Gaming
Peter Molyneux demos Milo, a hotly anticipated video game for Microsoft’s Kinect controller. Perceptive and impressionable like a real 11-year-old, the virtual boy watches, listens and learns — recognizing and responding to you.
MIT's Education Arcade explores games that promote learning through authentic and engaging play.
Games in Education - LiveBinder of many resources related to gaming in education.
Gamification is the application of game elements in non-gaming situations, often to motivate or influence behavior.
Minecraft - Minecraft is a game about placing blocks to build anything you can imagine. At night monsters come out, make sure to build a shelter before that happens. ...
Educational building blocks: how Minecraft is used in classrooms - see how a computer teacher is using Minecraft with 1st and 2nd graders. Here's the teacher's blog mention in the article http://minecraftteacher.net/
GeoSense -a fun way to use and improve your knowledge of world geography.
Death in Rome is an interactive history experience from the BBC. The game takes place in the year 80AD where Tiberius Claudius Eutychus is found dead in his apartment. Students must put their sleuth skills to work as they investigate clues scattered around the room to solve the mystery. They have until dawn to crack the case. In addition to clues in the room, students can “talk” to modern-day experts for additional information, and interrogate witnesses.
Free Rice - a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Program. Our partner is the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. For each answer you get right, they donate 10 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program.
FreeRice has two goals:
1. Provide education to everyone for free.
2. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.
Using Online Simulations and Games in Education
77 Educational Games and Game Builders
An Arizona State University professor sees a bright future for video games in the learning process -- in and out of school.
New report from the EU on Games in Schools
ARIS reviewed by iPad Curriuculum
ARIS, which stands for Augmented Reality and Interactive Storytelling, is an application that will allow you to create your own mobile games, tours, and interactive stories using the built-in GPS and augmented reality.
Games for Change - (G4C) is a non-profit which seeks to harness the extraordinary power of video games to address the most pressing issues of our day, including poverty, education, human rights, global conflict and climate change.
MIT's The Education Arcade - Explores games that promote learning through authentic and engaging play.
Scratch - from MIT Media Lab
Scratch Resources for teaching it.
Stencyl - Welcome to StencylWorks, 2D game creation done right. StencylWorks isn't your average game creation software; it's a gorgeous, intuitive toolset that integrates seamlessly with the Stencyl ecosystem. Exclusive collaboration and sharing features will have you making Flash games in a flash. For free.
Interesting ways to use the Nintendo DS in the classroom
Interesting ways to use the Nintendo Wii in the classroom
The 10 Best Free Educational Game Sites
Cyberkidz is an educational platform for boys and girls in the age of 4 till 12 years. By playing the educational games, children will practice subjects they learn in elementary school (Preschool, Kindergarten, Grades 1-5).
Using Angry Birds to teach math, history and science
Crypto Kids is a website created by the National Security Agency all about creating and breaking codes. This is a fantastic critical thinking website that also taps into math, linguistics, engineering, and analyzing skills.
Roller Coaster Simultation - a good way for mathematics and physics students to experiment with all of the elements that go into designing a working roller coaster.
Kodu - a visual programming language made specifically for creating games. It is designed to be accessible for children and enjoyable for anyone. Kodu is a free download for the PC.
Number Nut - students can practice and develop their math skills, but unlike many other Math game websites, Number Nut includes some word problems that force students to problem solve rather than just recall information from rote memorization.
DimenisonU - game-based training facility for K–12 students. In DimensionU, you can access multiplayer educational video games that help you hone your skills, connect with friends, climb the ranks, and have a blast.
Nobel Prize Games - You don't have to be a genius to understand the work of the Nobel Laureates. These games and simulations, based on Nobel Prize-awarded achievements, will teach and inspire you while you're having FUN!
Games for Science - A free virtual world devoted to science and technology!
Super Teacher Tools - a variety of review games, classroom management software, and other miscellaneous tools for educators.
Interactive Games - Design you own games.
The 5 Best Online Brain Training Websites for Schools
Study Jams - is a Scholastic website designed to help elementary school students learn and review math and science information through songs and videos.
Entertainment Software Association (ESA) Games in Education - In addition to being a great way to keep students engaged, researchers have found that video games have real potential as next-generation learning tools.