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Paul Andersen - Classroom Game Design
http://youtu.be/4qlYGX0H6Ec

Infographic: About the Gamification of Education
http://bit.ly/HwrMsp
Infographic: About the Gamification of Education
This is an excellent infographic putting together key information about gamifying learning. You will find a short history of gamified learning. The summary from MIT's paper "Moving Learning Games Forward" highlights all the gaming functions that can be integrated into education(with examples). The full whitepaper can be download here. A very important point made by MIT "The Education Arcade" is quoted here: ....

Karl Kapp Gamification of Training
http://livestre.am/1jvrl

Watch live streaming video from alivelearning at livestream.com

Ten reasons why game based learning works
http://bit.ly/xevAb8
Ten reasons why game based learning works in education

Shamblesguru 'Videos Games Research' Video List on Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6E0AF2773125E98A

How Computer Games Help Children Learn
http://mindshift.kqed.org/2012/02/how-computer-games-help-children-learn/
How Computer Games Help Children Learn
Epistemic games are computer games that are essentially about learning to think in innovative ways. They’re designed to be pedagogical tools for the digital age where the player learns to think like professionals by playing a simulated game of such professions as management, engineering, journalism or urban planning.

The Evolution Of Social Gaming [Infographic]
http://www.bitrebels.com/social/the-evolution-of-social-gaming-infographic/
The Evolution Of Social Gaming [Infographic]
This takes you from the early stages of gaming in 1972 to today’s billion dollar gaming industry, and all within this infographic.

Profile of a gamer [infographic]
http://holykaw.alltop.com/profile-of-a-gamer-infographic
Profile of a gamer [infographic]

Playing games in school
http://bit.ly/9cyu2l
Playing games in school
Using videos helps students love to learn their lessons

Video games have 'role in school'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5398230.stm
Video games have 'role in school'
Video games could have a serious role to play in the classroom, a survey of teachers and students suggests.
The Teaching with Games report was commissioned by games giant Electronic Arts (EA) and carried out by FutureLab.
It surveyed almost 1,000 teachers and more than 2,300 primary and secondary school students in the UK.
The survey found 59% of teachers would consider using off-the-shelf games in the classroom while 62% of students wanted to use games at school.

Computer Games in Education #fote10
http://fote-conference.com/videos/videos-session-2/
Ollie Bray: Unlocking Learning – Computer Games in Education ... Presentation
#fote10

Playing to Learn
http://reformsymposium.com/blog/2010/07/19/maria-anderson/
Playing to Learn
Since 2006, the rate of Internet use for teens aged 12-17 has been 93-94%, with roughly 40% using the Internet “Several Times a Day” (Pew Research, Millenials: A Portrait of Generation Next) The next time you have a student who says they don’t have access to the Internet, stop and consider.
This was a presentation at The Reform Symposium
The Reform Symposium is a free online conference for educators, administrators, parents and students. In 2010 the conference was focused on innovative practices in education and what role these practices can play in educational reform.
This is a recorded archive of one of the sessions at the Reform Symposium ... an global online event held over the last weekend of July 2010
http://reformsymposium.com
conference hashtag #rscon10
Note that the player is Elluminate (webinar platform) itself ... which should auto download (temp) to your computer.

Games for Change (G4C)
http://gamesforchange.org/
Games for Change (G4C) is a non-profit which seeks to harness the extraordinary power of video games to address the most pressing issues of our day, including poverty, education, human rights, global conflict and climate change.
G4C acts as a voice for the transformative power of games, bringing together organizations and individuals from the nonprofit sector, government, journalism, academia, industry and the arts, to grow the sector and provide a platform for the exchange of ideas and resources.
Through this work, Games for Change promotes new kinds of games that engage contemporary social issues in meaningful ways to foster a more just, equitable and tolerant society.

The future of games (DICE 2010)
http://bit.ly/bpdyS7
Jesse Schell’s mindblowing talk on the future of games (DICE 2010)

PS3 Games - E3 2010 - Guitar Hero 5

Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE1DuBesGYM

Ipsos Video Games Research
http://www.ipsos-na.com/research/media-content-technology/video-games/
Tools and approaches for video games research and development including market segmentation, gamer co-creation, qualitative concept development, concept screening, database development, and volumetric forecasting, advertising research, and loyalty and satisfaction programs.

