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Connie White Director of Technology & Media

Using Games & Simulations

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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Connie WhiteDirector of Technology & Media

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ViGames allow children to relax, concentrate and enjoy learning. Great for remediationAddresses various learning stylesAcademic fear of failure reduced

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/71778/why_use_educational_games.html

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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/

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

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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 Gameshttp://edugamesblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/the-top-10-free-educational-video-games/

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

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Parade of Games in Powerpointhttp://facstaff.uww.edu/jonesd/games/

PowerPoint Games and Game Templateshttp://people.uncw.edu/ertzbergerj/ppt_games.html

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

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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

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Top 100 Learning Gameshttp://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

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Interact with the National ArchivesYou can read the Declaration of Independence OR you can sign it!http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration.htmlHome URL for the archives is http://www.archives.gov/

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We Choose the Moonhttp://wechoosethemoon.org

The HL Hunley Simulatorhttp://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