Comments on: Call to action – Games in education? Anyone?

By: Caithlin

Caithlin — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:42:59 +0000

We’re offering Gamemaker as a lunchtime activity at the moment. You can download version 8 free from http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker

By: David Hopkins

David Hopkins — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:51:44 +0000

Chris – That’s brilliant, thanks for letting us see your presentation.

If you don’t mind, I’ll Tweet that?

David

By: Chris Sparshott

Chris Sparshott — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:15:16 +0000

Try this http://www.slideshare.net/sparkbouy/keynote-digitial-technology-symposium-presentation.

By: Seema

Seema — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:08:11 +0000

Our company has done lot of work in game based learning, check one example here http://www.witsindia.com/casestudies/gamebasedlearning.pdf

WITS Interactive
http://www.witsindia.com

By: Caleb

Caleb — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:41:02 +0000

My company, LearningWare, Inc., sells template game software that allows you to customize popular game show formats (like Jeopardy or Family Feud) with your own material. We also produce a product called AllPlay Web which lets trainers and educators create gaming experiences in webinars.

http://www.learningware.com/

By: Jeff Goldman

Jeff Goldman — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:19:40 +0000

Upside Learning has this list of game resources - www.upsidelearning.com I would also take a look at Clark Aldrich - clarkaldrich.blogspot.com/ Also here is an interview o0f James Paul Gee - http://www.pbs.org/

By: Gordy

Gordy — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:27:22 +0000

The company I work for provides some free whitepapers on games in training/education at this site: http://enspire.com/about/demonstrations. The three papers are "Serious Gains From Serious Games," "Using Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) to Teach Data Security," and "German is Just a Game."

By: Kristen

Kristen — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:31:23 +0000

I really found Karl Kapp’s Gadget, Games, and Gizmos to be a great read, if you’re looking for a book.