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Video Games for Education

2m 16s

Middle school students use smart phones, tablets and videos games like Minecraft in class. School Sleuth: The Case of the Wired Classroom is a one-hour documentary featuring long-time PBS Education Correspondent John Merrow as the School Sleuth, a film noir detective, in a fun and fact-filled examination of the uses and misuses of education technology in the classroom.

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School Sleuth John Merrow digs into the uses and misuses of technology in schools.
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School Sleuth John Merrow investigates the uses and misuses of technology in classrooms.
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School Sleuth John Merrow digs into the uses and misuses of technology in schools.