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Peter Mellow
June 28, 2013 6:58 AM
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Gungroo is for kids and provides games, arts, crafts, contests, safe access to GMail and Facebook. War of Fascinating Galaxies (WarOFGa) is a collection of Physics learning games
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Peter Mellow
March 26, 2013 7:46 AM
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Join Cartoon Network characters in a battle to save the universe. FusionFall is a massive multiplayer online game for kids of all ages! Ben 10
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Peter Mellow
March 22, 2013 8:00 PM
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AN ADELAIDE mother's harrowing story of her teenage son's addiction to online gaming has prompted a flood of responses from News Limited readers reporting children as young as eight being addicted to the internet.
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Here’s an idea for improving the health of our children: let them play more videogames.Obesity has numerous health risks and it is most frightening in children as early learned behaviours will last throughout…...
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Andrew Miller (@betamiller on Twitter) is a National Faculty member for the Buck Institute for Education, an organization specializing in 21st century project-based learning, as well as for ASCD,... Minecraft in the Classroom is a recent addition to the field of game-based learning. It is a sandbox game where players can create and build, fight off enemies and explore vast landscapes. As is the nature of sandbox games, players can roam free, choosing objectives as they go. Because Minecraft has such open possibilities and potential, the teacher can choose how he or she wants to use it. Just as the student has the ability to be creative, the teacher has the same. That can be overwhelming, but luckily, there is a tool for using Minecraft created by teachers for teachers.
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My name is Joel Levin. I am a computer teacher at a private school in New York City. This blog...
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The online educational games at iKnowthat.com will spark a passion for learning in your children. Our free kids online games and multiplayer online games offer a dynamic and fun educational experience.
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November 11, 2012 11:36 PM
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Mathletics is the next generation in learning, helping students enjoy maths and improve their results. Fun and Learning?
Chris O’Brien of Mercury News believes learning how to make video games in K-12 schools can be a real possibility. His nine-year-old son asked him one day if the two of them could make a game, and in his journey to answer his son’s question, O’Brien learned of a growing network of educators and researchers focused on teaching kids how to make games.
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Word Find encourages students to find as many words as they can using the letters in each word on their lists. Word Find is a great activity for practicing spelling and vocabulary.
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Peter Mellow
March 26, 2013 7:01 AM
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Poptropica, a virtual world for kids to travel, play games, compete in head-to-head competition, and communicate safely. Kids can also read books, comics, and see movie clips while they play.
WiredSafety is the largest and oldest online safety, education, and help group in the world. Originating in 1995 as a group of volunteers rating websites, it now provides one-to-one help, extensive information, and education to cyberspace users of all ages on a myriad of Internet and interactive technology safety, privacy and security issues. These services are offered through a worldwide organization comprised entirely of unpaid volunteers who administer specialized websites, resources and programs.
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Guilty of letting an electronic screen babysit your children?
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A national codebreaking competition aimed at schoolchildren attracted more than 6,000 pupils from 725 British schools
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MinecraftEdu - Bringing Minecraft to the Classroom... MinecraftEdu is the collaboration of a small team of educators and programmers from the United States and Finland. We are working with Mojang AB of Sweden, the creators of Minecraft, to make the game affordable and accessible to schools everywhere. We have also created a suite of tools that make it easy to unlock the power of Minecraft in YOUR classroom.
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The enormously popular computer game is on the syllabus at a Swedish school. Plus, the man who hired a digital hitman., The Internaut
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Cookie offers a wide variety of online educational games and activities for kids, which stimulate their senses and add to their knowledge, and at the same time, make learning a fun activity.
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Everloop revolutionizes the way kids under 13 interact online. Our mission is to provide an online social platform where kids can safely be kids as long and as much as possible. Everloop has created a unique, age-appropriate social media experience for kids with customized micro-networks or “loops” that safely connect tween-relevant content, services, applications and experiences. Everloop’s state-of-the-art privacy protection and monitoring technology (patent pending) guards young users against bullying, predators, bad language and sharing of personal information. We partner with leading innovators to provide tween-focused entertainment as well as top-shelf educational activities.
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Peter Mellow
January 17, 2013 7:20 PM
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BigPond Games Shop - play free games online, download free PC game trials, mobile games, game reviews and more...
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Peter Mellow
September 2, 2012 9:36 PM
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If you children and interested in programming, this app may help them get started.
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