Teenager Alea Frydnlund is creating zombies. “It will attack you if you’re on survival,” she says. “But right now, I’m just on creative.” Alea hunches over a screen in a classroom at the University of ...

From graphing paper to algebra puzzles, one teacher shares tons of practical lesson ideas for turning math class into “Mathcraft” Ed. note: For more Minecraft lesson ideas, see Jim Pike’s lesson plans ...

For Minecraft lesson ideas, view the above GameDesk-produced video and see Jim Pike’s lesson plans on order of operations and area and perimeter, featuring explainer videos and more, on the website ...

The Common Core standards have generated lots of attention and controversy, but what do they look like in a classroom? The NPR Ed team continues its summer series from a fifth-grade math lesson. From ...

This might be the one time when parents shouldn’t yell at their kids for playing video games when they should be doing homework. For the students of Dean Vendramin at Regina’s O’Neill High School, the ...

Matheminecraft puts players in a classic math puzzle called an Eulerian cycle, which you’ve almost definitely tried before. Can you draw a star without crossing your own line or lifting your pen? This ...