Simulation Activities

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Permalink Reply by Cheryl Oakes on July 27, 2009 at 11:50am

Elizabeth, Check out the project that I worked on with some 8th graders and their teachers. We used a ning as a social networking tool for our 8th graders to learn online safety, copyright informtion and how to write in character with the book Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes. It is the best project. http://stayingincharacter.ning.com , the author even showed up and participated with us.

Cheryl

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Permalink Reply by Aaron Maurer on August 28, 2009 at 8:13am

This link is blocked here at my school, but this sounds like something(based on your post) that I would really love to try. I teach talented and gifted so this would fit in nicely. Do you have any information on the layout of the project(timeline, activities, rubrics,etc) that you might be willing to share? I will be checking your link out when I get home.

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Permalink Reply by Melissa Kuipers on October 19, 2009 at 12:20pm

This is an awesome idea. I checked out your Ning site and I am going to do something similar this year. Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Mike Palmquist on July 28, 2009 at 11:24am

Hi,

You might look at teamtreks.com, designed for middle school. It hosts a game, Glacier Bay, a learning simulation focusing on leadership and literacy skills. You're dropped off at an unknown location and have to guide a kayak expedition back to the headquarters before one of the teammates gets too hungry, angry, lonely, tired and calls for a rescue and ends the game. So, basically, you need to learn to make decisions based on the needs of others.

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Permalink Reply by Rich White on July 28, 2009 at 9:02pm

Might want to check out Scratch - http://scratch.mit.edu

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Permalink Reply by Andres Monroy-Hernandez on July 28, 2009 at 10:28pm

Thanks for the plug! There are a good number of science and engineering simulations made by othre Scratch users and published shared on our website... but of course, you can always ask your students to make their own which can be more fun! :)

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Permalink Reply by vijay on February 21, 2010 at 11:15pm

hey, elizabeth

i dont know much about these things but,
please check out these if it is of ur interest. http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/

please reply is it is good for u or waste.

regards
vijay

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Permalink Reply by Denise Stewart on March 17, 2010 at 12:07pm

The math teachers at my site will love this one! I passed it on the AP in the hopes that she can "encourage" non-computer teachers (yes they do exist) to think about letting their students work with the site.

Denise

www.ellteacherpros.com

www.teachingsuccesseswithells.blogspot.com

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Permalink Reply by Nathan Ketsdever on March 17, 2010 at 1:45pm

Here is a site maintained by author and thought leader Marc Prensky...
he maintains several sites in this area of study, which provide examples of games--the two most valuable to you I imagine are Games, Parents, Teachers and Social Impact Games.

http://www.gamesParentsTeachers.com/

http://www.socialimpactgames.com/

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Permalink Reply by Nathan Ketsdever on March 19, 2010 at 1:31pm

The Documentary 21 Foundation at 21 Foundation.com has several amazing resources****

http://www.21foundation.com/room21f/content-rich-games

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