Web
2.0, meet School 2.0 - at tteach.com! tteach is a soon to
launch, free interactive knowledge sharing website. Here anyone can
teach, learn & share their knowledge, educational resources &
original classes worldwide through a unique, well designed,
interactive & user-friendly interface.
Pageflakes is your personalized startpage on the Internet. Your
address book, local weather information, to-do-list, news, blogs and
much more – all on one page that you can access from anywhere.
Here you can easily create your own
Blog for FREE and share your thoughts and experiences with
the world! It has never been easier to Blog, we provide you with a
design template and the ability to create your own photo album and
much more!
FREE Voiceposts: Update your Journal
with your PhoneNEW!
2,000 user icons per user
Journal pages are 100% Ad-Free!
1GB Free Photo Hosting in the Photo Gallery, send pics directly from
your cell phone
create custom styles and mood themes, private messages, notifications on
replies and much more
GJ is 100% free - Join GreatestJournal.
If you are looking for more
flexibility in what you can put in your blog, and where you can put
it, then Blockstar is for you. Our blogs can be put into any web
page on your site, and you can put more than just posts in your blog.
Add photo galleries, text, and more.
The is a Clone of
Microsoft Frontpage but better. This used to create web
site. What makes Bluevoda Better than front Page Is that everything is a
click away, from adding Plugins, java, flash to Multimedia player, real
player, Quicktime player, and plugins. Also you can do all most anything
on this application. This download include all of microsoft suites. For
example Excel, powerpoint, word,etc.You can not link pages
together unless you pay for a host account.There are tutorial videos that
will show you all the feature
Open office is an
office suite software, just like microsoft word, powerpoint, excel, etc.
If you do not have word or any of the microsoft suites then this is a
perfect for you.
web based spreadsheet that enables instantaneous collaboration with
anyone on your project team. With Numbler multiple users can work with a
spreadsheet, view changes in real time, and discuss changes. Web
based spreadsheet that enables instantaneous collaboration with anyone
on your project team. With Numbler multiple users can work with a
spreadsheet, view changes in real time, and discuss changes.
Full size sheets, 256 x 65536 cells
Live collaboration with your
coworkers
Formula syntax and behavior similar
to Microsoft® Excel®
You can import existing spread sheets,
as well export them
This site has
document, spread sheet, and presentation. However the power point
Presentation is very very basic, Yet this site has an outstanding
Quality, even "collaboration
Capable
and Well Connected Create any
document using point-level formatting, indents, margins, backgrounds,
borders, choice of bullets, numbering, spell check, pictures, and more.
Auto-format 1000s of whole-table styles. Create new styles and
tweak styles to quickly achieve the
exact look you want. Share folders, documents, and pictures.
View highlighted changes others made. Revert document with one click.
Your document is never
overwritten. Easier to create and update pages. Add the capabilities and
convenience of
iNetWord to your
online service seamlessly
Access from anywhere
Access, edit, share documents from anywhere Create and edit documents your way
Create, edit or re-format documents using our WYSIWYG editor Collaborative editing of documents
Allow multiple users to work on a document simultaneously Load your existing documents
The easiest way to share, discuss and revise your
documents on the web
If you've ever asked a group of people for
feedback on a document, you know the flood of back-and-forth email
can be overwhelming.
What if there was one place for everyone to read your latest draft
and make comments tied directly to the text? Tracking feedback would
be that much easier and making revisions would be a snap.
An online spreadsheet service with
real-time-update and extensive collaboration features,
and a good Web 2.0 counterpart of Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice
Calc.
Quick, easy, simple, and you are up and
running in no time. This site will allow you and your associates
collaborate on the document. To get your associates to access that
document, it is as simply as an e-mail invitation.
Slideshare
is a site where you can upload a PowerPoint presentation to share it
on the web. The coolest feature is that it gives you the ability to
embed a slideshow into your blog or class page/website. See the
example below:
bubblr
is a site that lets you change pictures into comics by adding
comic-style bubbles and text. Upload your pictures to Flickr, find
them using bubblr, and make your comic strips. What an innovative way
for students to create expressive expainations for hard to understand
concepts - easy and fun!
This
site is one of the coolest on-line photo editors out there!
Upload a picture, click the one-click fix button, make other edits,
and resave back to your PC. Roundtrip takes less than a minute,
no software needed!
The Typetester is an online application
for comparison of the fonts for the screen. Its’ primary role is to make
web designer’s life easier. As the new fonts are bundled into operating
systems, the list of the common fonts will be updated. Technical
detailsTypetester’s code structure is XHTML, styled with the finest CSS
and driven by the JavaScript for manipulating DOM structures. Typetester
will not work without JavaScript enabled.
Draw and send your art work to friend and family and
they can watch your picture be drawn in front of there eyes.
