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"Learning typing is the focus of these keyboarding games. Learning keyboarding skills is vital for today's learners and tomorrow's earners. These free typing games are a great way to build typing skills. Keyboarding games teach important skills through a variety of online typing lessons and typing games..... oh yeah, they're fun!"

Virtual Apple ][ is a site which will take you back to the 1980's through its collection of more than 1250 game disks online. Play and enjoy old Apple ][ (Apple2) and Apple IIgs games and other disks through your Internet web browser. You will find games like Oregon Trail and Number Munchers which many of you played as kids, as well as games like Tetris, Battle Chess, Leisure Suit Larry, Choplifter, Archon II and Kings Quest.

All of IPMG's math games, math activities, math worksheets, math e-books and interactive math games are designed to foster math skill building. However, there are myriad games on the site that do allow differentiated instruction for an interested math learner who wishes to test their budding math skills against their peers or the computer. The math games and math activities available on www.iPlaymathgames.com are meant to be used to either support any math curriculum or just have fun with math!

"Welcome to Math Chimp! We collect free online math games and organize them by the common core standards. We're glad you've come to play cool math games here... they're free and always will be!"

Only two free games but worth it for the packman style game.

via http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=2409

via http://freetech4teachers.blogspot.com/2008/12/secret-builders-virtual-world-for-ages.html SecretBuilders is a virtual world for children 5 to 14 years old powered by a web 2.0 community of children, parents, educators, writers, artists and game developers. On SecretBuilders, children will explore virtual lands, undertake quests, play games, maintain a home, nurture a pet, and interact with their friends. Three features which form the backdrop for SecretBuilders distinguish it from other online worlds: * Children learn through immersing themselves in the stories, themes, and concepts from the best in literature, arts and humanities. They will interact with famous historical and fictional figures and be introduced to content and characters from world civilization and the great thoughts and ideas of human creativity. * Children will create this site, not just consume it. They are directly involved in creating this world with their ideas, critiques and contributions on virtually every aspect of the site and many of their ideas will be implemented! * Children publish their works - writings, art, videos - making SecretBuilders their own personal store of creativity. They can invite friends and family to view their works, and comment upon them. Seeing their works published and enjoyed by others instills tremendous for self-confidence as well as motivation to do more.

Depending on the Tycoon game it can be very educational. If you remember the old lemonade stand, that could be thought of as a tycoon game.

via Patricia Cone

Play me a story? Welcome to Playfic, the online community that lets you write, remix, share, and play interactive text-based games with the world.

"Looking for games online that might help students learn important cybersafety concepts? Add this collection from around the world to your digital citizenship training efforts. " via Dean Mantz

Expand your kids online experience with KidZui, the Internet for Kids. KidZui is a Firefox add-on that with one click turns Firefox into a kid-safe environment with over a million kid-friendly websites, games, pictures, and YouTube videos. Real parents and teachers review content for KidZui so your kids can surf independently. Kids build avatars to express themselves online. They earn points for exploration and discovery. They can tag content and share it with parent-approved friends. When locked down, KidZui prevents kids from closing the browser, downloading files, or opening other applications. This is a great way to let your kids independently explore on Firefox without worrying about them using the adult Internet, or accidentally deleting important files.

from http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

# New Email for Kids with Art/eCard attachments # New Time Lock for limiting a childs time on the computer. # New updated browser navigation (thumbnail GUI) and graphics. # New Kidrocket.org websites. (Public & KidSafe) # New online games and puzzles. # Now Vista compatible. (Windows 98, 2000, XP, MCE, Vista) # Updated kidsafe website list. view approved websites # Now provides vocal prompts and confirmations, for alerts and various security related operations. - It Talks!

"Meet Me at Midnight" is an interactive online adventure that takes place in an animated Smithsonian American Art Museum. Intended for children age 8 to 10 years, the site presents a perplexing scenario. An artwork-the dreaded Root Monster-comes alive and wreaks havoc in the galleries overnight. Visitors choose a friend-a character that has been separated from its artwork-to help aright the mixed-up museum and find its way back home.

Hey there! Get ready for all sorts of wacky, physical fun - okay, more mental than physical, but there are physics involved - from the comforts of your computer chair! This is IncrediBots, and you'll be building, guiding, jumping, and doing all sorts of wonderful things with your very own robots, spawned from the depths of your creativity, in a wide-open, physics-based playground!

Heard about on the Get Smart with Smart Boards podcast http://smartboards.typepad.com/getsmart/