Google Fight
Google Fight This is a good time waster :-) Pick a pair of key words and see which one gets the most hits. Amusing graphics pass the time.
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Simulations: The Next Generation of E-learning
Simulations: The Next Generation of E-learning An article from this month's training magazine. Simulations are the next wave of e-learning. I hope this doen't mean hyper-hype and then disappear becuase of shody work with over-promised results. (sound familiar?)
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Game-Based Learning: How to Delight and Instruct in the 21st Century
A conversation with game gurus James Paul Gee, J. C. Herz, Randy Hinrichs, Marc Prensky, and Ben Sawyer organized by Joel Foreman, Associate Professor in the English Department at George Mason University. A great short read.
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Storm Stories - Heroes of the Storm
Storm Stories - Heroes of the Storm Play the Heroes of the storm game. This must be disaster week. In this one you move a helicopter around on a map and lower the "hero" to take care of stranded people and blocked roads. Good little time waster. By the way, the Food Force Game (below) is really quite an adventure. (but the download is very large 200+megs).
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A Humanitarian Simulation
WFP Food Force Food Force is a new educational video game presented by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). It is the first humanitarian educational video game on the subject of world hunger and the work that goes into feeding people. The project has been developed specifically to help children ages learn about the fight against world hunger. Food Force is available as a free download.
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