Games

• Educade: Collection of games related to learning different subjects 
• SimCityEDU: Games for based on SimCity 

Games directly related to digital reading and writing

• Toolwire: Games specific to writing instruction
• Kingdom of Diddorol game: Quests for 8th graders related to learning English language arts 
• Serious Games Source: Using Neverwinter Nights to teach journalism
• Nora Paul presentation on NeverwinterNights game
• World of Warcraft in School: Resource wiki: Go to literacy/writing activities
• The Curfew: Game dealing with issues of curfews
• iCivics: Students address current issues related to civic engagement
• University of Texas: Rhetorical Peaks
• Reacting to the Past: Writing about historical events and issues
• Sara Dickenson: Interactivity and Role-play in Play the News Games
• The MacDonald's game: Critical analysis of corporate practices
• The Redistricting Game: Analysis of how redistricting influences politics
• Kafkamesto: Interactive game based on Kafka's writing
• Global Challenge World Game
• Democracy: Game involving developing political positions
• Wesley Fryer: Simulation or Games: Uses of apps
• Appolicious: Game apps
• Ian Wilson: iPads for Education: games apps
• Games-based Learning Resources
• Games in Education
• No dPad: Reviews of iPhone games
• 40 Sites for Educational Games
• Role-play apps
• Role-playing Projects with Google Apps for Education
• Massively Mindcraft Network: Playing the Mindcraft game

Resources on using games to foster learning

• Seven free sites for creating educational games 
• Five Ways To Build Your Own Educational Games
• Globaloria: Project to create games to address civic issues
• Videos: Presentations: Game-based Learning Conference
• Horizon Report: Using of games in learning
• Frans Mayra, An Introduction to Game Studies: Blog on games studies
• Jose Zagal, Ludoliteracy: Defining, Understanding, and Supporting Games Education (free download book)
• University of North Texas: Games and Simulations for Teaching and Learning
• Teaching Educational Games Resources
• Top 100 learning games resources
• PlayCrafter: Create online games
• RezEd: The Hub for Learning and Virtual Worlds
• Atmosphir: Design your own video game for Mac or PC
• Education Games: The Top Ten Free Education Games
• Purpose Games: Games related to a range of subject matter areas
• Academic Skill Builders: Educational games
• Gee, J. P., & Hayes, E. (2009). Public pedagogy through video games. GameBasedLearning.
• Rich, M. (2008). Using Games as Bait to Hook Readers. New York Times.
• Video: Literacy and World of Warcraft
• 26 Learning Games for Changing the World
• Top 100 Great Games
• PowerPoint Games: Games using PowerPoint
• ProConArgument: Do Violent Video Games Contribute to Youth Violence?
• Second Life: game-like virtual world
• Meet the New You: School Library Journal: discussion of Teen Second Life
• Google: links to video game sites
• GAPPS: University of Wisconsin research center on video games
• Videos: Presentations at the 2008 Games research conference, Madison, WI
• Clips/trailers of video games
• Game Nation television program: reviews/discussions
• Game Institute
• Yahoo: free games
• Game: Making History
• Computer Games: online games
• Apple: game trailers/clips
• Electronic Arts: major games producer
• SONY Playstation
• Games Domain
• Computer Simulation games
• Game Culture: articles on cultural aspects of games
• Computer Games Magazine
• Gamesstudies: journal of research on games
• Center for Computer Game Research, University of Copenhagen
• Digital Games Research Association
• Digital Games Research Conference, 2003
• Game Culture and Technology Lab, University of California, Irvine
• Discussion of a documentary on video games
• Thinking Worlds is an educational games authoring engine
• Games in education Video

Simulated worlds (Open Sim, Second Life, etc.)

• Tutorials for building Open Sim worlds
• The Sims
• Ramapo Islands: Peggy Sheehy's blog on uses of Second Life in the classroom

MMORPGs (massivemultiplayer games)

• http://massivemultiplayer.com/
• http://gameogre.com/freemmorpgs.htm
• http://gameogre.com/strategygames.htm
• Aaron Delwiche, Educational Technology& Society, 9 (3), 2006: 160-172, Massively multiplayer online games (MMos) in the new media classroom.
• MMoG research
• Mark Wagner's dissertation research: MMORPG's and constructivist learning