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Martin Burrett

Color World Origins - 51 views

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    A superb logic game from http://www.coolmath-games.com. Change the colour of the blocks by shooting coloured balls out of a cannon. But it's not always that simple! http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Educational+Games
Roland Gesthuizen

Daphne Bavelier: Your brain on video games | Video on TED.com - 61 views

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    Who Knew!
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    "How do fast-paced video games affect the brain? Step into the lab with cognitive researcher Daphne Bavelier to hear surprising news about how video games, even action-packed shooter games, can help us learn, focus and, fascinatingly, multitask. Daphne Bavelier studies how the brain adapts to changes in experience, either by nature or by training."
Martin Burrett

GamePress - 48 views

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    This is a great iPad app which lets you make amazing games with the minimum of coding experience. Use the pre-made characters and props or make your own using your camera or gallery images. Control the behaviour of each item to make some intricate games with a flick of your finger. Your designs are only limited by your imagination. Share your games with others at the click of a button. Download the app at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/GamePress/id637370800?mt=8 http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools
Marc Patton

Game Design Tool Kit | Learning Games Network - 98 views

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    Registered members of our website can now download the Game Design Tool Kit free of charge by clicking on the link to the left. Inquire about our Professional Development Inservice Training Sessions, Game Jams and Boot Camps…all built upon the foundation of the Game Design Tool Kit.
Martin Burrett

Game Show Computer Game Builder - 122 views

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    Make a game show with this game building tool. Enter your questions and up to five possible answers. Download the XML file and either a flash or HTML file to play. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+&+Web+Tools
Martha Hickson

JogNog helps teachers create learning games for their students | eSchool News - 4 views

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    JogNog, a website that provides competitive learning games that motivate students in grades 2-12 to learn, has opened up its library of elementary and middle school content to teachers who want to create games that match their specific lesson plans.
Elizabeth Resnick

Free Technology for Teachers: 77 Educational Games and Game Builders - 25 views

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    list of free educational games
Steve Ransom

The Problem Site: Problem Solving and Educational Games - 3 views

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    At The Problem Site, you can play educational games and daily puzzles, find interesting reference pages, and engage in fun problem solving activities. There are word games, math games, math problems, mystery quests, and many other free educational resources
Marc Patton

10 Video Games To Get Started With Game-Based Learning - 91 views

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    Games offer rewards, challenges and victories that students may not find in the real world, according to researcher Jane McGonigal
Josephine Dorado

World of Warcraft Finds Its Way Into Class | MindShift - 36 views

  • “When I bring these to their other teachers, I am consistently told, ‘I don’t get anything like this from them,’” Sheehy said in reference to the writing her students produce. They write complex arguments because they are passionate about the game, the storyline, and the class. “When there is no passion you get dutiful, for the grade work,” she said.
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    Some educators are using popular commercial games like World of Warcraft (WoW) to create curriculum around the game (via @Learnfreeli)
Beth Panitz

Keyboarding Games for Kids - Learning to Type Games for Kids | Learning Games For Kids - 187 views

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    A great collection of keyboarding games for kids
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    Learning Games for Kids
anonymous

When Gaming Is Good for You - WSJ.com - 2 views

  • Other studies have found an association between compulsive gaming and being overweight, introverted and prone to depression
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      The key to this statement is the "compulsive" gaming. Anything done to a compulsive or addictive level is unhealthy.
  • The violent action games that often worry parents most had the strongest beneficial effect on the brain.
  • In contrast, using cellphones, the Internet, or computers for other purposes had no effect on creativity,
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  • A three-year study of 491 middle school students found that the more children played computer games the higher their scores on a standardized test of creativity—regardless of race, gender, or the kind of game played.
Brad McDiarmid

10 Surprising Ways to Spot a Great Video Game | Common Sense Media - 1 views

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    What your kids look for in a snack might be different than what you look for as a parent. While they focus on taste, you focus on nutrition. Same goes for games. Glitzy, big-name games can be enticing, just like junk food. Some are flashy and addictive but do little to feed kids' curiosity or help them develop.
Roland Gesthuizen

TEDxKids@Brussels - Gabe Zichermann - Gamification - YouTube - 34 views

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    "Gabe Zichermann is an entrepreneur, author, highly rated public speaker and gamification thought leader. He is the chair of the Gamification Summit and Workshops, and is co-author of the book "Game-Based Marketing, where he makes a compelling case for the use of games and game mechanics in everyday life, the web and business."
Martin Burrett

Microsoft's Kodu Game Lab - 16 views

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    Download this 'must try' game creating and editing suite from Microsoft. Build characters, objects, scenery and design the structure of the games. Build and play entire worlds. It's an ICT teacher's dream. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools
Michele Brown

QR Wild - Play and Create QR Code Games! - 103 views

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    QR Wild creates custom QR Code games. Find and Scan Game Pieces,  Scans trackable QR Codes placed at physical locations that you'd like students  to visit. As the game pieces are scanned the player earns points and unlocks "badges" 
Steve Ransom

Lure of the Labyrinth - 90 views

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    Lure of the Labyrinth is a digital game for middle-school pre-algebra students. It includes a wealth of intriguing math-based puzzles wrapped into an exciting narrative game in which students work to find their lost pet - and save the world from monsters! Linked to both national and state mathematics standards, the game gives students a chance to actually think like mathematicians.
Marianne Hart

STEM Game Ideas - Evaluation - 64 views

  • A sciTunes Human Body Adventure By sciTunes | January 05, 2011 @ 21:36:30 A sciTunes Human Body Adventure is an interactive videogame package for pre-K ? fourth grade students that includes six games related to the main systems of the human body. Each game includes a clever, catchy, scientifically accurate song in the background that reinforces the main components of that human body system. The ability to select a difficulty level for each of the games will ensure that the younger children will not become frustrated and that older children will not become bored.
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    Great game - sci-Tunes A Human Body Adventure Click the Applaud button to vote.
Beth Panitz

Learning Games For Kids - 139 views

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    Educational games are a great tool for building foundation math and language skills that today's elementary school curriculum requires. These online learning games and songs for kids are fun, teach important skills for preschool and elementary school kids and they're free. Want educational games that help build skills in math, language, science, social studies, and more? You've come to the right place!
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    All subjects areas. Fun learning games, songs, videos
Martin Burrett

Dobble - 118 views

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    This is a fun spelling game for younger students. Jump around this platform game collecting letters in the correct order to spell words. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English
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