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Broadcasting network created by educators for educators with tons of channels for different educational subject including EdGamer. Very interesting, so much to explore and learn and see what other educators have written.

Interesting articles on all range of education and creativity and nueroscience

This blog has some great links to additional educational game researches that could be put to good use in the classroom

A relatively through (though opinionated) discussion about the state of video games, education, and their intersection

A lengthy but information-packed paper on the nature of games and the use of play in education. I haven't read the whole thing yet, but it seems like there is a lot here. I got it from a neat organization called The Education Arcade, which I'll bookmark above.

Website with different interactive games as well as teacher curriculum

Hey class, this is a documentary that I just saw in Boulder, CO. The filmmaker just happened to be presenting the film at my friend's house the night that we were passing through. So I got to meet the filmmaker, see the documentary and a bunch of us that attended had a discussion about it as well. It's a little more relevant to our schools and society class (totally a conflict theory perspective) but I'd say it's relevant to EduPsych and anything related to education as well. This is the link to the video with English subtitles, but for those of you who'd like to practice understanding academic Spanish and a variety of South American and Spanish accents, you can just search La Educacion Prohibida on YouTube and you'll find the version with no subtitles.

Why Don't Students Like School? Chapter 2

This review has some very interesting ideas about centralization in schools- an idea I ran into a lot when researching my SEL program. I'm not sure if all of the ideas are applicable to a typical public school classroom, but there are some good points about the role of student choice in learning

Overall, I very much enjoyed this program. One of the greatest strengths of the program is that it appeals to the user-interface trend of learning that kids really enjoy; they get to interact with their learning materials! Rather than reading descriptions of the brain, students can click on different parts and hear descriptions, processing and/or reprocessing information at their own pace. Also, the program integrates knowledge of the brain with tips on how to use such knowledge of succeed in school. The role models are struggling students, thus the program provides characters that players can relate to. I found very few weaknesses with the program, although I did find some ways for the program to improve. My greatest concern is that the program can be hard to navigate. I managed -- I still don't know how -- to skip a large part of the program. I had to redo the program from scratch in order to go through it properly. Also, the very erratic jumps from image to image, for me, was a bit distracting, although perhaps a student observer may appreciate the quick pace of the program. Overall, although there are ways for the program to improve, I think it is a wonderful tool for brain and learning education.

I haven't read the whole report but it seems like interesting research and valuable to look at when discussing curriculum and visible thinking.

Instructions on the "gamification" of your classroom.

This article outlines some of the uses of video games and education. It even explains that video games are used in India to promote literacy.

Group at MIT that "explores games that promote learning through authentic and engaging play." Tons of research and projects are listed here as well.

The How Stuff Works of teenage brains

Interesting description of "typical" teen behaviors as related to neuroscience