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Using Games & Simulations

Using Games & Simulations. Connie White Director of Technology & Media. Why Use Educational Games?. Vi Games allow children to relax, concentrate and enjoy learning. Great for remediation Addresses various learning styles Academic fear of failure reduced.

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Using Games & Simulations

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  1. Using Games & Simulations Connie White Director of Technology & Media

  2. Why Use Educational Games? Vi • Games allow children to relax, concentrate and enjoy learning. • Great for remediation • Addresses various learning styles • Academic fear of failure reduced http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/71778/why_use_educational_games.html

  3. Upper School • Armadillo Run - Armadillo Run is a physics-based puzzle game. • http://www.armadillorun.com/ • iCue - a new media experience to support teaching and learning in AP U.S. History, AP Government and Politics - U.S., and English Language and Composition. • http://www.icue.com/

  4. Top 100 Learning Game Resources • http://www.upsidelearning.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/24/top-100-learning-game-resources/

  5. Middle School • Caduceus, an online puzzle-adventure game for tweens. • Lure of Labyrinth – Lure of the Labyrinth is a digital game for middle-school pre-algebra students. • http://labyrinth.thinkport.org/www/ • Top Free Educational Games • http://edugamesblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/the-top-10-free-educational-video-games/

  6. Elementary Games • Bitesize KSU – Awesome! • http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/

  7. PowerPoint Games • Parade of Games in Powerpoint • http://facstaff.uww.edu/jonesd/games/ • PowerPoint Games and Game Templates • http://people.uncw.edu/ertzbergerj/ppt_games.html

  8. Card Games • Trojan War Game - http://teacherweb.nixa.k12.mo.us/~zakhamby/TrojanWarGame.html

  9. Great Games • Funbrain - http://www.funbrain.com/ • Social Impact Games - http://www.socialimpactgames.com/ • 26 Learning Games to Change the World - http://blog.missiontolearn.com/2008/04/learning-games-for-change/ http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/71778/why_use_educational_games.html

  10. Wow! • Top 100 Learning Games • http://www.upsidelearning.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/24/top-100-learning-game-resources/ • 101 Free Games – (Zaid Learn) • http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2008/08/101-free-edugames.html

  11. Cool Activity • Interact with the National Archives • You can read the Declaration of Independence OR you can sign it! • http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration.html • Home URL for the archives is http://www.archives.gov/

  12. Simulations • We Choose the Moon • http://wechoosethemoon.org • The HL Hunley Simulator • http://www.hunley.org (Find the simulator under the “Submarine” tab • Science Central Simulations (Frog Dissection to Natural Selection and Evolution!) • http://sciencecentral.com/category/69762

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