Useful Information In and Out of the Classroom

Here are some interesting sites that I’ve found this week. As a teacher, I feel we have to keep up to date concerning research in our field and current issues in the education system. I hope some of these inspire you, inform you, and even have you asking questions. Thank you for coming by and visiting!

3rd World Farmer - 3rd World Farmer is a new kind of game. An experiment in the genre of Serious Games, it aims at simulating the real-world mechanisms that cause and sustain poverty in 3rd World countries. In the game, the player gets to manage an African farm, and is soon confronted with the often difficult choices that poverty and conflict necessitate. We find this kind of experience efficient at making the issues relevant to people, because players tend to invest their hopes in a game character whose fate depends on him. We aim at making the player "experience" the injustices, rather than being told about them, so as to stimulate a deeper and more personal reflection on the topics.

Fantastic Contraption – fun physics game that involves problem solving

Bitesize Games – Give your brain a boost. I played a couple of these games and they were a lot of fun.

Math Playground – “an action-packed site for elementary and middle school students. Practice your math skills, play a logic game and have some fun!”

How To Build A Mummy – step by step interactive instructions on how mummies are made.