Educational games and simulations

What research says to the teacher

What research says to the teacher.

Educational games for fun

Growing with games : making your own educational games

Educational toys and games : a practical guide to selection and utilization

Backcountry play book : games and activities to enhance educational field experiences

Backcountry Play Book: Games and Activities to Enhance Educational Field Experiences

Mommy, I'm bored : 127 fun-filled and educational games your child can play alone

Mommy, I am bored

Serious educational game assessment : practical methods and models for educational games, simulations and virtual worlds

Learning by doing : a comprehensive guide to simulations, computer games, and pedagogy in e-learning and other educational experiences

Playing games in school : video games and simulations for primary and secondary education

Educating the millennial generation / Principles of playing games for learning / Game brain / Playing games and the NETS / Games for science education / Games for mathematics education / Games for language arts education / Games for social studies education / Exergames for health and fitness / Integrating games and facilitating game-based learning / Making games more effective in the classroom / Repurposing COTS games / Web-based drill-games / Homemade PowerPoint games / Educational gameplay without computers / Magic of online games / Virtual worlds / Educational gaming : where is the industry going?

Glow kids : how screen addiction is hijacking our kids - and how to break the trance

Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: The trouble with tech -- Invasion of the glow kids -- Brave new e-world -- Digital drugs and the brain -- Interview with Dr. Doan: Neuroscientist and recovering video gamer -- The big disconnect: Texting and social media -- Clinical disorders and the glow kids effect -- Monkey see, monkey do: Mass media effects -- Video games and aggression: The research -- Ripped from the headlines: real cases of video game-influenced violence -- The Newtown Massacre: Video game psychosis -- Etan Patz and the end of innocence - and outdoor play -- Follow the money: Screens and the educational industrial complex -- It's an e-world -- The solution: Escaping Plato's e-cave -- Appendix: Does my child have a screen or tech addiction problem? -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Divided : the perils of our growing inequality

Inequality and democracy / The vanishing middle class / Necessaries / How gains at the top injure the middle class / Inequality is holding back the recovery / Wage theft / Home Depot's CEO-size tip / Why do so many jobs pay so badly? / In the heart of our economy and our lives / Household wealth inequality / Inequality across generations / "I didn't do it alone" / Arthur A. Robertson and the 1929 crash / Graduates v. oligarchs / No rich child left behind / Achievement gap / Back to school / Educational quality and equality / Health and income inequalities are linked / Unequal quality of care / Reducing health care disparities / Universal health care / U.S. health care costs the most--by far / Inequality kills / Jailed for being in debt / America's poverty "tax" / Hunger in America / Georgia's hunger games / Living down to expectations / How economics is biased toward the rich / Don't drink the Kool-Aid / Social security reduces inequality--efficiently, effectively and fairly / Arguments for and against income inequality / Inequality of hazard / A different kind of epidemic / Prison's dilemma / Men and their underpaid women / Race, gender, family structure, and poverty / Employed parents who can't make a living