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Man, I love this post by John Rice of Educational Games Research. It is right up my alley. I grew up playing these games in the 1980s and I love educatonal games, it doesn’t get any better than this. Check out The Top 10 Most Influential Educational Video Games from the 1980s __ Catalog of […]
Continue Reading →A number of sources have recently been discussing the virtues and vices associated with creating games that raise social consciousness. One great resource are some postings by Jeff Cobb over at Mission to Learn. He has created two lists of games for change. One is called 26 Learning Games to Change the World and the […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →Here is an online adventure game developed by the Indiana University School of Education supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, NASA, and Food Lion. As the game explains “Your help is urgently needed on Atlantis. The Atlantian council is seeking your advice regarding important matters. On Atlantis, water and air are […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here is an educational link a reader sent to me when I called for educational games. This one is called Kinderweb. It provides online educational games for young children (3-6 yrs). It was put togther 13 years ago and it’s still going strong. The emphasis is on early learning and getting kids comfortable with a […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →IBM has released a 3D game to teach engineering concepts to kids. It comes complete with lesson plans for teachers including one called windturbine design and build challenge. They are working through a group they helped form called TryScience . Read more about IBM and TryScience here. You can read about their other partner, New […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Image from the educational game Immune Attack. Here is an interesting article Game consoles remain classroom rarity and some key information from the article. In one middle school in Japan took a leap in a pilot program and allowed students who were learning English to do some of their work last year on Nintendo DS […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Here is an interesting video exploring why more games aren’t more “Story” focused. Take the concepts of the video and apply them to educational video games and I think many of the points will hit home (especially the part about good writing.) Also, the video itself is an interesting look at presenting a message in […]
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Leave a Comment (4) →Here is a great video from Northern Illinois University showing how mechanical engineering can be made fun by incorporating game elements, problem-based learning and real race cars into the course. I especially like the beginning contrasting a textbook with the video game…food for thought. __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and GadgetsRecommended Games and GadgetsRecommended […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →I had a lot of positive feedback on my list of educational games in my post It’s All Fun and Games and Then Students Learn. So, here are some more educational games that might be of interest. If you know of any more, please let me know and I’ll post them. Darfur is Dying This […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here are the resources for my presentation at the SAME-TEC 2008 14th Annual Conference. These are focused on the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math related subjects (STEM). First is a web site called HA Games. This web site, which requires a login, has games focused on Algebra, Physics and the Periodic Table. Here is a […]
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