Links and resources supporting a PowerPoint presentation given at a workshop at the KSDE conference in Wichita, KS October 25, 2010

1. Resources and Links
This Handout & Presentation – http://www.slideshare.net/dadams.altec
Don't Bother Me Mom--I'm Learning! by Marc Prensky – Paragon House Publishers (2006)
What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy by James Paul Gee – Palgrave
Macmillan; 2nd edition (2007)
How Computer Games Help Children Learn by David Williamson Shaffer – Palgrave Macmillan
(2008)
Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives by John Palfrey – Basic Books
(2008)
Grand Theft Childhood: The Surprising Truth About Violent Video Games and What Parents Can Do
by Lawrence Kutner – Simon & Schuster (2008)
Brain Rules by John Medina – Pear Press (2008) http://www.brainrules.net/
“Reality Bytes: Eight Myths About Video Games Debunked” by Henry Jenkins
http://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevolution/impact/myths.html
Federation of American Scientists - Summit on Educational Games (2006)
http://www.fas.org/gamesummit/
“Games, Motivation, and Learning” - White Paper (PDF)
http://caspianlearning.co.uk/Whtp_Games_Motivation_Learning.pdf
“You Play World of Warcraft? You're Hired! Why multiplayer games may be the best kind of job
training” by John Seely Brown and Douglas Thomas (Wired Magazine, April, 2006)
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.04/learn.html
Marc Prensky’s Web site – http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/
Henry Jenkins’ blog – http://henryjenkins.org
Games in Education video by Mark Wagner and Michael Guerena of the Orange County (CA)
Department of Education's Educational Technology group -- http://video.google.com/videoplay?
docid=6117726917684965691
Spider World, VR Therapy for Spider Phobia – http://www.hitl.washington.edu/research/exposure/
Snow World, Virtual Reality Pain Reducation – http://www.hitl.washington.edu/research/vrpain/
Virtual Walk on the Moon – http://www.digitalspace.com/papers/design-research-chapter/index.html
Revolution! – http://www.educationarcade.org/node/357
4Kids – http://4kids.org
Matrix Games -- http://matrixgames.altec.org/
Arcademic Skill Builders – http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com
Olathe pilot Study - http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/nsf/pilot_study.shtml
Mr. Nussbaum -- http://www.mrnussbaum.com/
Oswego County School District – http://resources.oswego.org/games/

2. “Education World: Sites to See” – http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/sites/sites082.shtml
“Span It” Basic Engineering – http://www.lethsd.ab.ca/lakeview/Classrooms/grade3t/games/spanit.htm
“Big Al” Biology – http://www.bbc.co.uk/dinosaurs/bigalgame/index.html
“Design a Planet” Planet Characteristics – http://astroventure.arc.nasa.gov/
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives – http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
Club Penguin – http://clubpenguin.com
Virtual Stock Exchange – http://vse.marketwatch.com/Game/Homepage.aspx
Hollywood Stock Exchange – http://hsx.com/
GWAP (ESP Game and others) - http://www.gwap.com
Food Force – http://www.food-force.com
Food Force 2 – http://foodforce2.com/
Free Rice – http://www.freerice.com/
Third World Farmer – http://www.3rdworldfarmer.com/
Darfur is Dying – http://www.darfurisdying.com
Stop Disasters – http://www.stopdisastersgame.org
Magic Pen – http://magic.pen.fizzlebot.com/
Crayon Physics Deluxe (pay, free demo) - http://www.crayonphysics.com/
Dimension Math (fee-based, free demos) -- http://www.dimensionm.com/
You Are the Historian (can run offline) – http://www.plimoth.org/education/olc/index_js2.html
Team Treks – http://www.teamtreks.com/
Minyanland – http://www.minyanland.com/
ElectroCity – http://www.electrocity.co.nz/
Nanoquest – http://www.nanoquest.ie/
Real Lives – http://www.educationalsimulations.com/
Traveler IQ – http://www.travelpod.com/traveler-iq
The Forbidden City – http://www.beyondspaceandtime.org
Lunar Quest – http://www.seriousgamesresearch.com/
Web Rangers – http://www.nps.gov/webrangers/
Peacemaker (pay, free demos) – http://www.peacemakergame.com
Budget Hero – http://americanpublicmedia.publicradio.org/engage08/budgethero/
Redistricting Game - http://www.redistrictinggame.org/
Thinking Worlds (pay, online demos) – http://www.thinkingworlds.com/
Simple Machines - http://www.msichicago.org/online-science/simple-machines/activities/simple-
machines-1/