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This is the DIIGO group for gaming in education. We are currently working on coding entries via tags so they are easy to access. <p> For now: diff_1 thru diff_5 (easy to hard), grade level: E, M, H, C (elementary, middle school, high school, college), EV_1 thru EV_5 (educational value with "1" as not much and "5" as very); Yawn_factor5 = sleep inducing; yawn_f3 = take it or leave it; yawn_f0=keeps me interested <p>If you think of other tags that will be helpful for all, please let me know.</p></p>
http://resources.kaboose.com/games/dr-brains-robot.html This game allows students to practice basic math skills such as subtraction and addition. The object is to take a chip that represents the...
Anybody get BBC Dinosaur World to run? I tried both versions (two interminable downloads), then installed DirectX 8.1 and updates to my graphics card drivers (two more interminable downloads). Ever...
Game: EdHead's Simple Machines URL: http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/index.htm Age Level: Elementary school What it does: Student clicks around in one of several environments which...
Game: Virtual Earthquake URL: http://www.sciencecourseware.com/VirtualEarthquake/VQuakeExecute.html Age Level: High school and up. Late adolescent to adult learners should be able to grasp the co...
Game: Wizards and Pigs Poetry Pickle URL: http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/wiznpigs/wiznpigs.html Age Level: Elementary school. What it does: Player moves a little wizard character thru a c...
like it. it does help to learn cloud names or types. good job Charles.
Game: Online Music Games URL: http://www.flashmusicgames.com/ Age Level: Kiddos on up What it does: Simulate playing various musical instruments and create tunes that can be played back. The studen...
Game: Eclipse Crossword URL: http://www.eclipsecrossword.com/ Age Level: Elementary school on up What it does: Enables user to create unique crossword puzzles by entering a list of words and ...
Game: Pyramid Challenge URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/launch_gms_pyramid_builder.shtml Age Level: Middle to high school on up What it does: Player takes the role of an Old Ki...
Game: Death in Rome URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/games/death_rome/index_embed.shtml Age Level: Middle to high school on up. What it does: Investigate a death (murder?) in ancient R...
Game: Star Viewer URL: http: //sites.google.com/site/keirclarke/sky.htm?attredirects=0 Age Level: I'd say middle school and up. What it does: Planetarium-like map of the sky contains clickable link...
Game: Rocket Modeler URL: http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/rocket/rktsim.html Age Level: Maybe 5th grade and up. What it does: Teaches basic concepts of rocket design to modelers. Lets user change ...
This is an educatinal game that can feed hungry people. For every answer you get correct the World Food Program will donate 10 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program. Over 83 Bill...
Intriguing, involving gameplay and I certainly learned a lot about CSI. I went thru most of the side activities providing supplemental information (I admit I skipped the "maggot milkshake" bit, I w...
Excellent game. Rather brief story arc, but easy to play, responsive, educational. I think it struck a good balance between providing a rich interface and conserving computing power/bandwidth. A fe...
Sent by Charles Crowley - worth reading and commenting on. Is this something that we want our students to do? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/magazine/19video-t.html?pagewanted=1&hp Longish (9 ...