"Games are the most elevated form of investigation."
-Albert Einstein

• Meet students where they are
• Use of simulation and role playing
• Integrating the use of play in the curriculum
• Project based learning
• Collaboration and team work
• Businesses are increasingly realizing the importance of play and virtual games (training, education, communication, and HR)
• Free and low cost tools

III. Methods of Simulation and Gaming in the Classroom

• Virtual and video conference debates across the curriculum

• Using the Wii gaming system in the Classroom (EDUtopia)

• Using Second life in the Classroom
• 101 Uses of Second Life for the College Classroom (very extensive for any level of education)
• Medical and Health Simulation Education in Second Life (Wiley)
• New Media Consortium Second Life Blog
• SL Languages 2009 Conference
• SIM Teach Wiki for Second Life in Education (lots of resources)

• Using Multiplayer games in the classroom (PDF download)
• NMC's article on Multiplayer games in education (several links + resources)

• Virtual gaming and education / virtual worlds and the classroom
• Delicious links for educational games
• Karl Kapps's: Gadget's Games and Gizmos for Learning

• Other uses of gaming and virtual simulation in the classroom.

• 100 Learning Game Resources
• 25 Online Virtual Experiences

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