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Mitch Weisburgh

U.S. Department of Education: The future of education includes video games in classroom... - 4 views

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    "Later this month, the U.S. Department of Education holds its first Games for Learning Summit in New York City, a gathering of educational experts, students, teachers, game publishers and developers. Summit organizers hope to use the event to help break down the barriers that exist between the interests of game developers and needs of educational games. The outcome, organizers hope, will be new ways to make and distribute engaging and educational video games to classrooms."
Mitch Weisburgh

Video games at school - 5 views

Great question. Do you want me to ask this on Plurk and see what responses I get? I think that there are probably some great video games that do encourage learning. For example, skatekids. Michel ...

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Mitch Weisburgh

Certain video games can expand kids' learning : Columns - 2 views

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    "Our school sent home the usual memo saying "keep screen time to a minimum" and "read with your kids." I get that reading is important, but our two kids, ages 10 and 11, love video games. There must be some educational value, no?"
Mitch Weisburgh

Playing 3-D video games can boost memory formation, UCI study finds - 0 views

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    How video games increase function of hyperthalamus
Mitch Weisburgh

Joan Ganz Cooney Center - Combining Creativity and STEM Skills Through Video Game Design - 1 views

  • Gamestar Mechanic, Unity, GameMaker, and Scratch
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    research on education games and game design
Mitch Weisburgh

Put Down that Homework and Play a Video Game | Filament Games - 0 views

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    Article by Marianne Malmstrom on games and game design
Mitch Weisburgh

How video games can empower real world success | Jonathan Harrison | TEDxBocaRaton - Yo... - 1 views

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    "How video games can empower real world success | Jonathan Harrison | TEDxBocaRaton"
Mitch Weisburgh

U.S. Department of Education Supports Video Games as Learning Tools - 1 views

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    Article on how games engage, teach, and asses and the Games Summit in NYC
Teach Hub

Hunger Games Video Writing Prompts - 7 views

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    Based on the popular novel and upcoming movie "The Hunger Games," your students will think critically and practice their writing skills with these Hunger Games Video Writing Prompts.
Mitch Weisburgh

Can an Immersive Video Game Teach the Nuances of American History? | MindShift | KQED News - 1 views

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    How a free game on the American Revolution is used in classrooms
Mitch Weisburgh

Video Games in Education | Social Studies Central - 4 views

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    links to research and gaming sites for education
Mitch Weisburgh

My Video Game Class: The Walking Simulator - 1 views

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    Teaching ELA proficiency through games
Mitch Weisburgh

Educational Videos and Games for Kids about Science, Math, Social Studies and English - 12 views

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    links to videos and games for most subjects.
Mitch Weisburgh

Survey: Teachers now use twice as much gaming and video in the classroom | eSchool News - 0 views

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    Level Up survey on teachers and students
Mitch Weisburgh

Sound of Hunger video - 2 views

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    Video of the inception of the Sound of Hunger game
Mitch Weisburgh

OverClocked ReMix - Video Game Music Community - 2 views

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    a site dedicated to pumping out free remixes of video game music themes.
Dean Mantz

Welcome to Math Playground - 4 views

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    Games, word problems, logic puzzles, and math videos. Games include math at the mall, weigh the wangdoodles, percent shopping, algebra scales, etc.
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    Math playground provides a wide range of web based applications/games covering numerous curriculum standards.
Mitch Weisburgh

Seeing Change in Time: Video Games to Teach about Temporal Change in Scientific Phenome... - 1 views

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    How games promote a different type of mental map that, for certain processes, reduces cognitive load
Mitch Weisburgh

How Video Game Theatre Sparks New Life into the Classics | MindShift | KQED News - 0 views

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    great article by Paul Darvasi
Mitch Weisburgh

http://www.academiccolab.org/resources/documents/Good_Learning.pdf - 1 views

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    what good video games have in common with effective teaching
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