Comments on: quick educational gaming links

By: knockheads

knockheads — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:19:17 +0000

Thanks for putting this up. These suggestions are brilliant.

By: John Dargan

John Dargan — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 04:12:16 +0000

Hi Aaron,

Here is an educational game site that you might want to check out:

Address: http://www.halfsecret.com

Title: Free Online Crossword Puzzle Games

Description: Free online crossword puzzle games with an unusual design

Thanks!

– John Dargan

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:16:35 +0000

Nice sites..

I would like to suggest http://canz.net

By: stop disasters! at walking paper

stop disasters! at walking paper — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 04:35:52 +0000

[...] Each scenario is a different location with a specific natural hazard against which you must protect a village or town. The game does a great job of educating the player about making good decisions regarding fortifying the environment without being boring or dry. Another solid explicitly educational game to add to the list I put together at my post “quick educational gaming links.” No, maybe not as addictive as line rider, but still fun. // Used for showing and hiding user information in the comment form function ShowUtils() { document.getElementById(“authorinfo”).style.display = “”; document.getElementById(“showinfo”).style.display = “none”; document.getElementById(“hideinfo”).style.display = “”; } function HideUtils() { document.getElementById(“authorinfo”).style.display = “none”; document.getElementById(“showinfo”).style.display = “”; document.getElementById(“hideinfo”).style.display = “none”; } [...]

By: The Shifted Librarian

The Shifted Librarian — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:26:58 +0000

IANAL but I Played One on Nintendo DS

I’m fascinated by the types of learning games in mainstream media that have emerged during the last few years. I tend to think of games like Darfur Is Dying and Brain Age in this category, and as a result I’ve…

By: Chris Smith

Chris Smith — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:20:53 +0000

Thanks for these suggestions …. brilliant.

I have a page on my site dedicated to “Games in Education” which lives at http://www.shambles.net/games/

I’ve added some of the above to the lists on this page.