3rd World Farmer: A simulation to make you think. - 0 views
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"A free online game about rural poverty in developing nations."
Two new studies on action games and learning - 2 views
How Videogames Like Minecraft Actually Help Kids Learn to Read | WIRED - 0 views
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Brecht Vandenbroucke Minecraft is the hot new videogame among teachers and parents. It's considered genuinely educational: Like an infinite set of programmable Lego blocks, it's a way to instill spatial reasoning, math, and logic-the skills beloved by science and technology educators. But from what I've seen, it also teaches something else: good old-fashioned reading and...
Mark Carnes, "Minds on Fire" - 0 views
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Reacting to the Past game book.
Habworlds Beyond - 2 views
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"HabWorlds Beyond is a new type of online science course. What sets it apart from the current generation of online courses and MOOCs? Emphasizes learning by doing Students learn by doing as they create and destroy stars, hunt for planets, and search for signs of life."
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Thinking about trying this out. Do you know anything more about it?
The Alternate-Reality Games That Teach Kids The Cause And Effect Of Their Circumstances - 2 views
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These sound more like simulations. Good stuff.
To understand life in East Germany, all you need is this board game | Public Radio Inte... - 0 views
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That sounds awesome!
Teaching international relations through popular games, culture and simulations (Part 1) - 4 views
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PAXsims is pleased to feature a number of blog posts from David Romano (Missouri State University) on teaching International Relations through popular games, culture and simulations. Today he introduces the topic. Stay tuned for parts two, three, four, and five in the near future. * * * Introduction Politics as "the struggle for power" surrounds us.
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Nice, just sent the general paxsims site to Mike Fratanuano last week.
Drucker and Rockwell, "Reflections on the Ivanhoe Game" - 1 views
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Descriptions of playing through the Ivanhoe game.
Ivanhoe | A Praxis Program Project - 2 views
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Connect * Create * Inspire The Ivanhoe Game is about making connections, bridging disciplines, highlighting subjectivity, and engaging students with an alternative pedagogical approach. This WP Theme allows teachers to convert WordPress, already often used in the classroom, into an exciting environment where students can manipulate and play with a cultural object.
College to offer video game scholarships - Chicago Tribune - 1 views
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"e-athletes"?
USAPP - There is still no evidence that videogames "harm" minors - 1 views
"'Never Alone', a Video Game That Immerses Players in Traditional Iñupiat Cul... - 0 views
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Fascinating idea for a cultural game.
Random Universe Generator: Nested Is The Best Thing | Rock, Paper, Shotgun - 3 views
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Now that looks like fun.
Teachers Surveyed on Using Digital Games in Class - 0 views
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Very useful data on K-12: "We have an early look at some of the interesting data coming out of a larger report on teacher attitudes around the use of games in the classroom. The numbers hint at wider use of games in the classroom and indicate teachers see the real benefit of games in helping low-performing students."
Assassin's Creed IV, Ubiculturality, and Stede Bonnet: an Invitation | Play The Past - 2 views
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A fine way to think about history in these games. I like the preceding post as well, http://www.playthepast.org/?p=4260 .
Can A First-Person Shooter Game Be Successful Without All The Shooting? | Co.Exist | id... - 2 views
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