prognosticate
the news predicting game: "Pick your favourite news topic from a menu. The current headlines will be displayed (you can pick CNN or BBC) - click one to start the game. Your chosen news story will be typed up on your screen. When it stops, it's over to you to predict the next word." There are twenty word picks per story. Might be a bit too tough but could be used in a current events class as a contest.
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How Games are Reshaping Business and Learning
Constance Steinkuehler, a UW-Madison cognitive researcher and fellow UW professors James Gee and Kurt Squire, work with the Academic Advanced Distributed Learning Co-Laboratory at UW-Madison, a testing ground for learning games. On January 20, 2005 they presented
How Games are Reshaping Business and Learning. Missed it? Not to worry, you can still watch.
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Catch the Furball... Icebreaker board game (via computer)
Catch the Furball is an icebreaker-like game for friends to play around a computer. It is partly based on another game called
Generica. To play Generica you need to make a board, and print out/cut up cards. You can play Catch the Furball from the web.
All from Jonathans Corner. The game could be used in a synchronous learning session for a revealing opener. The source code is also available on the site for your use or customization.
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