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On this site you can find a collection of seven math, science and writing games that are great for elementary and middle school students. Not only can you play these interactive games right on your computer, but you can download them and use them on your computer and save them for a later time.

When you play this game, for every answer you get right, 10 grains of rice are donated to alleviate world hunger.

"Matt Locke originally came up with the concept of the Six Spaces of technology (test.org.uk/​2007/​08/​10/​six-spaces-of-social-media/​). I added a seventh earlier this year, Data Spaces, and have played around with how education could harness these spaces, and the various transgressions between them, for learning. This short presentation tackles the potential of adjusting our physical school environments to harness technology even better. What happens when we map technological spaces to physical ones?"

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Darfur is Dying is a viral video game for change that provides a window into the experience of the 2.5 million refugees in the Darfur region of Sudan. Players must keep their refugee camp functioning in the face of possible attack by Janjaweed militias. Players can also learn more about the genocide in Darfur that has taken the lives of 400,000 people, and find ways to get involved to help stop this human rights and humanitarian crisis.

I can see great potential for teachers and students with this! Personalised learning/Differentiation