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History games. Quizzes. Serious Games Examples. Made With Play: Game-Based Learning Resources. Resources by Topic: Intrigued by game-based learning, but not sure where to begin?

Made With Play: Game-Based Learning Resources

Edutopia's series takes a look at game-like learning principles in action and commercial games in real classrooms -- and offers tips and tools for bringing them into your own practice. The Made With Play series is a co-production with Institute of Play; visit their website for many more resources around game-based learning for both educators and parents, including a comprehensive games and learning reading list (PDF). These videos were made possible through generous support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Index to Group Activities, Games, Exercises & Initiatives. Oppimispelit. 77 Educational Games and Game Builders. I'm often asked if I know of any games for subject "x," "y," or "z" for a particular grade level or age group.

77 Educational Games and Game Builders

My answer is usually yes, but I need to search my archives. Therefore, I've gone through my archives and dug up many of games that I've mentioned over the last four years that are still active online. Consider this my humongous list of educational games. 1. Kids Spell provides eight free games that help students learn to spell more than 6,000 words. 2.Spin and Spell has been featured on a number of blogs over the last year. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. The Language ID Game. The World of Miamiopia - An Educational Virtual World For Kids. Video Games For Grown-ups. The office of Funomena, a small video-game company based in San Francisco's SOMA district, has all the creativity-enhancing knickknacks you expect in a Bay Area startup: clumps of clay, hydrophilic sand, a Lego mermaid, and what cofounder Robin Hunicke describes as other "stupid things we fiddle with.

Video Games For Grown-ups

" The idea is to set an atmosphere that's "more like a Montessori school than a game development studio," she says. That makes sense: Funomena isn't like most other game companies. Its first commercial ­project, Luna (which is not yet scheduled for release), will offer no high-caliber weapons, no alien-zombie invaders, and, most surprisingly, no scorekeeping of any sort. Instead, it will be an allegorical, grown-up fairy tale that explores how we might understand and integrate past traumatic experiences in order to grow and accept who we are now. Deep gaming is also a response to a fast-changing marketplace that no longer represents just one narrow slice of the population. Nutrition Education, Free - Fun Healthy Kids' Games, Healthy Family Living Website, My Plate Education, Healthy Eating Wellness Tools, Children's Nutrition Information, Free Kids' Games.

100 Great Game Based Learning and Gamification Resources - BrainRush. Fun & Games. Air Medic Sky 1. The best apps, games, websites, and digital curricula rated for learning. STEAM Games, Apps, and Sites. LogiCity. Staying Alive - 4 minutes to save a life in 3D. Explore. The Virtual Trillium Trail an Educational Simulation of a North American Forest by Virtual Field Trips, LLC. Gamestar Mechanic - Teachers - Intro FAQ - Page 1.

GAMEUP. Fate of the World. Play True Challenge. Engender Game Group Playable Prototype. Welcome to Whyville! Educational Apps & Game Based Learning. Lern Deutsch. Free Online Games for Language Learning. CatAcademy—Learn languages. From cats.

40 Sites for Educational Games - Academic Learning Coach. 26 Learning Games for Change. Note: Learning games have really taken off since I originally wrote this post a number of years ago (right before the 5th annual Games for Change Festival).

26 Learning Games for Change

As a result, this post is past due for an update. If you know of other learning games you feel should be added, or have updates/perspectives concerning any of the games listed here, please comment or contact me. I hope to do a full update in fall 2013. Fair warning, you could easily eat up a big chunk of your day following the links in this post. Buy hey, you’ll be helping out the world a bit in the process. Inanimate Alice - Homepage. We Tell Stories - Stories. Six Stories Week 1:The 21 Steps with Charles Cumming "I was the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time.

We Tell Stories - Stories

" One minute, Rick Blackwell is sightseeing at St. Pancras in London; the next, he's caught up in a conspiracy that takes him far away from home. Week 2:Slice with Toby Litt "Oh I've been a bad girl, a very bad girl... " Quandary. Simulation Games - Play Simulation Games on Free Online Games. 15 Serious Games Aiming to Change the World. Using games for purposes other than entertainment is nothing new.

15 Serious Games Aiming to Change the World

There are war games, educational games, throne games. But a new class of games has sprung up in recent years, designed to create awareness and raise support for a variety of global issues. Such serious games seek to harness the power of competition and/or novelty to attract players and get the word out for a good cause. Here are 15 games you can play and be a better person for it. Catalysts for Change: On April 3, 2012, Catalysts for Change went live online for 48 hours. Teaching Themes - Myst.

The Myst series of computer games can be extremely valuable teaching tools.

Teaching Themes - Myst

The characters, landscapes and storylines used in the game can all be used to enhance learning in a wide range of curriculum areas. Below, you will find a considerable number of ideas and resources to help you use the Myst games as part of your teaching. There are lots of ways of using Myst in the classroom, so please get in touch if you have some more ideas / resources of your own. Thank you! How Do You Play. Games for Decision Making. A common request that many teachers are familiar with: "Games!

Games for Decision Making

We want a game! " "No study today - games! " Games can be used for a myriad of purposes - thinking and decision making included. Stop Disasters is one of those games where the player needs to make decisions in order to save lives. The player chooses a scenario, then builds a community, and then develops defences to prepare for disaster. In a world where natural disasters regularly happen in different parts of the world, calling students attention to how to prevent disasters is an interesting challenge where they need to make decisions in regard to tsunamis, floods, wildfires , hurricanes and more. Education. Some School Games. OCSD Interactive Games. Design Your Own Games Pre-Made Games Matching Game Directions- In this game you can match up words.

OCSD Interactive Games

You have two columns to work in . Type in your words in the first column and the matching words in the second column. You should have at least 8 pairs of words. EduPup Educational Games. Flashcard games to make your brain happy! Games2Train.com. ICT games.

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