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Minecraft six principles of game-based learning: The failure dynamic, fail early, fail often. Teach students to take risks in a safe environment- a game. The flexibility dynamic. Provide multiple paths to success. Old school video games had one way to win. Newer "sandbox" games are more open. The construction dynamic. Build something that matters. Students want to create things with a purpose. Minecraft lets them create something difficult and worthwhile. The situated meaning. Learn new ideas by experiencing them. Students learn vocabulary in real-time, as it pertains to playing with others in the game; or learn math as they understand construction. Systems thinking. Learn how all pieces can fit or be fitted. Games help players see how their actions fit into the bigger picture, not just the individual. Build empathy. Bring players together to learn a common goal. By communicating and working together, players build empathy through their avatars by raising awareness of local or global goals.

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"Gamestar Mechanic uses fun, game-based quests and courses to help you learn game design and make your own video games!"

Awesome game to encourage kids to read. Great for all ages but really good strategy for older readers who are doing independent reading.

"EverFi - Financial Literacy™ is a new-media learning platform that uses the latest technology - video, animations, 3-D gaming, avatars, and social networking - to bring complex financial concepts to life for today's digital generation."

In chef's pizzeria your child masters the concept of naming simple fractions using pizza picture examples. Designed for grade levels 2-5, Pizza Fractions provides introductory practice with fractions in an approachable game-like environment. players presented with randomly generated fractions to identify by counting slices of pizza entry level simple fractions build confidence with denominators 1-12, excluding sevenths and elevenths adjustable level of difficulty allows beginners to start with easier fractions and progress as they learn option to advance questions by shaking the device or using a button score data and round timing allows you and your child to compete by alternating rounds

build a scavenger hunt for PD, for instruction, lots of pre-made games you can copy

This is a pretty cool concept. Lots of scavenger hunts already created. Reminds me more of gamification that a scavenger hunt