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Provides educators and trainers with easy-to- assemble educational games in a technology- enhanced environment to support key learning points. The site demonstrates the creative use of popular game shows and other familiar games to reinforce learning.

Free educational collection of puzzles and teacher-created content from Valve's best-selling game, Portal 2, an engaging 3D puzzle-solving game.  Based on Valve's technology, the Portal 2 Puzzle Maker takes place in an environment with realistic physics - a playground rich with opportunities for educational fun.

Contains files to print and play SEEK!, a card game to help students improve their information literacy - in particular, the ability to construct a search strategy. Language: English

discussion of why are games fun?

Perhaps there is some food for thought in here about the idea of infusing our instruction and services with a little fun?

SNOWDEN LIBRARY tutorial created by Mary Broussard

Global History project using aspects of role-playing to immerse students in primary sources and place some more personalized context around larger events. Use of character & fate cards.

A sort of role-playing game. Students consult primary sources and produce information from perspective of their "character" and their "fate" (letter home, interview, or diary entry by character).

create a game-show experience inside a webinar. Not sure about costs though.