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This blog has followed social gaming juggernaut Zynga's progress for a couple years now. One of its most popular gaming apps is FarmVille, which runs on Facebook and touts an estimated 70 million players, making it one of, if not the, most popular games ever. Testaments to the game's popularity abound. I opted to post this here as we are debating the use of Web 2.0 tools in education. Farmville dominated Facebook games for a number of years, and educators made use of this trend to enhance their teaching. Though it has not been developed for educational purposes, I know even teachers of business studies who used it in their classes with students 13+ of age. This example should encourage us to make use of what is trending and popular with our students to our advantage!

human Resource Machine isn't listed but it's a great logic game!

Stay mentally sharp by working your memory and language skills with these fun, online brain games. Source Stayingsharp by AARP

Thanks I need this!!! Julie Alvin

This website provides a large list of games typically used in face to face training rooms. Some are quite adaptable for the online environment. At the very least they can spark some creativity.

Guidelines for Building Games for Classrooms

I prefer GameMaker: Studio for my students and myself professionally, but it's nice to see competing products.

These games would be a good review for students who are struggling with understanding the basic math concepts and who need some extra drills for reinforcement.

Interesting article on how technology impacts the classroom today.

This article provides insights into the educational value of web 2.0 tools and how these tools may be used within education

This article encourages and motivates the exploration of best practices in integrating digital games, social networking, and simulations in the learning environment.

Use this as a resource to catalyze discussion on your campus.

The Social Networking section of the 2013 State of America's Libraries Report from the American Library Association provides information about the use of Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and other Web 2.0 technologies in libraries including the increased use of gaming technology.

podcasts include extensive discussion on gaming as well as other aspects of eLearning

Fun geography game - guess where you are when randomly dropped into a location on Earth by looking at Street View images.

Free quiz game tool for students. Can organize teams and see who finishes first; also see which questions students struggle on. Even college students enjoy playing.

This is the mother lode of guitar tab sites. Uke and bass tabs are available as well. The site has really upped its game in the last few years - the accuracy and quality of the transcriptions is greatly improved. The ProTab subscription is well worth it.

Complete resources for learning to use Unreal Engine 4. For those instructors teaching game development, this is the best and most thorough source of tutorials and videos which support learning the software package.

I don't even know what tumbler is! I better get back in the game...

#TT1921 (Beverly Bradley) Hi Tess and Margaret! I agree Margaret Tumblr is a great asset. I would also suggest Peergrade.

Role of social media in higher education

I thought this was great! This semester I actually have a baseball theme for all my modules. Game 7 of the CWS!!! :)

Check out Kahoot! It is a great way to use technology in a F2F classroom. It is an interactive quiz that promotes student engagement as well as checks students' understanding.

I love Kahoot!