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Resources, design practices, and innovative ideas on games for learning, health, and social impact
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Gaming can reduce stress, refine motor skills, improve your vision, and more
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An overview of some of the many video games for health Delete the scoop?
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Many videogames let you cast your very own magic spells. Usually, this involves pressing the right button on your mouse. But in an experimental game called CodeSpells, performing acts of magic requires a bit more brain power.
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On the importance of instructional design in the development of instructional games--although you might think this one is a no-brainer, time-and-time again, it's lacking. Build in time for debriefing and in the design process, lots of play-testing (another often omitted step) Delete the scoop?
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Google Launches Ingress, a Worldwide Mobile Alternate Reality Game Delete the scoop?
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'Serious games', like every other tool of education, must be able to show that the necessary learning has occurred, and Chen and Michael's article discusses how games that teach, from firefighting to business simulations, can demonstrate success. Delete the scoop?
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A good approach to culling through game mechanics for the most meaningful ones. Delete the scoop?
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Continuing from last week's post about “The Gamification of Education”, this week we bring you a guest post from Justin Marquis, who examines the why's and... Delete the scoop?
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Think you can balance the Federal Budget? Give it a try with American Public Media's Budget Hero, a budget-balancing simulator that lets you try out fiscal policies to see how they'll play out over the next 20 years. Delete the scoop?
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An article about Simulations and Serious Games from a historical perspective. Delete the scoop?
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historical simulation games in the classroom
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A repository for theory, research , and implementations of simulation games for history education. Delete the scoop?
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We builds tools for kids to code. We're working on a visual programming language for the iPad that uses modular drag-and-drop methods to let kids easily create their own computer programs and apps. Delete the scoop?
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CivCraft is a multiplayer, server-side modification to Minecraft that allows individuals to band together to build towns and civilizations Delete the scoop?
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A collection of articles on using video games in education 
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January 5, 6:10 AM
een verzameling artikelen over het gebruik van video games in de klas Delete the scoop?
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Combining simulation and story for medical education Delete the scoop?
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The challenge is to manage a river catchment so that after 100 years you have a healthy economy and a healthy environment... Delete the scoop?
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The audience role in an ARG game Delete the scoop?
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An older article but lots of good points about considerations for developing ARG games. Delete the scoop?
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Players assume the role of a director, collecting info, finding solutions and making decisions to deal with an impending energy crisis.