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Educational Games

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This group is dedicated to the making and discussion of Educational Games. Educational Games can be any game that is designed to teach something to the player, be it Skills, [...]

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This group is dedicated to the making and discussion of Educational Games. Educational Games can be any game that is designed to teach something to the player, be it Skills, Information or Concepts using any game design method.

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Collection of Educational Kids Games (11 posts)

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  • Avatar Image David, a level 0 monster with 6 posts — 1 year, 1 month ago:

    My friends just started this site a few weeks ago. It’s a collection of educational kids games from all over the internet. The idea is that they hand pick these games, then kids or parents can find games they like, play them, rate them, leave comments, etc. A number of the games were created by one of my pals at Fun 4 the Brain.

    http://www.gamesalot.org/

    It’s nice to see games where our kids can take something away from the game instead of just being mind-numbing. NPS especially has some neat kids activities.

    David

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  • Avatar Image Nathan Maton, a level 7 monster with 148 posts — 1 year ago:

    Wow. That site is nice. It’d be interesting to see them ordered in various ways, for example by which ones are played the most, or which ones are liked the most to get a sense for which to check out if you only have time to play a few.

    Great find! I’m gonna tweet about it.

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  • Avatar Image David, a level 0 monster with 6 posts — 1 year ago:

    Cool. I’ll let them know your suggestions! I can never think of any ideas, even though I’ve been asked. Hah..

    David

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  • Avatar Image Nathan Maton, a level 7 monster with 148 posts — 1 year ago:

    Yeah – if any of you are on Twitter I’ll mention you by handle and that way you’ll see other’s feedback/thoughts too.

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  • Avatar Image David, a level 0 monster with 6 posts — 1 year ago:

    I set up a twitter account for them here: http://twitter.com/gamesalotorg

    I think it’s being used.

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  • Avatar Image David, a level 0 monster with 6 posts — 1 year ago:

    Nathan, your idea for ordering games was really good. I think they’re already working on a new home page that will have featured, popular, and various ways of ordering the games.

    I know they really want parent’s input too. So I suggested making a forum like this one where kids and parents can post / converse.

    David

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  • Avatar Image Nathan Maton, a level 7 monster with 148 posts — 1 year ago:

    Glad they liked it! Tell them to definitely consider jumping onto Gameful for their parent/kids conversation. It’d be great to have a lively educational games discussion here.

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  • Avatar Image David, a level 0 monster with 6 posts — 1 year ago:

    That’s a good idea. I think want to keep it on their site, but I’ll let them know.

    Being the programmer has its benefits when you mention things to people. Haha..

    David

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  • Avatar Image sara bolduc, a level 7 monster with 5 posts — 1 year ago:

    Thanks for sharing this site. I’ve been looking for some good “academic” online games for kids that are fun.

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  • Avatar Image Danielle Marchand, a level 7 monster with 14 posts — 4 months, 1 week ago:

    I passed the site along to my daughter’s teacher (gr. 3 – Farm Freak Out will be perfect) and will get my daughter to use it for practice at home. I’ll let you know what she thinks!

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  • Avatar Image David, a level 0 monster with 6 posts — 4 months, 1 week ago:

    Cool, that’s great. There are a lot of good (and educational) games on the site. Obviously the newer ones are more apparent, but I find that even the older ones can still be a lot of fun. =)

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