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I am also keen on the role of games in education. Please find below an ever-changing picture of me. You know, just in case you were curious.

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Are you a classroom teacher? So was I. I used games to teach, it works!

YES. Computer games are an incredible learning tool
YES. We can prove kids are learning
YES. We can see kids become excited and engaged about learning
YES. You can do it!

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Getting your foot in the door
An Invitation to teachers to use games in your classroom
Helping teachers to use games
Setting a higher standard and assessment
Instructional design and games

Evaluating the educational potential
Criteria for evaluating educational potential in games
The right circumstances for games in education to work

Good games to use in your classroom and some examples

An introduction to Sim City 4 (6.1 MB PDF file)
An Introduction to The Sims 2 (4.5 MB PDF file)
An Introduction to Age of Mythology (7.4 MB PDF file)
An Introduction to Civilization 3 (7.8 MB PDF file)

How might I use Railroad Tycoon III in my classroom?
Is Eve Online a good choice for my classroom?

Articles I've written about Games in education

a good idea, a great idea
Best way to learn programming for a 16 year old? Build a game….
Exceptional article on video game addiction
The fourth type of game - kagfs
Informal Learning and Video Games
Board games in the classroom?
What would you teach a group of 11 year old kids about text based games - part 4
Paper and Pencil games
Teens video games and civics
Text-based games with a group of 11 year old kids
2008 Conference Notes Games in Education Conference
News story: Video games help children learn
Three types of games in education
Railroad Tycoon III in the classroom
Text based games in an after school program
MMORPG’s in education
The right circumstances for games in education to work
Can Eve Online be played casually?
Is Eve Online Educational?
Games and compulsive internet use
Um, EA? What are you smoking?
Some answers to some common questions:
10 easy ways to miss the boat
Using Civilization in class
Interviewed on podcast
Grand Theft Calculus
Designing games
New Games in Education custom search !!
Text-based games podcast
Game Research
I want to approach buying the game as a learning opportunity
Harnessing the power of video games for learning
Getting your foot in the door
Spore in the NYT”
My little existential crisis about COTS games….
Digital Games based learning article
Where is the game research?
Games and Socialization: are MMO’s bad for your social life?
John Kirriemuir does it again!
A COTS game with potential: SPORE
Know any good books on educational gaming?
Games in education wiki
Virtual Worlds in education
Wiki help
USA Today quoted WHO?!

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