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Serious Games - Mike Farley - Teacher Portfolio - 1 views

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shared by Keri-Lee Beasley on 01 Sep 11 - No Cached

Keri-Lee Beasley on 01 Sep 11

Mike Farley has created a fantastic resource for teachers of social studies here. Under the headings: Energy, Environment, Global Poverty, Global Conflict, Migration & Civic Action, he has provided links to 'serious games', together with downloadable worksheets that aim to help students get the most out of the game.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Mike Farley has created a fantastic resource for teachers of social studies here. Under the headings: Energy, Environment, Global Poverty, Global Conflict, Migration & Civic Action, he has provided links to 'serious games', together with downloadable worksheets that aim to help students get the most out of the game. </div>

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Keri-Lee Beasley on 01 Sep 11

You HAVE to check out this website! It would be great for our G5 unit Through the Eyes of a Child, and Energy, the G3 unit on Migration, G6 on Natural Disasters - and that's just a start...

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">You HAVE to check out this website! It would be great for our G5 unit Through the Eyes of a Child, and Energy, the G3 unit on Migration, G6 on Natural Disasters - and that's just a start...</div>

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How Might Video Games Be Good for Us? - 0 views

www.bigquestionsonline.com/...w-might-video-games-be-good-us

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shared by Keri-Lee Beasley on 12 Feb 13 - No Cached

What is it about games that is transcendent? Perhaps it’s the fact that games are optional, they are obstacles that we volunteer to overcome. Games are what we choose to do. They are what we are drawn to when we have a choice about how to spend our time and energy.  Games are freedom.
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There is something transcendent about playing games that lifts us up and out of the tedium and pain of everyday life.
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When we ask “Are games good for us?” we should take more seriously the idea that games helps us feel better, in the moment, and that this is important work. Reducing the time we spend experiencing negative emotions and increasing the time we spend experiencing positive emotions is a fundamental good in and of itself. Even if games don’t change anything else in our lives, the power to change how we feel in the moment is a very good thing indeed.
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Parents who spend more time playing games with their kids have better relationships with them
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improve children’s ability to manage difficult emotions
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Children who spend more time playing videogames score higher on tests of creativity.
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Gamers of all ages perform better than non-gamers on tests of attention, speed, accuracy, and multi-tasking.
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Scientists have found a wide variety of cognitive, emotional and social benefits to gaming
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Is gameplay good for us?
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Sean McHugh on 12 Feb 13

Based on research not just opinion. What is it about games that is transcendent? Perhaps it's the fact that games are optional, they are obstacles that we volunteer to overcome. Games are what we choose to do. They are what we are drawn to when we have a choice about how to spend our time and energy. Games are freedom.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Based on research not just opinion. What is it about games that is transcendent? Perhaps it's the fact that games are optional, they are obstacles that we volunteer to overcome. Games are what we choose to do. They are what we are drawn to when we have a choice about how to spend our time and energy. Games are freedom.</div>

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Keri-Lee Beasley on 04 Mar 13

Article with lots of links to research around the subject of games being good for us.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Article with lots of links to research around the subject of games being good for us.</div>

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ElectroCity - 0 views

www.electrocity.co.nz

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shared by Jeffrey Plaman on 23 Feb 12 - Cached

Jeffrey Plaman on 23 Feb 12

This is a game focused on development and energy resources.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is a game focused on development and energy resources.</div>

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Worldometers - real time world statistics - 0 views

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shared by deb gordon on 30 Nov 10 - Cached

Katie Day on 30 Nov 10

Shows ticking numbers of Current World Population, Births this year, Births today, Deaths this year, Deaths today, Net population growth....

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Shows ticking numbers of Current World Population, Births this year, Births today, Deaths this year, Deaths today, Net population growth....</div>

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deb gordon on 17 Nov 12

Live world statistics on population, government and economics, society and media, environment, food, water, energy and health.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Live world statistics on population, government and economics, society and media, environment, food, water, energy and health.</div>

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Games for Change (G4C) -- ENVIRONMENT - 0 views

www.gamesforchange.org/...environment

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shared by Katie Day on 30 Nov 10 - Cached

Katie Day on 30 Nov 10

A list of games related to: "Issues relating to human activities and the natural environment including resource use, pollution, climate change, energy use, ecology, nature conservation and sustainable development."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A list of games related to: "Issues relating to human activities and the natural environment including resource use, pollution, climate change, energy use, ecology, nature conservation and sustainable development."</div>

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Grit: Perseverance and Passion for Long-Term Goals - 0 views

www.sas.upenn.edu/...Grit%20JPSP.pdf

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shared by James Dalziel on 08 Feb 13 - No Cached

James Dalziel on 08 Feb 13

The importance of intellectual talent to achievement in all professional domains is well established, but less is known about other individual differences that predict success. The authors tested the importance of 1noncognitive trait: grit. Drive and energy in childhood are more predictive of success, if not creativity, than is IQ or some other more domain-specific ability" (p. 293)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The importance of intellectual talent to achievement in all professional domains is well established, but less is known about other individual differences that predict success. The authors tested the importance of 1noncognitive trait: grit. Drive and energy in childhood are more predictive of success, if not creativity, than is IQ or some other more domain-specific ability" (p. 293)</div>

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Google Details Electricity Usage of Its Data Centers - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Katie Day on 09 Sep 11 - No Cached

Google disclosed Thursday that it continuously uses enough electricity to power 200,000 homes, but it says that in doing so, it also makes the planet greener
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But when it calculates that average energy consumption on the level of a typical user the amount is small, about 180 watt-hours a month, or the equivalent of running a 60-watt light bulb for three hours
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“When we hit the Google search button,” Mr. Horowitz said, “it’s not for free.
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