Video Games and Literacy

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Comment by Randall Fujimoto on April 20, 2012 at 10:33am

For anyone interested in game-based learning, Gameful has a new webinar series with some excellent presentations about GBL concepts and projects: http://gameful.org/gameful-webinar-series.

Comment by Randall Fujimoto on December 28, 2011 at 11:48am

To Wendy and any educators interested in learning more about Minecraft, some faculty at Temple University have setup a Minecraft server (server name = dig.temple.edu) for educators to join in order to play and discuss ideas together. If you're interested, please email Matthew Palladinetti at matt@temple.edu with your Minecraft username to join the group.

Comment by Sarah Schurkamp on April 5, 2011 at 7:03am

Love Jane McGonigal!  I agree with her that we learn and develop valuable skills while playing games that transfer over to our "real" lives.

Comment by Erin Dalbec on March 30, 2011 at 12:56pm

Check this out:

TED Talks- Gaming to change the world

Comment by Dean Groom on March 30, 2011 at 3:58am

Game Mechanic, reporting for duty

Comment by Lucas Gillispie on August 22, 2010 at 11:32am

Joining this group is long overdue! I am currently working on introducing game-based learning via the iPod Touch and iPad into our district schools and my big project, the WoWinSchool Project, aims to integrate the popular MMORPG, World of Warcraft into a middle school language arts curriculum.

Comment by Joel Josephson on September 2, 2009 at 9:29pm

I should mention that I founded and run the Kindersite Project http://www.kindersite.org that is used globally as a resource for the introduction to technology and early English.

The Kindersite resource consists of games, songs and stories.

Comment by Sunny South on September 2, 2009 at 6:49pm

I'm starting to use several game creation softwares that the kids really love in the K-6 classes: I'm introducing 2DIY to the younger kids and Scratch to my year 5/6 groups.

Comment by Robin Long on August 17, 2009 at 10:08am

I work with middle schoolers, but am interested in any applications of video games and curricula.

Comment by Joel Josephson on July 29, 2009 at 7:36am

Happy to join this group.