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Educational games can be played at home or school. They usually come in a board game or card game formats. Some of them are designed to teach specific concepts such as vocabulary, grammar, math, etc. Others focus more on social skills development.
D-Grammar
a learning tool for teaching students the English language by playing online educational games! (Link)
WordPress Tutorials
Learn how to create your blog using WordPress. This is an excellent resource if you have never created a website before and would like to get started quickly. (Link)
Learn Italian with Duolingo
A free interactive web application that allows users to learn languages through “flashcards”. It uses spaced repetition technology that helps one remember things better over time. (Link)
Coding Training
The world’s largest coding community offers tutorials, courses, and certifications. With the help of their platform, anyone can access and complete any course he wants. Their courses include Web Development, Mobile App Development, Data Science, and Machine Learning. (Link)
Khan Academy
Online education site founded by Salman Khan which provides video lectures taught by some of the best teachers in the world. The lessons include everything from basic mathematics to calculus and quantum physics. (Link)
TEDTalks
TED talks are short videos uploaded by various speakers about anything ranging from science to philosophy and politics but all share a similar theme; ideas worth spreading. (Link)
Vidme
Vidme was created by YouTube creators including Hank Green, Casey Neistat, and Mark Rober. It features thousands of lessons covering subjects from STEM to business to art to music to human rights. (Link)
Open Culture:
Open culture is a non-profit organization dedicated to opening up arts and cultural content. Most of what they offer is available for free under Creative Commons licenses. They also run programs to support independent artists. (Link)
Stadia
Stadia is Google’s gaming platform and streaming service. If you want to access it, you will need to own either Chromecast, Android phone or tablet, Windows PC or Mac, or Apple TV 4th generation. (Link)
Pixlr Express
Pixlr is a photo editing software for both professional and amateur photographers. Not only does it feature a wide range of tools to edit photos, but its powerful editor includes brushes, layers, frames, gradients, colors, and much more. (Link)
Blender 3D
Blender is a cross-platform open-source 3D modeling and animation suite. It has been around since 2003 and runs on multiple platforms including Linux, OS X, Windows, iOS, and Android. (Link)
Minecraft
Mojang is the Swedish company behind Minecraft, a sandbox construction game where players work together to build amazing worlds filled with adventure and creativity. (Link)
HabitRPG
HabitRPG is a free habit-building mobile app. Its goal is to help people form habits so that they can achieve personal goals easier. (Link)
Discord
Discord is a text-based voice chat client similar to Skype. You don’t even need to download an app, just visit discordapp.com and sign in via Facebook or Twitter. (Link)
Evernote
Evernote is a cloud-based digital notebook, task manager, and file organizer. Users can capture their thoughts and inspirations anywhere, organize them into notebooks, and search through them easily across all of their devices. (Link)
Audible
Audible is another Amazon subsidiary that owns over 50 audiobook publishers. Over 30 million titles are offered. Audiobooks are currently only available for PC, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Kindle Fire HDX, Nook, PlayStation, Xbox 360, and Wii. (Link)
IMDb
IMDb (Internet Movie Database) is the most popular movie database in the world. Although primarily focused on movies, it does cover a variety of other topics like actors, directors, genres, trivia, and awards. (Link)
Lynda. Com
Lynda.com is a cloud-based learning platform that offers more than 1,000 video training courses taught by expert instructors. The website itself provides many resources like forums, articles, news, and blog posts. (Link)
Google Play Books
Google Play Books allows users to read eBooks right on their Google Play device. Currently, books are only supported on Android phones and tablets but this may change as time goes on. (Link)
Amazon Underground
Amazon Underground is a free application that allows users to download apps that aren’t compatible with Amazon’s Appstore. This includes applications such as Spotify and Hulu. Currently, it supports Android and Blackberry operating systems. (Link)
21)Dropbox: Dropbox is a cloud storage service that makes files sync between computers instantly and efficiently.
Conclusion
Learning through gaming has become much more accessible due to technological innovations and improvements in graphics and audio quality over the years. The rise of mobile phone usage has also contributed greatly to the popularity of educational video games. In addition, these games are often entertaining and they allow players to practice new skills while having some free time.