Game Based Learning Research

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You can use real pumpkin, get pie pumpkins (small ones) and cut into chunks to cook, can use microwave. It is time for these and a caution they mean baking POWDER not baking soda (baking soda leaves such an after taste the dogs even didn't want them) Trust the "Grasshopper98" on this!

If all we do is study and work, we need to have a little FUN and FLOW in our own lives, the FIERO comes from seeing them come out of the oven!

Nice site does have downloadable templates and good links

Nicole Lazzaro, Founder and President, XEODesign presents a very nice video about what makes games fun and there is a full transcript, she has several videos online

Glad to see so many of you on the list. If you running out of game possibilities or want to expore more, here is a list of 47 FREE games available through STEAM, there is no cost to have an account, but whatever you do don't lose your STEAM password, it is very difficult to get it back... trust the "grasshopper98" on this. They have quite a few games I am looking at for possible use in my classroom. Some can be played within STEAM and others need a free-download to play, but may need strong graphics, ram memory and high-speed internet, others will work just fine within STEAM. No I haven't played them all. [Wink] So many games so little time.

link to shivtr post

Link to shivtr Week 1 forum post

Discussion of the growth over the years of the Runescape MMO game, including mention of the changing game mechanics underlying the game.

How I used Professor Layton and the Curious Village in my class Related post: http://gamesmooc.shivtr.com/forum_threads/1257139?post=6841372#forum_post_6841372