Enhancing Education with Games and Simulations: Benefits and Resources
Discover the transformative power of educational games and simulations in learning environments. Educational games provide unique advantages, allowing children to relax, concentrate, and enjoy their learning experience. They cater to various learning styles, making them perfect for remediation while reducing academic fear of failure. Explore a selection of engaging games suitable for different school levels, including physics puzzles, interactive history experiences, and free resources for educators to enhance their teaching methods. Unleash the fun in learning today!
Enhancing Education with Games and Simulations: Benefits and Resources
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Using Games & Simulations Connie White Director of Technology & Media
Why Use Educational Games? Vi • Games allow children to relax, concentrate and enjoy learning. • Great for remediation • Addresses various learning styles • Academic fear of failure reduced http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/71778/why_use_educational_games.html
Upper School • Armadillo Run - Armadillo Run is a physics-based puzzle game. • http://www.armadillorun.com/ • iCue - a new media experience to support teaching and learning in AP U.S. History, AP Government and Politics - U.S., and English Language and Composition. • http://www.icue.com/
Top 100 Learning Game Resources • http://www.upsidelearning.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/24/top-100-learning-game-resources/
Middle School • Caduceus, an online puzzle-adventure game for tweens. • Lure of Labyrinth – Lure of the Labyrinth is a digital game for middle-school pre-algebra students. • http://labyrinth.thinkport.org/www/ • Top Free Educational Games • http://edugamesblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/the-top-10-free-educational-video-games/
Elementary Games • Bitesize KSU – Awesome! • http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/
PowerPoint Games • Parade of Games in Powerpoint • http://facstaff.uww.edu/jonesd/games/ • PowerPoint Games and Game Templates • http://people.uncw.edu/ertzbergerj/ppt_games.html
Card Games • Trojan War Game - http://teacherweb.nixa.k12.mo.us/~zakhamby/TrojanWarGame.html
Great Games • Funbrain - http://www.funbrain.com/ • Social Impact Games - http://www.socialimpactgames.com/ • 26 Learning Games to Change the World - http://blog.missiontolearn.com/2008/04/learning-games-for-change/ http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/71778/why_use_educational_games.html
Wow! • Top 100 Learning Games • http://www.upsidelearning.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/24/top-100-learning-game-resources/ • 101 Free Games – (Zaid Learn) • http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2008/08/101-free-edugames.html
Cool Activity • Interact with the National Archives • You can read the Declaration of Independence OR you can sign it! • http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration.html • Home URL for the archives is http://www.archives.gov/
Simulations • We Choose the Moon • http://wechoosethemoon.org • The HL Hunley Simulator • http://www.hunley.org (Find the simulator under the “Submarine” tab • Science Central Simulations (Frog Dissection to Natural Selection and Evolution!) • http://sciencecentral.com/category/69762
