We understand that education can be good for us; yet, we don’t always see the value of entertainment.  We assume on some occasions it will keep our attention, sometimes make us think, yet so many other times we primarily hope it will just help us relax.  As much as we may appreciate any of these outcomes many are using entertainment to tackle real world problems.  Yes, supposedly mindless entertainment can have some useful effects but for some reason we believe entertainment will be even more constructive when it is used in an educational setting.  Not a new word, the definition of a “mash-up” of the two words edutainment is defined as:

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