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A collection of articles on different ways games can be use, how they can benefit children, and plans to educate teachers on GBL.

Game-based learning" refers to teaching-learning actions carried out in formal and/or informal educational settings by adopting games. It encompasses the use of both games designed expressly for fulfilling learning objectives (educational games) and "mainstream games" those games that are developed for fun when used to pursue learning objectives.

I know that some are saying that we can't gamify education. But what happens when problems become a game and we compete to find answers? This article talks about foldit and how crowdsourcing has become a possibility for something that can work when it becomes a game. This is a great read for those exploring how we will use games in education. I would suggest that this is an approach that we could use. ". Foldit, a novel experiment created by a group of scientists and game designers at the University of Washington, had asked the gamers-some still in middle school and few boasting a background in the sciences, much less microbiology-to determine the how proteins would fold in the enzyme. Within hours, thousands of people were both competing against (and collaborating with) one another. After three weeks, they had succeeded where the microbiologists and the computers had failed. "This is the first example I know of game players solving a long-standing scientific problem," David Baker, a Foldit co-creator, wrote at the time."

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This talks about IJGBL, a study completely devoted to understanding GBM and promote its design and future. They hope to identify, explain, and improve the interaction between learning outcomes and motivation in video games, and to promote best practices for the integration of video games in instructional settings. This provides students, researchers, instructors, and policymakers with valuable information in GBM and increases their understanding in designing, developing, and deploying successful educational games.

This page talks about the changing of video games and how it is evolving to fit our needs. It tells us how video games are good for learning and helps us understand more without as much difficulty. GBM has the potential to make a massive learning and social impact, but the problem is that it is not being realized.

Herein lies a moral about how videogames (arguably one of the most sophisticated forms of information technology to date) are influencing higher education. To learn more about videogames in academe, I sought out the insights of five leading-edge thinkers in the field: James Paul Gee, J. C. Herz, Randy Hinrichs, Marc Prensky, and Ben Sawyer. All five had traveled to San Jose, California, in March 2004 for the Serious Games Summit at the annual Game Developers Conference.

This topic is detailing on how video games are addicting, and one of the ways to learn from them is to bring about a game that is addicting, but also ignites learning. Among this bookmark is lots of questions and answers from educated professionals that explains new dimensions of learning and new transitions our mind is making in different ways.

This lab allows classes to learn through gaming. The classroom becomes the game by personalized learning by using quest-based learning and game mechanics. The students can progress through standards and categories the teacher can create. The 3D GameLab is currently closed, but it will kick off in an online spring camp for teachers and instructional designers that provides the tools and training to turn the classroom into a living game. Up to 60 students are allowed to play their way through the curriculum.

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This website is about the Horizon report. It explains how game based learning can help education.

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This is the 2010 Horizon Report it provides good info on our topic as well as an overview, and many more sections that Game-Based Learning is involved in. 

This source also touches on the integration of games into education, specifically girls and their involvement.

This describes the differences between games and gamification, defines the types of players, and gives examples of some educational games.  

This article is more or less and overview of the topic of gamification. In addition it has a section of gaming in education.

This has to do with three levels of gaming in education.

It tells a realistic way to incorporate games into learning, whether they be video games or not.

this site shows the progression of gamification usedin education

Infographic showing how games are used in education.

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This page gives 10 ways game-based learning can help and why it works. It also gives links to other websites relevant to the reason.

This website gives ten reasons why game based learning should be used.

This website talks about how digital game based learning and how it can improve education.

This is quite informative and has a few examples about gesture based compting is already beign used in the educational system.

This site represents an organization which analyzes the benefits and detriments of the integration of gamification info our education systems.

this site weighs the pros and cons of students using games in calss