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Games for Learning and Assessment
http://www.edutopia.org/computer-simulations-virtual-learning-video
Games for Learning and Assessment
Computer simulations are natural learning tools for a generation of video game players.

Game Show Training Suite: QuizShow Billionaire
http://tinyurl.com/adxtmx
BRAVO! is a software suite that will enhance any instructional experience.
Designed to help you use games to teach, BRAVO! features four customizable training game templates that offer a dynamic way to present your content. Our rich 3D backgrounds, sound effects, and easy-to-use game builder helps you quickly create training games that are entertaining as well as educational. Creating an engaging and effective presentation is a snap with BRAVO! Simply add your content and play.
Try our products in your training, and see how easy it is to create an educational experience that is captivating and memorable.

Casual Game Design
http://www.casualgamedesign.com/
Casual Game Design
Designing games everyone can enjoy

Designing and Teaching a Game Studies Class
http://www.joystick101.org/story/2005/3/7/174732/9255
Designing and Teaching a Game Studies Class
In Fall 2004, I taught a class with MIT Comparative Media Studies department head Henry Jenkins III and graduate student Brett Camper as my TA. Together, we developed a curriculum, reading list and projects designed to address what we thought MIT undergraduates really needed to learn about game design.
Despite deliberately low-key publicity and hefty project requirements, about forty students registered for the course and collaboratively designed card games and digital games over the twelve-week session, which culminated in a public showing in the video arcade in MIT's student center.