What if you could learn the ABCs and 123s withGrover? What if you could explore the wonders of nature as a bear? What if you could experience a beloved childrens book from withinthe story? Working closely with trusted childrens brands such as Sesame Street, produced by Sesame Workshop, and National Geographic, featuring TV programming from Nat Geo WILD, and leading academics and learning research institutions, Xbox 360 today reveals how its “playful learning” experiences revolutionize interactive television, allowing children and their families to engage, interact and learn in an entirely new way — all through the magic of Kinect for Xbox 360.  Read more:

via Kinect for Xbox 360 Redefines Learning for Kids With Interactive TV, Storybooks… — NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ —.

The award-winning educational game designers from Rice University’s Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning (CTTL) are preparing to create their first online game series about clinical trials.

The new series, called “Virtual Clinical Trials,” will be the sixth in CTTL’s popular Web Adventures series for young teens. The center has designed games over the past decade with a set of titles that lets students try out different science careers, track the origin of disease outbreaks, solve crimes by using forensic science and more… Read more:

via Health News – Rice University developing game for teens about clinical trials.

Valve, the Bellevue company behind the Steam video-game platform and hit games such as Portal and Half-Life, is developing a new educational game to help middle-school students learn physics. It’s an outgrowth of the company’s Learn With Portals initiative, and it’s slated to debut in about six weeks… Read more:

via Valve has high hopes for its ‘non-sucky educational game’ – GeekWire.