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Be a Healthivore: Make Healthy Living Games
Games sometimes get a bad rap because of the stereotypical hard core gamer locked away in his basement for hours on end, never seeing the light of day. Our friends at Green Ribbon Schools have been...
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Games in the Classroom: Education Challenge Grant
Minecraft teacher and his students atop a structure they built Here’s a quick post about a super grant from Entertainment Software Association (ESA) for teachers to submit lesson plans, submissions and...
View ArticleFor Kids By Kids
What’s better than kids making video games? Kids making opportunities for other kids to make video games! You may have read earlier that this year we’ve partnered with Global Kids’ Online Leadership...
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National STEM Video Game Challenge: Celebrating Success
An adventure game where your character moves around by manipulating the attractive and repulsive forces of the atom. A 3D battle against pathogens inside the human body. An early learning game starring...
View ArticleHealthivores!
Often playing video games is associated with unhealthy behavior. There is a strong stereotype of a gamer who stays in the basement, eating junk food and never leaving the house. So it may come as a...
View ArticleGames and Storytelling
Right now, in Gamestar Mechanic we are featuring the Scholastic What’s Your Story? Contest. This contests is open through August 1st and serves as part of the Start. Write. Now. Alliance for Young...
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Healthivores is back!
Remember last year’s awesome competition from our friends at Healthivores? They’re back! If you missed it last year and want to participate, you’re in luck. Here’s a note from the Healthivores team:...
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Guest Post – Kerri on the STEM Challenge
Hey guys! We’ve been doing a ton of traveling and game design workshops around the country to gear up for the National STEM Video Game Challenge. Our guest blogger today, Kerri Schlottman, is E-Line...
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Partner Highlight: The Scholastic Awards
Gamestar Mechanic has had the good fortune to work with the prestigious Scholastic Art & Writing Awards since our early days in Beta phase. The Scholastic Awards is a 90 year-old program begun by...
View ArticleFHI Game Jam
I recently wrote about the interscholastic program and competition we run in partnership with FHI 360. In a nutshell, we train 9 NYC public middle schools to use Gamestar Mechanic, support their...
View ArticleToon Academy: Minecraft
Looking for something super fun to do with your students this month? Look no further. Our partner MinecraftEdu has teamed up with Toontastic on a contest for kids to show what they are learning by...
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STEM Video Game Challenge: A Quick Start Guide
As any experienced teacher knows, November and December are often months packed with activity, anticipation, and a dash of pure insanity. Then, after going home to spend time with family, we arrive...
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Game of Sprites – An epic adventure in STEAM learning.
“Greetings, valiant Mechanics! Are you ready to embark on a grand adventure? Then prepare yourselves for Game of Sprites!” (GSM News, Nov. 16, 2016) The Holidays are upon us! The students are...
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