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Games and gaming
July 17, 2024

How Minecraft Enhances Skills in Neurodiverse Children Unlocking Their Potential

In our "Neurodiversity Friendly Minecraft Club," neurodiverse children engage in an online world that not only sparks joy but also supports significant developmental benefits. This blog post explores how playing Minecraft in a small, guided group can help enhance social interaction, communication, creative expression, and emotional regulation among neurodiverse children. By participating in structured adventures, these young gamers develop fine motor skills, cognitive flexibility, and a sense of achievement and belonging, all within a safe and inclusive environment. Discover the transformative impact of game-based learning on children with neurodiversity through our expert-led sessions.

Beautiful School of Gaming's Minecraft World
Games and gaming
June 27, 2024

Important! Three Tips to Guide Your Child Towards Safe, Empathetic, and Developmental Online Gaming

Protect your child from toxic gaming culture with School of Gaming's expert advice. Learn three essential tips for guiding your child towards safe, empathetic, and developmental online gaming. Discover the benefits of moderated servers, engaging discussions about gaming activities, and incorporating gaming education into your child’s hobbies.

A friendly and educational scene showing a parent and child discussing video games with Minecraft elements in the background.
Parenting tips
June 27, 2024

Is Your Child Becoming the Lord of the Flies?

Discover the importance of supervised gaming environments for children. Learn how School of Gaming's guided gaming education prevents toxic behaviors in online gaming, creating a respectful and safe online culture. Find out how we help parents and gamers create positive gaming habits and understand the consequences of their actions.

Two kids lost in the Gaming Jungle. Angry animals and ghosts around them
Parenting tips
May 26, 2024

Let’s Blame the Kids, Because It’s Easy

Blaming youth for societal issues like unemployment and screen addiction is simplistic and misleading. This blog explores deeper structural problems that adults need to address.

Blaming youth for societal issues
Serious Business
May 19, 2024

A Healthier Way to Play

Game-Based Education Offers a Healtier Way to Play. There is a significant difference between playing on open servers and participating in supervised activities, such as a gaming club where activities are guided by professional game educators. In this blog post, these differences are explored and a view why supervised gaming clubs offer a healthier and more enriching gaming experience is explained.

Game-Based Education Offers a Healtier Way to Play
Games and gaming
May 13, 2024

Online Gaming Camp – A Safe Training Ground for Camp Life

Exhilarating summer camps are the highlights of every child's vacation. But what if one could also experience camp life virtually? Online gaming camps offer excellent opportunities, especially for shy children to practice social skills before heading to summer camps or even a trip to grandma's.

Parenting tips
May 2, 2024
Niina Meskus

Game Festival is here again!

Game Festival celebrated the end of semester and brings gamer projects to the limelight. Amazing projects are on display once more. Event is streamed live in Youtube.

A poster of School of Gaming's Game Festival stating the time and the date. A framed image of kids in our Minecraft world.
SOG News
April 26, 2024

Better Grades, Less Bullying - The Big Impact of Banning Smartphones

Banning smartphones in schools a way to go? Seems so. A recent study from Norway has shown some interesting results when schools decided to stop students from using smartphones. The study found that when smartphones were banned, students did better in school, felt less stressed, and there was less bullying. This was especially true for girls and those from families that aren't very rich, who showed the biggest improvements.

Banning smartphones in schools
Parenting tips
April 12, 2024
Mikko Perälä

Digital Parenting Tips: Encouraging Positive Gaming Habits

This article addresses the challenges and benefits of children's gaming, emphasizing the importance of balanced, supervised play in safe gaming communities for healthy development and social connections.

Parenting tips
April 10, 2024
Sonja Lappalainen

SOG Community Tournaments in April - Rocket League and Overwatch

School of Gaming's esports gamers will once test their gaming skills in the Rocket League and Overwatch tournaments in April. Free registration for all SOG Gamers with or without a team.

School of Gaming's Overwatch tournament in Apr 29 and Rocket League tournament in Apr 25.
SOG News
March 18, 2024

Seven Superb Reasons to Learn Programming

As humanity becomes increasingly dependent on technology, it is crucial that children understand how everything works and learn the basics of programming from a young age. Programming has many benefits for our children's cognitive, academic, and professional development. Moreover, learning programming is fun! At least here at the School of Gaming! That's why our Principal lists seven reasons for you to learn programming today.

Parenting tips
March 15, 2024
Niina Meskus

Unlock Your Brain’s Potential: Enhance Memory with Minecraft and the Memory Palace Technique

How can you use Minecraft (and other games) to improve your brain's performance and memory capacity? Use the game and build your own memory palace using it! Follow easy step by step guide and become a memory master.

Ancient greek style palace in Minecraft-like environment, visualisation of possible memory palace.
Games and gaming
March 8, 2024

Children's safe internet use

Explore the challenges of navigating your child's online experience, from potential exposure to harmful content on YouTube to the impact of influencers. Learn how critical thinking and media literacy play a crucial role in empowering both children and parents. Uncover the risks associated with prank and mocking videos, as well as effective strategies for fostering a healthy digital environment.

