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Games

 

 

Games directly related to teaching writing

 

Serious Games Source: Using Neverwinter Nights to teach journalism

 

Nora Paul presentation on NeverwinterNights game

 

INK: online role-play game involving writing: Michigan State University

 

University of Texas: Rhetorical Peaks

 

Play the News Games

 

Law Focused Games: Games related to government and political issues

 

Sara Dickenson: Interactivity and Role-play in Play the News Games

 

The MacDonald's game: Critical analysis of corporate practices

 

Kafkamesto: Interactive game based on Kafka's writing

 

Global Challenge World Game

 

PowerUp: Environmental survival game

 

Democracy: Game involving developing political positions

 

 

Resources on using games to foster learning

 

University of North Texas: Games and Simulations for Teaching and Learning

 

Teaching Educational Games Resources

 

Top 100 learning games resources

 

PlayCrafter: Create online games

 

Games for Change: Create games to address issues

 

Step-by-Step Beginners Guide to creating games on FableForge

 

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

 

Todd Bryant, Using Games in the Classroom. Academic Commons, 2008.

 

Gadgets, Games, and Gizmos

 

NEA: Video games/simulations in education

 

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

 

The Sims

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

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