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 cover the topics of physics, chemistry, physiology, medicine, literature, peace and economics. This game teaches about Nobel Prize winning Chemistry Research.

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. If you know of any more, please let me know and I'll post them.

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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. Work with and for consumers how to better manage their money. Focus on casual video games. (Nick Maynard) Skillpoint Alliance (Kristy Bowden) Partnership of profit and non-profit organizations.

I recently heard someone say "The next step in using video games for education is to teach students to create their own games." Actually, this concept has been around for years (many, many years) and is now gaining wider spread press and adoption (think Logo) . It seems like things in the learning field have a way of circling back. Here are some resources that you might find handy.

Essays Parents Guide to Game Ratings Additional Reading > Take the Quiz < Back to Main Menu Reality Bytes: Eight Myths About Video Games Debunked Henry Jenkins MIT Professor A large gap exists between the publics perception of video games and what the research

experience life as the other person does. This is sometimes much easier said than done since adopting another's view point can be difficulty and incomplete if done superficially. One answer to this little dilemma is to play a video game as the other person...yes video games can allow one to assume the role of a foe or adversary and discover what he or she is thinking...one such game is called Peace Maker . Thanks to Brandon Beaver (Bloomsburg IIT alumni) who sent me a fascinating piece about the game.

A few detailed Google searches later and I find this little page: Selected URLs and other resources for Game-Based Education, e-Learning and Training Not all the links to the ‘online articles’ further down the page are working  but some further searching will find them easily enough. I’ve selected a few I liked for you below (as well as [...] ...Tags: eLearning Games.

When writing the whitepaper about Casual games , I did a fair bit of research and looked at several hundred web links. While doing so, I documented a few of the better ones. I’d been mulling posting these to the blog. 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. If you are contemplating beginning – it might help to look at links that interest you to get some grounding ideas.

At an ever increasing pace, college curriculums are starting to pick up on "serious gaming" and the implications that games and game-like interfaces are having on just about everything and are creating classes and experiences that reflect the value of video games to learning and education.... So a shout out to Jaff! Thanks! Here is the article Colleges see the future: Video games and here are some highlights.