Parenting tips
February 24, 2024

Game-Based Learning the School of Gaming Way

School of Gaming's goals are quite well encapsulated in the term digital citizenship. A good digital citizen possesses the necessary digital skills and attributes to succeed in the future world and to make it a better place for others as well.

Parenting tips
February 24, 2024
Niina Meskus

Minecraft's game modes and playstyles

Discover the diverse world of Minecraft game modes - survival and creative. Survival mode offers excitement and challenges as players gather resources and battle monsters, while creative mode unleashes limitless building possibilities. Learn which mode suits your child's playstyle best and how to navigate online gaming safely. Find out how to engage with the Minecraft community with the help of School of Gaming for shared experiences and building challenges.

Minecraft's two play modes and their differences - survival and creative
Games and gaming
February 23, 2024

Learning with Minecraft Education Edition at School of Gaming

At School of Gaming we believe in the power of play and games. Fun factor is an important ingredient in motivation to learn. Minecraft Education Edition is exactly that. A motivating and fun tool to learn new things.

Games and gaming
February 22, 2024

Why Discord is the Chosen Platform for School of Gaming

Discord, known for its robust features that cater to gaming communities, offers a unique blend of communication, collaboration, and community-building tools. Read more to understand why Discord is the chosen platform for School of Gaming.

Parenting tips
February 13, 2024
Sonja Lappalainen

SOG Community Tournaments in February - Rocket League and Overwatch

School of Gaming's esports gamers will once test their gaming skills in the Rocket League and Overwatch tournaments in February. Free registration for all SOG Gamers with or without a team.

School of Gaming's Overwatch tournament in Feb 28 and Rocket League tournament in Feb 29.
SOG News
February 9, 2024
Mikko Perälä

What are the age ratings for games?

Minecraft age rating? Fortnite age rating? Where can you find the correct age rating of different games?

Games and gaming
December 18, 2023

Transforming Digital Education in the EU - Insights from the EU Workshop

School of Gaming's principal gamer, Mikko Perälä, was part of the workshop crafting EU Council policy recommendations for education and training in digital skills across the member states. In this article he reports his insights directly from the EU workshop.

School of Gaming's CEO Mikko in front of European Union Democracy in Action installation in Brussels
Serious Business
December 9, 2023
Mikko Perälä

Expat children maintain their language skills by gaming

Hear from expat parents about the positive impact of online gaming on their children's native language proficiency. When a child's circle of friends is international, and the lingua franca is English or another dominant language, the language spoken with parents may deteriorate. That's where online gaming can help.

A kid in front of a computer playing a video game online with friends and talking about a quest. Speech bubbles show icons of a map, a mountain, a dragon and a question mark.
Parenting tips
December 5, 2023
Niina Meskus

Game Festival is here again!

Game Festival celebrated the end of semester and brings gamer projects to the limelight. Amazing projects are on display once more. Event is streamed live in Youtube.

A poster of School of Gaming's Game Festival stating the time and the date. A framed image of kids in our Minecraft world.
SOG News
November 21, 2023
Mikko Perälä

Why Minecraft? Why School of Gaming?

In educational gaming, Minecraft stands out for nurturing vital cognitive skills in young learners by not only crafting virtual worlds but also shaping young minds. In this post you will learn why we chose Minecraft and why you should choose School of Gaming.

An image of a room in Minecraft, School of Gaming's famous NPC's in the foreground.
Games and gaming
November 21, 2023
Reksi

Balancing Screen Time

There are two types of screen time: passive screen time and active screen time. Both can have either positive or negative effects on children, depending on the content itself, who they share the screen time with, and the purpose of the screen time.

A girl on her room playing with a computer, enjoying high quality screen time.
Parenting tips
October 30, 2023
Reksi

Navigating Parenting Challenges in Gaming

Get valuable tips for new gamer parents, addressing common challenges and finding the right balance between gaming and other responsibilities.

A frustrated father in the foreground, a kid on a computer looking at his dad bored. Looks like they are arguing about gaming.
Parenting tips
October 30, 2023
Reksi

Understanding Your Child's Games

Explore the importance of parental involvement in gaming and discover how understanding your child's gaming preferences can lead to meaningful conversations and balanced gaming rules at home.

A mother in the foreground does not seem to understand her sons esports hobby.
Parenting tips
October 30, 2023
Reksi

Gaming for Well-being

Discover how gaming can be a stress-relief strategy for kids, supporting their mental health and promoting social interaction, especially during challenging times like wars and pandemic.

A kid is embarking a gaming adventure with imaginary friends. Fantastical cities and castles loom in the end of a forest path.
Games and gaming
October 30, 2023
Reksi

Bonding Through Gaming

Strengthen family ties through the power of family gaming. Learn how to connect with your child, whether you're a seasoned gamer or a newcomer, and create lasting memories together.

A group of gamers are gathered to a group photo on the branches of a christmas tree in Minecraft.
Games and gaming
June 7, 2023
Niina Meskus

Game Festival ends the School year 2023

School of Gaming celebrates the end of school year by organizing Game Festival for all it's gamers. Everyone get a chance to showcase their projects and best ones received glory and awards. And of course everyone got their picture taken in the famous yellow carpet.

School of Gaming's Game Festivale celebrates gamers and their projects.
SOG News