About the Announcement

“Technology has the potential to help reinvent the education process, and excite and inspire young learners to embrace science, math and technology,” said Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft. “The Games for Learning Institute is a great example of how technology can change how students learn, making it far more natural and intuitive.” Read more...

• Games for Learning demo at Columbia University video
• Computer Gaming to Enhance Computer Science Curriculum White Paper

In the News

• Microsoft Pledges $1.5M for Games Research
• Microsoft, NYU aim to woo preteens to math, science
• Games to Teach Middle-School Students
• Microsoft, universities work to prove that video games can be educational
• Microsoft and NYU partnering on research into video games that teach math, science

Games for Learning Institute Partners

• Ken Perlin, New York University

• Jan Plass, New York University

• Catherine Milne, New York University

• Helen Nissenbaum, New York University

• Jean-Marc Gauthier, New York University

• Steven Feiner, Columbia University

• Bruce Homer, City University of New York

• Mary Flanagan, Dartmouth

• Colleen Macklin, Parsons
• Alex Quinn, Parsons
• Carl Skelton, Polytechnic University
• Katherine Isbister, Polytechnic University at New York University
• Andy Phelps, Rochester Institute of Technology
• Charles Kinzer, Teacher’s College