Resources and links to accompany the presentation to the Professional Development team at Jefferson West school district, USD340, Feb 17, 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
Arcademic Skill Builders – http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com
Matrix Games -- http://matrixgames.altec.org/
Mr. Nussbaum -- http://www.mrnussbaum.com/
Top 100 Interactive Educational Games – http://www.lethsd.ab.ca/mmh/games/top100.htm
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://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/games/examples/allosaur.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/
Food Force – http://www.food-force.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/