March+14,+2008+-+changed+from+March+7,+2008

**Introductions:**
Webkins Musicus Free Rice Games.yahoo.com Book Worm Handbell Hero
 * Games we've played recently**

- hand-eye coordination - logical reasoning - ideas for tech inegration - problem solving - concentration - cause and effect
 * What we've learned from video games**

simple = old game in new package complex = new game in new package
 * Difference between complex games and simple games**

- http://stopdisastersgame.org/en/ - complex game example that can be played quickly

- modding = The extension and modification of computer games by modders, or games communities

Everything Bad is Good for You - Steven Johnson Got Game? - John C. Beck, Mitchell Wade Don't Bother Me, Mom - I'm Learning! - Marc Prensky
 * Books:**

- $250 - comes with - connect to TV or projector - connect to wireless network - can buy games or play online games
 * Sony WII**

del.iciou.us/glenw98/wii 4teachers.org
 * Online games:**

More gaming resources: http://socialstudiescentral.com/?q=node/70 http://socialstudiescentral.com/?q=node/58

One - to - One Laptop Initiatives: Maize - Social Studies department - students have laptops - no textbooks - PLC (professional learning community) - once a week - common assessment - Google Earth - Pedometer activity Lyons - - high school - laptops issued to kids to take home - middle school - students can check out laptops to take home

Issue - Internet access at home

Issue - teachers teaching old ways with new technology continuum of: old ways with old tools -- old ways with new tools -- new ways with new tools - Wesley Fryer - John Utech historytech.wordpress.org - search for new things

How about laptops (vtech toys, leap frog learning systems, etc.) for primary students? Andy Carvin - http://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/

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Show and Tell in PM: [|RedZee Search] [|Phone Number Geolocator] and other uncomplicated, powerful network tools [|SimpleSpark] - catalog of web 2.0 tools [|Classtools random word picker] and other tools [|Newspaper article generator] [|VozMe] - cool speech generator (use to proofread, etc) [|TravelerIQ Challenge] Traveler IQ [|5th Grade KS state assessment example] [|State Tetris] [|Gmap Pedometer] [|MagMyPic] [|Flickr Toys] [|VisualCV] [|Scribble States] [|SphinxKids] - muscial / composer site [|Literactive] [|All About Animals] [|PBS Nature interactive games] [|Fridge Magnets] [|SciFiles] [|SchoolTube] [|Exploratarium] [|Stellarium]