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This is a link to the full-text research article authored by Glenda A. Gunter, Robert F. Kenny and Erik H. Vick. The title is "Taking educational games seriously: using the RETAIN model to design endogenous fantasy into standalone educational games". The authors argue that for educational games to be effective, a new design paradigm needs to be utilized. They recommend the RETAIN design and evaluation model. The article is published in Education Tech Research Dev (2008) 56:511-537 and the DOI is 10.1007/s11423-007-9073-2.

Educational games and apps for grades K - 5. The games are math and language arts related.

This is a fun and educational website! There are some things it asks you to download from itunes, but there are many, many games and apps available for free. This site offers great math and language arts computer games for elementary students grades k-5.

This is a great website to use with all grade level students. It includes educational games for all subjects!

Free Online Math Games. Cool Math Games for Kids of All Ages. Now includes iPad Math Games also works on Kindle and Android - HTML5 Games at HoodaMath.com.

This brief article is an early work by Dr. Ian Bogost related to what he would later refer to as "procedural rhetoric." In this piece Dr. Bogost draws parallels between various processes essential to being "literate" at different points in history. With what "processes" do we need to become literate as educators in the 21st century? How can we help others become literate?

This sounds a lot like learning by doing. If students can't experience battle re-enactments, or visit musuems and historical sites, or travel to parks, or act out a story, technology might afford those luxuries. Computers, iPads, even smart phones can provide virtual field trips and experiences. Students can further share these experiences through social networking. As an older generation, I feel it necessary to keep learning how today's youth are communicating so I will be able to connect with them and bridge that gap in their education.

Not a fan of Diamond, but I did like Guns, Germs, and Steel. As it relates to learning, I do agree that there is great benefit in constructing your learning. I imagine a day when we will be able to choose from a vast assortment of resources that will allow us to illustrate specific terms or concepts and from those resources we can build knowledge, sort of like a Lego model.

Educational software and online games with these goals: 1) To add sound and visual effects to make learning fun and more memorable. 2) To design games with many difficulty levels so that players will continue to be challenged no matter how far they progress. 3) To provide games that will exercise players' brains.

UCF Website University of Central Florida Libraries - Must use your Library ID to access. These articles focus mainly on Instructional Gaming.

A plethora of activities for pre-k to middle school. Make worksheets, take on-line quizzes for all subjects.

Free math worksheets, free math games, grammar quizzes and free phonics worksheets and games. Worksheets and games are organized by grades and topics. These printable math and phonics worksheets are auto generated.

Power my Learning is a website dedicated to providing Teachers, Studenst and Parents with additional tech resources in all subjects and grade levels. You can watch videos, click on your grade level or subject area and find activities and games, and even read teacher blogs.

There is a great deal of enthusiasm for the use of games in formal educational contexts; however, there is a notable and problematic lack of studies that make use of replicable study designs to empirically link games to learning (Young, et al., 2012). This paper documents the iterative design and development of an educationally focused game, Compareware in Flash and for the iPad. We also report on a corresponding pilot study of 146 Grades 1 and 2 students playing the game, a paper and pencil related activity and completing a pre- and post-test. The paper outlines preliminary findings from the play testing, which included high levels of student engagement, an approaching statistical improvement from pre- to post-test, and a discussion of the improvements that needed to be made to the game following the pilot study.

A great read about technology integration in the classroom and using technology in general.

Funschool offers free online educational elementary games for kids as well as printable activities, coloring and crafts that will help kids learn and get ready for school.

ZisBoomBah helps educate kids and parents about food in an easy and fun way that all ages can understand. Featuring free food games, tools, recipes and information.

This interactive web site for students ranging from pre-K to eighth grade is published by Family Education Network. It offers skills practice in reading, math, and literacy. The web site even has books such as the Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and more. You will surely find activities and games for your students to enjoy!

Good interactive website for kids

Great interactive website for kids! Very educational and keeps the students engaged.

This website is a great internet safety resource for students, parents and educators.  There are videos and lesson ideas available.  There is also information about cyberbullying.  This website is a great classroom tool because it offers engaging activities for students, including virtual games, to teach them about internet safety.

Let your early elementary students explore this website to learn about a variety of different topics! PBS children's shows each have their own website with games, learning activties, vidoes and more!

Excellent resource for videos, games, and others!

Great website for kids! Allows kids to watch educational videos.

Game-based learning article by UCF faculty member, Dr. Glenda A. Gunter, Robert F. Kenny from Florida Gulf Coast University, and Erik H. Vick.

Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. Individuals can download the Scratch software and create their own projects, or explore projects that other individuals created on the web.

Thank you, this is a really awesome site!

Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. As young people create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.

Would you like to challenge your students with an online quiz or trivia game? Get Started with Pinnion to create quizzes, surveys, trivia games, or polls with unlimited questions and unlimited responses for free.

Earobics provides a research based, comprehensive reading intervention program that helps improve reading proficiency, reading skills, and reading comprehension.