Resources and Links

This Handout & Presentation – http://www.slideshare.net/dadams.altec

Don't Bother Me Mom--I'm Learning! by Marc Prensky – Paragon House Publishers (2006)What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy by James Paul Gee – Palgrave Macmillan; 2nd edition (2007)How Computer Games Help Children Learn by David Williamson Shaffer – Palgrave Macmillan (2008)Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives by John Palfrey – Basic Books (2008)Grand Theft Childhood: The Surprising Truth About Violent Video Games and What Parents Can Do by Lawrence Kutner – Simon & Schuster (2008)Brain Rules by John Medina – Pear Press (2008) http://www.brainrules.net/

“Reality Bytes: Eight Myths About Video Games Debunked” by Henry Jenkins http://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevolution/impact/myths.html

Federation of American Scientists - Summit on Educational Games (2006) http://www.fas.org/gamesummit/

“Games, Motivation, and Learning” - White Paper (PDF) http://caspianlearning.co.uk/Whtp_Games_Motivation_Learning.pdf

“You Play World of Warcraft? You're Hired! Why multiplayer games may be the best kind of job training” by John Seely Brown and Douglas Thomas (Wired Magazine, April, 2006) http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.04/learn.html

Marc Prensky’s Web site – http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/

Henry Jenkins’ blog – http://henryjenkins.org

Games in Education video by Mark Wagner and Michael Guerena of the Orange County (CA) Department of Education's Educational Technology group -- http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6117726917684965691

Spider World, VR Therapy for Spider Phobia – http://www.hitl.washington.edu/research/exposure/Snow World, Virtual Reality Pain Reducation – http://www.hitl.washington.edu/research/vrpain/Virtual Walk on the Moon – http://www.digitalspace.com/papers/design-research-chapter/index.htmlRevolution! – http://www.educationarcade.org/node/357

4Kids – http://4kids.orgMatrix Games -- http://matrixgames.altec.org/Arcademic Skill Builders – http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com

Olathe pilot Study - http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/nsf/pilot_study.shtml

Mr. Nussbaum -- http://www.mrnussbaum.com/

Oswego County School District – http://resources.oswego.org/games/“Education World: Sites to See” – http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/sites/sites082.shtml“Span It” Basic Engineering – http://www.lethsd.ab.ca/lakeview/Classrooms/grade3t/games/spanit.htm“Big Al” Biology – http://www.bbc.co.uk/dinosaurs/bigalgame/index.html“Design a Planet” Planet Characteristics – http://astroventure.arc.nasa.gov/National Library of Virtual Manipulatives – http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.htmlClub Penguin – http://clubpenguin.comVirtual Stock Exchange – http://vse.marketwatch.com/Game/Homepage.aspxHollywood Stock Exchange – http://hsx.com/GWAP (ESP Game and others) - http://www.gwap.comFood Force – http://www.food-force.comFood Force 2 – http://foodforce2.com/Free Rice – http://www.freerice.com/Third World Farmer – http://www.3rdworldfarmer.com/Darfur is Dying – http://www.darfurisdying.comStop Disasters – http://www.stopdisastersgame.orgMagic Pen – http://magic.pen.fizzlebot.com/Crayon Physics Deluxe (pay, free demo) - http://www.crayonphysics.com/Dimension Math (fee-based, free demos) -- http://www.dimensionm.com/You Are the Historian (can run offline) – http://www.plimoth.org/education/olc/index_js2.htmlTeam Treks – http://www.teamtreks.com/Minyanland – http://www.minyanland.com/ElectroCity – http://www.electrocity.co.nz/Nanoquest – http://www.nanoquest.ie/Real Lives – http://www.educationalsimulations.com/Traveler IQ – http://www.travelpod.com/traveler-iqThe Forbidden City – http://www.beyondspaceandtime.orgLunar Quest – http://www.seriousgamesresearch.com/Web Rangers – http://www.nps.gov/webrangers/Peacemaker (pay, free demos) – http://www.peacemakergame.comBudget Hero – http://americanpublicmedia.publicradio.org/engage08/budgethero/Redistricting Game - http://www.redistrictinggame.org/Thinking Worlds (pay, online demos) – http://www.thinkingworlds.com/Simple Machines - http://www.msichicago.org/online-science/simple-machines/activities/simple-machines-1/