has said that video games can play a significant role in teaching everyone from young children to students, and is hosting an event to further discuss these ideas with developers. The Games for Learning Summit will be held in New York later this month, where …

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