Edurealms ... Blog
http://edurealms.com/
Edurealms Blog
Where gaming and education converge

Educational Games Research (Blog)
http://edugamesresearch.com/blog/
A site for the Educational Games Research Blog. Featuring research and discussion concerning instructional video games.

Using computer games for learning and social interaction
http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=531
Using computer games as a context for learning and social interaction
After a brief introduction Ollie Bray describes the use of commercially available computer games in the classroom. In particular he focuses on why the use of games are appropriate for learning and teaching.
#K12Online09

Gaming and Leadership Report
http://tinyurl.com/3ac5hr
Gaming and Leadership Report
Studying management practices in online games
Virtual Worlds, Real Leaders
Online games put the future of business leadership on display
"Management fads and business leadership books come and go. But the Internet, and the changes it is forcing upon business managers of all stripes, is here to stay.
The days of closely knit teams working on long-term strategy in close quarters are gone, replaced by virtual teams that constantly reinvent the business in multiple time zones the world over. And the business world is in desperate need of a new model for leadership befitting the Internet Age."

Grading with Games
http://www.edutopia.org/james-gee-games-learning-video
Grading with Games: An Interview with James Paul Gee (video)
An Arizona State University professor sees a bright future for video games in the learning process -- in and out of school.

Gaming and Learning in Second Life!
http://groups.google.com/group/gaming-and-learning-in-sl
Gaming and Learning in Second Life!
Mission Statement
To focus and catalyze global efforts of gaming for learning.
Vision Statement
Support, collaborate, discover, explore, design and develop cutting edge applications for learners, educators, commercial ventures, and organizations to harness, promote, and implement gaming for the purposes of intentional and incidental learning in Second Life® at any level or in any field of practice.

Circumstances for games in education to work
http://tinyurl.com/54fk6q
The right circumstances for games in education to work
That games in education “work” is without question. When used properly, games can uniquely motivate, teach, and encourage our students. If you really use games effectively, you can motivate poor performing or under-performing students; you can help bright students ask important questions and relevant questions about themselves and their world; you can help gifted kids simulate highly complex systems.
However, it is not simply a matter of sticking a kid in front of a computer game and hoping for the best. There are a specific set of circumstances which must coalesce in order for games to work.

Computer games for education
http://www.futurelab.org.uk/resources/other_resources/video/Video832
Computer games for education
This video gives an overview of why Futurelab is interested in computer games for learning, what commercial games offer to the classroom, and how games can be developed specifically with education in mind.

Educational Games Research (Blog)
http://edugamesblog.wordpress.com/
Research and discussion concerning instructional video games.

Slaying Myths About Video Games (Part 1
http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.php?articleID=196604665
Slaying Myths About Video Games (Part 1)
.... after a few weeks something about the underlying structure of the game began to look very familiar. When you look past the Orcs, Gnomes, and other fanciful inhabitants and elements, you find Blizzard has built an elegant and engaging learning management system.
WoW does an outstanding job of guiding players to their zone of proximal development and provides a neverending stream of feedback and fresh challenges while leaving the player in charge.

Serious Games (Blog)
http://seriousgamesblog.blogspot.com/
Serious Games (Blog)
Serious games (SGs) or persuasive games are computer and video games used as persuasion technology or educational technology.
They can be similar to educational games, but are often intended for an audience outside of primary or secondary education.
Serious games can be of any genre and many of them can be considered a kind of edutainment.

Serious Games : Social Network
http://seriousgames.ning.com/
Serious Games : Social Network .... an excellent location to find answers to any questions you have about online gaming and simulations.

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

Games with a Purpose : Human Computation
http://tinyurl.com/pe87y
Games with a Purpose : Human Computation (online video presentation)
Tasks like image recognition are trivial for humans, but continue to challenge even the most sophisticated computer programs. This talk introduces a paradigm for utilizing human processing power to solve problems that computers cannot yet solve.
Human Computation | Image Search | Captchas | Luis von Ahn | Carnegie Mellon University | The ESP Game | labelling images | Peekaboom | Verbosity |

Serious Games
http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail774.html
Serious Games : 38 minute mp3 audio podcast
Stephen Berlin Johnson brings a unique perspective to the consideration of the cultural impact of video games.
Until recently, the discussion of video games focused primarily on the negative aspects ?the violence, immorality and potential for addiction.
He points out that this conversation has shifted and is beginning to accept that there are positive benefits inherent in playing video games.
Johnson argues that judgment of video games should consider the intellectual and problem solving skills they require.

