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Gaming to re-engage boys in learning

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In her talk, Ali Carr-Chellman pinpoints three reasons boys are tuning out of school in droves, and lays out her bold plan to re-engage them: bringing their culture into the classroom, with new rules that let boys be boys, and video games that teach as well as entertain.

In her talk, Ali Carr-Chellman pinpoints three reasons boys are tuning out of school in droves, and lays out her bold plan to re-engage them: bringing their culture into the classroom, with new rules that let boys be boys, and video games that teach as well as entertain.

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Ali Carr-Chellman

Instructional designer

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Ali Carr-Chellman is an instructional designer and author who studies the most effective ways to teach kids and to make changes at school.

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