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New Media Institute

NMI is a research institute and they explain why game-based learning is important as well as how it affects the future of the classroom.

Power My Learning

Students, parents, and educators can use this website to learn while using activities and games.

Q Games & Learning Design Pack

Here is a game design resource that is base on the Quest Schools’ model of game-based learning.

The Land of Venn

Geometric games that are aligned with the common core for K-12.

Exploring Gamification Techniques for Classroom Management

“In this article, the techniques used and the effects of each are explored and suggestions are provided for instructors considering adding game layers to the classroom.” - Scott Nicholson

Games and Learning

Games and Learning provides up-to-date news, blogs, and research on GBL as well as game development and tips on classroom use.

GameUp

GameUp, as part of BrainPop, provides games that students can play to learn in every subject.

iCivics

Here students can play games and enter into simulations that teach them civics lessons.

inklewriter

From within a web-browser, the inklewriter will let students make and play interactive stories with no programming required.

Institute of Play

The Institute of Play helps to provide information through research about games and their involvement in learning. Here, educators are able to understand how games help students learn and become engaged.

6 Basic Benefits of Game-Based Learning

te@chthought provides insight to the fundamental reasons teachers should implement game-based learning into their curriculum.

Alice Keeler: Getting Started with Games Based Learning

GamifiED provides a webinar about how to implement game-based learning into the classroom with Alice Keeler who has worked with technology in her doctoral studies research.

Block by Block

"Block by Block" is an innovative partnership between the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the UN agency promoting sustainable towns and cities, and Mojang, the makers of Minecraft.

Bottom-Line Performance

BLP has a blog series to help teachers master game-based learning, from teaching the jargon to ideas for games.

BrainPOP Jr.

BrainPOP Jr. provides students and teacher with access to fun and engaging learning games.

edSurge

What Game-Based Learning Can do for Student Achievement, is an article on edSurge that helps to explain why game based learning is important in the classroom as well as the difference between “gamification” and “game-based learning.”

EDUCADE

Educade provides resources for teachers to implement game-based learning in to the classroom and helps them to understand how it can help their students.

edWeb.net

edWeb.net hosts game-based learning which provides free professional development for educators who wish to improve upon or learn more about GBL in the classroom.

ASPIRE (Oregon)

The Oregon Department of Human Services is working in partnership with ASPIRE to encourage and empower foster youth to gain the knowledge and skills to become self-sufficient, responsible and contributing members of their community.

Children, Families, and Youth Department (New Mexico)

Resources for youth and adults about foster care in the state of New Mexico.