{"id":4023,"date":"2014-12-30T08:23:57","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T21:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=4023"},"modified":"2014-12-28T22:59:46","modified_gmt":"2014-12-28T11:59:46","slug":"video-games-consoles-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/video-games-consoles-school\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Video games consoles doing at school?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/web_thumb_AVGSPDGOG_ToyBox_Screens.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4025\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/web_thumb_AVGSPDGOG_ToyBox_Screens.jpg\" alt=\"web_thumb_AVGSPDGOG_ToyBox_Screens\" width=\"283\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/web_thumb_AVGSPDGOG_ToyBox_Screens.jpg 283w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/web_thumb_AVGSPDGOG_ToyBox_Screens-97x55.jpg 97w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/web_thumb_AVGSPDGOG_ToyBox_Screens-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a>Over the past few years computers and tablet devices have become essential tools for education but what about video games consoles?<\/p>\n<p>With the\u00a0launch of <b><i><a href=\"www.disney.com\/Infinity\" target=\"_blank\">Disney <span class=\"il\">Infinity<\/span> 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes <\/a><\/i><\/b>earlier this year I spoke with Edu-tech expert Dan Donahoo. \u00a0 He talks about his <a href=\"http:\/\/infinitylearning.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Infinity Learning<\/a> program that\u00a0uses the popular Disney Infinity video game to help teach primary school children\u00a0about the basics of video games development along with some important life skills. Listen below.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4023-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Tech-Daily_Infinity-Learning_Dan-Donahoo_IV.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Tech-Daily_Infinity-Learning_Dan-Donahoo_IV.mp3\">http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Tech-Daily_Infinity-Learning_Dan-Donahoo_IV.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>You can read more about games based learning at:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pil-network.com\/HotTopics\/gamesbasedlearning\/consoles\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.pil-network.com\/HotTopics\/gamesbasedlearning\/consoles<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/infinitylearning.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/infinitylearning.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few years computers and tablet devices have become essential tools for education but what about video games consoles? 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