Will Gaming Transform the Web?
http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail853.html
Will Gaming Transform the Web? : A Panel Discussion : audio / podcast / mp3
In this freewheeling panel discussion from Web 2.0, three game industry leaders discuss with Mark C. Stevens the changes they've seen in the gaming world and how they believe it will develop in the future.
The gaming community is huge, with over 30 billion hours played each year. 70% of 18-34 year old, PC-using males, are gamers.
But it's a changing world too. The average age is increasing, and more women are joining. And play is slowly migrating from console games to mobile devices.

Social News Service about Games
http://www.millionsofgames.com/
Social News Service about Games

Guide to Cooperative Games for Social Change
http://www.k12.wa.us/TeenAware/Forms/Cooperative%20Games.pdf
Why Play Games When There's Work to Do?
The Freechild Project Guide to Cooperative Games for Social Change
There's so much to do! Our communities are falling apart, young people, old people, brown people, black people, poor people, and lots of other people aren't getting the respect or power they deserve. Why play games when there's so much work to do? There's a lot of reasons to look at, but first let's define what we're talking about.
What Are Cooperative Games? | Why Play Games? | Aren't Games Distracting? | What Games Should We Play? | IceBreakers | Cooperative Games | Trusrbuilders | Funners | Closers |

Online Games and Digital Information Services
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december05/kirriemuir/12kirriemuir.html
Online Games and Digital Information Services

Videogames and Good Teachers
http://www.convergemag.com/story.php?catid=231&storyid=95685
Videogames and Good Teachers : The similarities and the Possibilities.

Game Studies
http://www.gamestudies.org/
Game Studies is a crossdisciplinary journal dedicated to games research, web-published several times a year at www.gamestudies.org.
Our primary focus is aesthetic, cultural and communicative aspects of computer games.
Our mission - To explore the rich cultural genre of games; to give scholars a peer-reviewed forum for their ideas and theories; to provide an academic channel for the ongoing discussions on games and gaming.

Video Gaming, Education and Digital Learning
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/february02/kirriemuir/02kirriemuir.html
Video Gaming, Education and Digital Learning Technologies
This article presents an overview of video gaming and discusses how gaming is related and relevant to digital libraries and digital learning technologies. It suggests that these relationships are worthy of more detailed investigation.
The article begins with information about video games and gaming consoles, a comparison of consoles and the PC, and some observations on the network capabilities of consoles. Next, the relevance of gaming to academia is highlighted, and the relevance of games and consoles to learning technologies is considered.

The Video Game Librarian
http://www.gamingtarget.com/article.php?artid=3982
The Video Game Librarian
Libraries and video games have never managed to hit it off. Several games, including GoldenEye and Halo, have levels called "The Library", but that's really where it ends.
Until now. Public libraries all over the country have been adding video games to their collections. Its very possible that a library in your hometown has games on its shelf right now.

Computer and video games definitions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_games
Computer and video games definitions
Formally, a computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players may interact with in order to achieve a goal (or set of goals). A video game is a computer game where a video display is the primary feedback device.

Playtime in the classroom
http://education.guardian.co.uk/elearning/story/0,10577,1496931,00.html
Playtime in the classroom : Guardian Newspaper Article
Can children really learn anything useful from computer games?

Gaming and the Significance for Information Literacy
http://www.oclc.org/reports/2003escan.htm
Gaming and the Significance for Information Literacy
An examination of how young people's social interaction and technology skills have created a seamless sphere fusing work, play and information. Recorded at the January 2005 American Library Association Midwinter convention in Boston, Mass.
view the presentation online

The Education Arcade
http://www.educationarcade.org/
The Games-to-Teach Project is made possible by a research grant from Microsoft iCampus.
Project activities are coordinated with the Learning Sciences and Technologies Group of Microsoft Research, led by Randy Hinrichs.
The Education Arcade represents a consortium of international game designers, publishers, scholars, educators, and policy makers who are exploring the new frontiers of educational media that have been opened by computer and video games.
The Teachers' Arcade is a group of teachers, educators, and policy makers investigating the potential of using commercial and video games to support learning. Many of us are interested in using games in classrooms, but just as many are thinking of how to use games in home schools, after school centers, and in museum settings. The Teachers' Arcade is a resource for sharing teaching tips, curricular models, lesson plans, and custom game modifications. You can find both practical tips and assistance as well as a supportive community of like-minded teachers.