Game-Based Learning

[Alejandro Tejada]

Hi all,

Here is some weblinks useful to all teachers 
interested in Games in Education:

A History of Video Games by Jason Weesner
http://www.gamecareerguide.com/features/327/index.php?cid=GCG_MARK_022007
This article remembers nicely to all us 
that to create an engaging experience for our
students we dont need the multi-million
budgets that Game Studios and new Consoles 
require to create today games.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6117726917684965691&q=education&hl=en
How to harness the power of video games for learning

Simulation Nation
http://www.edutopia.org/magazine/ed1article.php?id=Art_1794&issue=mar_07
Inventive computer sims can turn dull lessons into 
hyperreal experiences-if we can get educators to use 
them. By Marc Prensky

http://www.socialimpactgames.com/
Nice list of more than 200 Serious Games

Have a nice day.

alejandro

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