Gaming_in_education

A site featuring dozens of games with social impact. Organized well by grade level.

Here is another site dedicated to understanding and solving math problems. What's interesting about this site is that English and Science are incorporated as well. It's a known fact that these 3 subjects are dependent upon one another and understanding these subjects (as a whole) is essential. This site is geared for the primary grades.

Although not a free site, Zoodles has a great deal of interactive games for the various primary school age subjects. My 10-year-old enjoyed the free trial so we're considering purchasing a membership for 1 year. Subjects include reading, math, science, and writing.

This is the main site where I pulled the crossword puzzle game from, it has games for K-6 students.

This an interactive crossword puzzle about outer space, specifically stars and planets.

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."

Useful ages 11+ this free, online simulation game allows learners to play the role of an "Oiligarch" an oil baron, building profits but also causing environmental and economic problems. It is useful for natural sciences, social sciences, environmental science, and economics courses.

A video game for young people with cancer. They choose tools and battle unhealthy cells. Downloadable, in English, Spanish, and French.

This fairly simply but interesting game centers on practicing knowledge about the mummification processes of ancient Egyptian embalmers. The player plays the role of the embalmer who has to practice all the right steps and use the correct tools in the correct order so that the deceased pharoah is granted access to the afterlife.

This is a game-based learning initiative by NASA. The site links to numerous related and supplementary resources. The game is downloadable (free) but unfortunately PC-only. Here's a link to a Youtube video showing gameplay and audio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmAGNTzpINE&feature=related Description: In Moonbase Alpha, you assume the exciting role of an astronaut working to further human expansion and research. Returning from a research expedition, you witness a meteorite impact that cripples the life support capability of the settlement. With precious minutes ticking away, you and your team must repair and replace equipment in order to restore the oxygen production to the settlement.

This link isn't to a game in particular, but a to a lively and active Twitter feed on game-based learning (links, activities, conferences).

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

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.

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.

Great Math Puzzles....Elementary

Interactive games K-6

Most games are a competition....

A general website with information on many things involving current and cutting edge instruction.

Math problems are not as interactive. :(