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Most games are a competition....

Elementary Students. Students are given a number, and they have to match it with the right fact family.

Middle School Students. The player has to shoot words as they are falling so that they do not land on the creature. They will be told to choose a verb, adjective, adverb, noun, preposition.

THE COLONY is an experiment that simulates a post-apocalyptic world in which volunteers are tasked with surviving and rebuilding everything from scratch, using only raw ingenuity and supplies they scavenge from their environment. Here's your destination to learn more about these bold experiments into a dark future that holds the promise of hopeful regeneration. At top of page click on colony central or go to: http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/colony/colony-central/ for VIRTUAL GAME. haven't had time to play but love show and will play soon.

It wasn't until after I registered that it hit me, I have these kits in my library! Teachers come in and drool over them because they're complete and most of the time, the kits the teachers have in their classrooms are completely empty. Teachers register for free and share their username and password with their students. This is the middle school module, they also have modules for K-2, and 3-6.

I came across these "old-fashioned" learning riddles/games that are still very valuable in developing various higher-order thinking skills. To bring them into the 21st century, the teacher could use Twitter to tweet a different problem each day, and students could provide their answers via Twitter and also compare other their responses with those of their classmates. The same idea could be applied to Facebook, foursquare, or the other social networking sites that students use.

This is an online game where users decode letters to find the scrambled word. This game seems useful for vocabulary building and literacy training, (especially with adult learners) where learners can work at their own pace in a game environment to learn more words and become more comfortable with text. In this game, they are free to make mistakes that

This is a fantastic web-based game for ages 11+ to understand urban planning, neighborhood dynamics, and diversity. Players are one of 12 characters in Boston's Chinatown, navigating the city and trying to find a place to live, a livelihood, recreation, and cultural expression. The game helps learners develop a broader view of all the factors that form community and how different communities interact with each other and larger social forces. From the website: "Participatory Chinatown is a 3-D immersive game designed to be part of the master planning process for Boston's Chinatown. You assume the role of one of 15 virtual residents and you work to complete their assigned quest - finding a job, housing, or place to socialize. But look out! Sometimes language skills, income level, or other circumstances can make your task more challenging. Whatever your experience, you'll then be tasked with considering the future of the neighborhood by walking through and commenting on proposed development sites. Every one of your comments and decisions will be shared with real life decision-makers. "

I got lost in Boston's Chinatown one time.

This is a free simulation game for 12+ where learners are able to virtually "live" the lives of someone across the globe. They make choices and face circumstances faced by people in those parts of the world, choice available jobs, battle diseases, navigate unstable political terrain. The program is based on all current data from the United Nations, World Health Organization, and other international aid organizations and links with Google maps as well. This game would be useful for middle school or high school world cultures or politics courses, and also in different enrichment or afterschool activities. From the website:"Experience life as a: * Peasant farmer in Bangladesh * Factory worker in Brazil * Policeman in Nigeria * Lawyer in the United States * Computer operator in Poland or any of thousands more ... Through statistically accurate events, Real Lives brings to life different cultures, political systems, economic opportunities, personal decisions, health issues, family issues, schooling, jobs, religions, geography, war, peace, and more. As your students make decisions for their characters and experience the consequences of those decisions they will learn about the world and gain an increased appreciation of their own culture and the cultures of other peoples."