Gaming+in+Education

These additional websites have games for leisure, pleasure and education. I have also added some background readings/research for educators purposes. We enourage teachers to read about current theory and practice of teaching to keep up with development understanding of educating the young.

**GAME SITES** [|ICT Games] for all ages [|Digistore]- Our Digital Storehouse. Needs login, user-name and password. [|Oyunlar1 Games]has an extensive range of games including racing games, adventure games, brain games, painting games and skills games amongst other things. Suitable for all ages 3+. [|BBC Games] - digital learning objects [|Games- Gaming-Sims for Education] [|Learning Objects at Learning Enhancement Associates or][|LEA.] [|Nobelprize.org] - Educational games [|Scratch]is a new programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. Scratch is designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) develop 21st century learning skills. [|Alice]is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory computing. It uses 3D graphics and a drag-and-drop interface to facilitate a more engaging, less frustrating first programming experience [|Magic Studio] - Powering Great Interactive Content. Digital learning resources and tools for **cross curricular**, **personalised learning**. Designed by and for Teachers and Students to be **quick** and **easy to use**. [|Kaboose]- Where families get going! Encouraging the safe use of gaming at home. [|Fun With Excel]- Games and Geek Entertainment. This page lists some spreadsheets and links for having some fun with Microsoft Excel. [|Powerpoint Games] [|Classtools.net] - Free Flash Games for Educators [|Gamenext]- The next generation of games [|Game Maker] - Do you want to develop computer games without spending countless hours learning how to become a programmer? Then you've come to the right place. Game Maker allows you to make exciting computer games, without the need to write a single line of code. Making games with Game Maker is a lot of fun. Harnessing the power of educational games using Web2.0 social bookmarking - Ulearn 07 workshop material by Rachel Boyd. [|Teaching Juniors] - Suzie Vesper's educational links wiki. [|The Lorax's Save the Trees Game] from seussville.com [|Word Shoot: Spell Fast or Die!] - spelling and typing game [|Hot Potatoes home page] [|Kloonigames Blog] - New monthly experimental games [|Social Impact Games] :: Entertaining Games with Non-Entertainment Goals. Educational games. [| Samorost2] 6 Hats thinking about Samorost http://kpericles.edublogs.org/2007/06/14/

**READINGS/RESEARCH ** **/RESOURCES  ** [|Kids Creating Games] - great wiki on the merits of gaming, the teacher's role and classroom integration ideas. [|Socialstudiesgames.com] - Research, news and resources (social aspect of gaming) website by Lisa Galarneau [|Games Based Learning] - discussions, resources and projects on games based learning in the classroom [|Futurelab – Research – Discussion Papers: Computer Games and Learning.]Why do we think it's worth talking about computer games and learning in the same breath? By Keri Facer, Head of Learning Research, Futurelab. [|Harnessing the Power of Games in Education]- This article, challenges us to think about how games might fit within an educational context. It presents a series of vivid scenarios—some already happening, some pointing toward future developments - that illustrate the pedagogical potential of this rationale. [|Professor James Paul Gee shows the world the importance of video games - PC News] - Think violent games are harmful? Think again. James Paul Gee, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, proves that we all need games in his new book, “What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy.” [|The Serious Games] Initiative is focused on uses for games in exploring management and leadership challenges facing the public sector. Part of its overall charter is to help forge productive links between the electronic game industry and projects involving the use of games in education, training, health, and public policy. [|Do Games Have to Be Fun To Be Good?] Blog post from Museum 2.0 [|EDUCAUSE REVIEW | March/April 2006, Volume 41, Number 2]- Digital Game-Based Learning: It's Not Just the Digital Natives Who Are Restless. Digital game based learning article; Will we realize the potential that DGBL has to revolutionize how students learn? Dangerously Irrelevant blog post on [|Violent video games as exemplary teachers of aggression] [|Center for Computer Games Research IT University of Copenhage] - Computer games are an important part of contemporary culture. We need new research to understand the nature of games, their structure, their function and their impact. [|Online Kids Games]- Guide to educational games. [|Game Research]