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Friday, September 3, 2010
Tween's playing a video game. In 2007, when children's marketing research firm KidSay asked boys what virtual worlds or online games they had visited in the past two weeks, 35 percent of boys aged 8 to 11 replied "none." Key Demographic and "Sweet Spot": Online games dominate for boys and girls ages 8-11. That's a big increase.
 
Thursday, September 2, 2010
This is a game changer: $99 connects all iPads, iPhones, iPods in a room to one big HDTV. Originally I was on thinking about the many ways you could use this to share your content to an AppleTV from another device. Okay, so maybe not YET! But when AirPlay is released everything will change.AGAIN! being released in November. Hello?
 
Thursday, September 2, 2010
James Paul Gee, who writes prolifically about video games for learning, has a paper out titled Good Video Games and Good Learning. You should check it out yourself but here are a few points from the 14 he lists in the article related to the learning principles good games incorporate. In fact, in a game, failure is a good thing.
 

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Here is a list of educational games that can be used to teach kids during the school year or over the summer break. Here are some games based on Nobel Prize winning research. These games cover the topics of physics, chemistry, physiology, medicine, literature, peace and economics. The Blood Typing Game 2. Moon Base Alpha.
Here is a list of online games and related items that I presented at the Fall 2009 Business Teacher Seminar in Grantville, PA. The game is now under the watchful eye of Junior Achievement.) Tags: Games Games video games For some informational but fun videos on financial topics, check out CommonCraft.
I had a lot of positive feedback on my list of educational games in my post It's All Fun and Games and Then Students Learn. So, here are some more educational games that might be of interest. WolfQuest In this game, you learn about wolf ecology by living the life of a wild wolf in Yellowstone National Park. Ages 11-14.
First is a web site called HA Games. This web site, which requires a login, has games focused on Algebra, Physics and the Periodic Table. Here is a screen capture from the game called AlgebraArcade. You can also check out games based on Nobel Prize winning research. These games might be too simplistic for older students.
People who create eLearning get involved in many types of content development tasks. During all of these tasks, you will be organizing content at a high level to give it a meaningful structure. meaningful structure is logical, helping people to comprehend and retain the content as well as  quickly find the content they need.
Interested in building casual games for your learners? Read on for notes from a webinar today, April 9, 2009: Building Better Learning Games: Leveraging Game Design and User Testing for Results Our hosts today: Enspire Learning (Ben Katz) Doorways to Dreams D2D -- financial entertainment. Focus on casual video games.
When writing the whitepaper about Casual games , I did a fair bit of research and looked at several hundred web links. So here they are – a Top 100 Learning Game Resource list. If you are already developing learning games, these links will broaden your horizons, as they did mine. What Makes a Learning Game?
Here is a recap of some facts assembled by the Entertainment Software Association : A total of 254 universities and other institutions of higher learning in 37 states and the District of Columbia now offer courses and degrees in computer and video game design, programming, and art. Among parents who play computer and video games, Peter D.
When writing the whitepaper about Casual games , I did a fair bit of research and looked at several hundred web links. So here they are - a Top 100 Learning Game Resource list. If you are already developing learning games, these links will broaden your horizons, as they did mine. Marc Prensky - Digital Game-Based Learning.
Or if you just like designing vehicles, bridges, buildings, consumer electronics, then there are a lot of really great games for you to check out. In this game, your job is to design a cart to transport coconuts over a rough and tumble terrain to a coconut shredder. WARNING: I find this game addicting. Tags: Games