GlassLab is creating Use Your Brainz EDU as a game that teaches problem solving.
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Use your brainz: Nonprofit GlassLab creates an educator’s version of Plants vs. Zombies 2

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The nonprofit learning company GlassLab has launched Use Your Brainz EDU, an educational version of Plants vs. Zombies 2 to teach children problem-solving skills.

The title is part of a larger mission to improve education and make learning less boring through games. GlassLab and Electronic Arts’ PopCap studio released the game today for schools on the North American iTunes App Store and its web site. The title has already been downloaded tens of millions of times since its release in 2013.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.