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Educational Activities for Young Children

08.27.2011 · Posted in games, mac, unix, windows

http://www.schoolsplay.org/ Childsplay Website Childsplay is a collection of educational activities for young children which can be used at home, kindergartens and pre-schools. Math, letters of the alphabet, spelling, eye-hand coordination etc are all... ...

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Purpose Built Maths Games

08.12.2011 · Posted in games, mathematics, online

Mangahigh Website Mangahigh is a games-based maths teaching resource enabling students to learn Mathematics via purpose-built casual games that balance fun and learning. What do you think of Mangahigh? ...

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What Can We Learn About Assessment From Video Games?

  Through the ongoing debate about assessment via Purposed I came across this presentation from last year by Derek Robertson at the eAssessment Conference in Scotland. There are a few points that I wanted to highlight that are worth drawing out and discussing further. Just to say that, if you didn’t already know, I am ...

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Game Creation Suite

07.29.2011 · Posted in game creation, games, mac, windows

StencylWorks Website StencylWorks is a game creation suite that lets you create Flash and mobile games. Use the drag-and-drop gameplay designer with hundreds of ready-to-use blocks. Powerful "code mode" interface also provided. What do you think of ... ...

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Biodiversity Card Game

07.27.2011 · Posted in cards, games, online

Phylo Website Phylo is a card game that makes use of the wonderful, complex, and inspiring things that inform the notion of biodiversity. It is also an exercise in crowd sourcing, open access, and open game development. What do you think of Phylo? ... ...

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Group Storytelling Game

07.09.2011 · Posted in games, online, storytelling

FoldingStory Website FoldingStory is a group storytelling game. Sign up to enter the fold and contribute to stories or simply read some finished stories. What do you think of FoldingStory? ...

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Innovative Digital Experience

06.11.2011 · Posted in games, interaction, online

Autotopsy Webstie Autotopsy is an innovative digital experience that challenges you to play the part of forensic crash investigator in order to unpick the story behind a multi-vehicle pile up. Part game, part narrative experiment offering interactive... ...

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English Vocabulary Game

04.19.2011 · Posted in english, games, online, vocabulary

Knoword Website Knoword is a game of quick thinking, smart decisions and great words. You are given one randomly generated dictionary definition along with the first letter of its corresponding word. You must fill in the rest of the word. What do yo... ...

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