This site offers a wide variety of different games for different grade levels and curricular content. The reason for mentioning it is that most of these type of sites I have come across are directed towards elementary learners, were as this site offered some resources for upper grades. Here is the address:http://www.funbrain.com/teachers/index.html

This site offers a wide variety of different

Toy makers are targeting the younger ages with both mental and physical activity. Fisher Price has a interactive game for kids to learn and exercise, they call it the “Smart Cycle”. I think that this approach makes sense, especially with the increasing obesity rate of Americans and American youth.

Toy makers are targeting the younger ages with both mental and physical activity. Fisher Price has a interactive game for kids to learn and exercise, they call it the “Smart Cycle”. I think that this approach makes sense, especially with the increasing obesity rate of Americans and American youth.

A podcast from the same site as the famous Grammar Girl series: The Traveling Avatar provides short and useful tips for getting the most out of SECOND LIFE™, a multi-layered 3D virtual world. Whether you’re just curious, a new player, or an intermediate player, this podcast will make your Second Life experience more fun and [...]

A podcast from the same site as the famous Grammar Girl series: The Traveling Avatar provides short and useful tips for getting the most out of SECOND LIFE™, a multi-layered 3D virtual world. Whether you’re just curious, a new player, or an intermediate player, this podcast will make your Second Life experience more fun and [...]

While at a team building event at work about two weeks ago, one participant exclaimed it is better that everyone loses the game, as opposed to just him. He said it’s human nature and referenced “game theory”. I just had to look it up. Game Theory in Wikipedia

I think it’s fascinating that an entire series of educational games has hit the market targeting older adults. They are all written for the Nintendo DS so it appears that handwriting recognition may have been a real key to appealing to this audience. Check out Brain Age, Brain Age 2, Big Brain Academy and My [...]

I think it’s fascinating that an entire series of educational games has hit the market targeting older adults. They are all written for the Nintendo DS so it appears that handwriting recognition may have been a real key to appealing to this audience. Check out Brain Age, Brain Age 2, Big Brain Academy and My [...]

I think it’s fasinating that entire series of eductaional gamnes has hit the market targeting older adults. They are all written for the Nintendo DS so it appears that handwriting recognition may have been a reall key to appealing to this adience. Check out Brain Age, Brain Age 2, Big Brain Academy and My Word [...]

I think it’s fasinating that entire series of eductaional gamnes has hit the market targeting older adults. They are all written for the Nintendo DS so it appears that handwriting recognition may have been a reall key to appealing to this adience. Check out Brain Age, Brain Age 2, Big Brain Academy and My Word [...]

I am finsing it interesting that

I am finsing it interesting that

I don’t know if I feel proud, or frightened by this finding, but this is a real world example of customized  simulations training our armed forces in multi-cultural interactions. I mean seriously, look at the email address: http://www.tacticallanguage.com/gettingthem.html. Also, the company logo is just itching for a cross-hair to be drawn across the dot in the “i” [...]

I don’t know if I feel proud, or freightened by this , but this is a real world example of simulations training our armed forces in multi-cultural 

We all need vacations so what makes us think that our avatars do not? You, well your avatar, can take a SL cruise and enjoy all of the relaxing activites found on RL cruises. SL cruises are similar to RL cruises except for one tiny element, the ship does not move. Avatars can run on [...]

A flying spaghetti monster has been spotted in SL! I researched the issue and found some interesting information. Apparently, in 2005 a student, Bobby Henderson, in Kansas sent a letter to the Kansas Board of Education asking them to stop teaching evolution in science classes. He coined the flying spaghetti monster as a symbol of [...]

Has anyone noticed lately that TV is getting on the SL / virtual game bandwagon? Several popular TV shows have featured SL in their episodes this season. The October 24th episode of CSI: NY features a case of a virtual stalker turned killer and has its lead character Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise) creating his own [...]

Has anyone noticed lately that TV is getting into the SL

Has anyone noticed lately that TV is getting

Belgian Police decides to patrol Second Life after virtual rape case The details about the case were not revealed, but two Belgian newspapers reported early this year that the Belgian Police would setup an in-game patrol unit to investigate virtual rape incidents. Absurd as it sounds, the event spurred a myriad of discussions around the [...]

Anyone born between 1980 and 2001, plays any computerized game more than 5 hours a week and is Internet saavy can be considered what is called a “gamer”. As Baby Boomers retire, the Gamers are infiltrating the workforce. To accommodate the gamers’ technologically advanced status, training for these employees must be modified from the traditional [...]

Anyone born between 1980 and 2001 and plays any computerized game more than 5 hours a week

Wells Fargo has developed a virtual world complete with mortgages, checking accounts, and taxes as a means of teaching teens how to manage their finances. More on Stagecoach Island from Mashable. Stagecoach Island website.

From BBC News: ‘Virtual theft’ leads to arrest“A Dutch teenager has been arrested for allegedly stealing virtual furniture from “rooms” in Habbo Hotel, a 3D social networking website.”