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Video Game Used to Prepare Students for Texas Test

A district in Texas is expanding the use of the DimensionM educational video games to seven middle schools and 15 charter schools. The expa…

Started by Frank W. Baker

2 Feb 8, 2010
Reply by Ryan Sullivan

ARTICLE: Spore (Video Game) Walks a Tightrope Between Creationism and Evolution

Interesting article I came across in one of my files from Paste Magazine of November 2008 on this popular game Spore. If you don't know ab…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Feb 7, 2010

PBS Kids' teaches biology in an online game

USA Today reports: parents and teachers who are looking for a way to make learning biology fun for kids can find it in an outstanding free…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Feb 4, 2010

ARTICLE: When Reality Feels Like Playing a Game, a New Era Has Begun

Interesting from a Nov. 2007 WIRED - from War Games to Tetris - get your game on... ARTICLE: When Reality Feels Like Playing a Game, a New…

Started by Ryan Goble

2 Jan 21, 2010
Reply by Ryan Goble

Dante's Inferno

Head's Up: one of the much-anticipated games this year is Dante's Inferno where you play through all of the levels of hell. Looks bad a**.…

Started by Jeannean Berglund

2 Jan 19, 2010
Reply by Jason M. Greenfield

REVIEW/TRAILER: 15th-Century Italy + A Cool Looking Video Game

Where speculative history and gaming collide - a review of Assassin's Creed II from the NY Times: The Game Trailer: The review.. On the…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Dec 10, 2009

ARTICLE: At-Risk Students Make Multimedia

From Edutopia: At-Risk Students Make Multimedia A team of college professors and K-12 teachers discovers how building video games can elev…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Oct 21, 2009

BOOK PRESS RELEASE: 'Thinking Critically About Video Games and Virtual Worlds'

From Frank Baker's listserve - FWIW it is a pretty interesting series... Full book info: http://www.walch.com/product/2342 Portland, ME…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Oct 15, 2009

VIDEO: Student Mentors Teach Game Design

The folloing video is from Edutopia: Student Mentors Teach Game Design In "Be The Game," high school students mentor peers and use game de…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Oct 14, 2009

VIDEO: James Paul Gee on Grading with Games

From Edutopia - Gee = The self-made educational gaming guru and author of What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy. A…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Oct 14, 2009

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