1
Gigabyte of free image storage
Unlimited public and private image folders
· Watermark free images
· Upload images inside zip files
· Hotlinkable thumbnails
· Upload 10 images at a time through browser
· Create a custom slideshow within your gallery
· 3 megabytes per image size limit
· Comment and rate every image
· Receive updates to single images or galleries
· View all your favorite images together
· Easily move images from one section to another
· Delete your images or sub-galleries with ease
· Search through all your images
· Set the exact image order in sub-galleries
· Share an account with friends
· 2500 x 2500 image size allowed
ElephantDrive provides an unlimited amount of online
storage for your photos, music, video, documents, whatever!
ElephantDrive uses strong encryption and enterprise scale disaster
recovery techniques so your data is stored safely for as long as you
keep your account. Learn more about our security systems and philosophy.
Try ElephantDrive for FREE by signing up for an Open Edition account, or
opt for the cost-effective Home or Professional Editions. Click here to
compare the pricing and features of our plans.
Access your Trunk from anywhere at anytime, share selected files with
friends, family, and colleagues while keeping other files private, and
publish to other sites and services.
Click
here to
listen to ideas on how to use DEN in your classroom
(MP3
audio file via podcast)
Password
Creation registration tips and strength
RoboForm was named PC Magazine
Editor's Choice, and CNET Download.com's Software of the Year.
RoboForm:
Memorizes your passwords and Logs You In automatically.
Fills long registration and checkout forms with one click.
Encrypts your passwords to achieve complete security.
Generates random passwords that hackers cannot guess.
Backs up your passwords, Copies them between computers.
Synchronizes passwords between computers using GoodSync.
Searches for keywords in your passwords, notes and Internet.
Portable: RoboForm2Go RF runs from USB key, no install needed.
PDA-friendly: sync your passwords to Pocket PC and Palm.
Neutral: works with Internet Explorer, AOL/MSN, Firefox.
IE 7 and Vista: are now supported.
Just enter you site name and a password you always use
and it will generate a new password for you and it will be the same
password every time you put in your site name and the password you
always use so in case you forget it you can find it again.
This page lets you create the passwords that you need for restricting
access to certain people on your WWW pages. For information on
htaccess and how to use it, see
the documenation
You will never have to think of another random password ever
again. Just click the Generate Now button and the program will
generate a random password for you.
Password Generator is very easy to use. Save the password to a
.txt file and you are good to go! Password Generator runs on
Windows Vista / XP / 2000 / NT / Me / 98 / 95
This tool uses several sources of entropy (random
data), such as your browser, window position, timer, mouse, and
keyboard. The timing of mouse and keyboard events is also used. You may
provide additional entropy if you don't trust it. The entropy gatherer
maintains an internal state of 640 bits and uses input data to rehash
it. When generating passwords, the collected entropy is used in a hash
based random number generator. SHA1 is the hash algorithm used for all
hashes. A low estimate of the amount of entropy gathered is displayed in
the status bar.
Flock is an amazing new web browser that makes it
easier to share media and connect to other people online. Share
photos, automatically stay up-to-date with new content from your
favorite sites, and search the Web with the most advanced Search
Toolbar available today.
Ready for a revolution in the way you access the Web
sites you can't live without? Try Speed Dial™ in Opera's newest Web
browser, Opera 9.2.
It makes the fastest even faster.
Mozilla is not a traditional software company. We are a
global
community and public
benefit organization dedicated to improving the Internet
experience for people everywhere.
We
work in the open through a highly disciplined, transparent and
cooperative process to coordinate the development and marketing of
Mozilla technologies and products as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
nonprofit Mozilla
Foundation. The Mozilla Corporation has no outside shareholders.
The Mozilla Foundation is a California non-profit corporation exempt
from federal income tax under IRC 501(c)3.
This unique structure enables Mozilla to financially support and
cultivate competitive, viable community innovation. The result is
great products built by passionate people -- and better choices for
everyone.
Camino combines the awesome visual and behavioral
experience that has been central to the Macintosh philosophy with the
powerful web-browsing capabilities of the Gecko rendering engine.
Built and tested by thousands of volunteers, Mozilla’s Gecko brings
cutting-edge innovations and capabilities to users in a
standards-friendly and socially responsible form.
del.icio.us
is a neat way to store your bookmarks/favorites online so you can get
them anywhere, plus it's a social bookmarking tool that lets you see
the bookmark lists of others who bookmark what you do. You'll never be
without your cool websites again!
Zamzar
is a site that lets you upload a file, convert it, and then download
the file back to yourself in the new file format. So you have a movie,
picture, or document and it's not quite right? ZAMZAR! Your file is
right and it was easier than flying a kite!
mySchoolog
is a site that students can use to organize their lives at school.
Setup notes, schedules, assignments, and other neat stuff. Created by
other teen students from Turkey. If it loads in Turkish, just click
the US flag in the upper right corner of the site and you'll instantly
see the English version. Wish they had this when I was a teen!
Polldaddy
lets your create custom polls (one question surveys) that can be
embedded directly into your class/web page or blog. Takes less than 5
minutes and it's easy!
Frappr!
- the most social maps on the web. With Frappr! maps, you can create
maps that expain concepts or network people together. Visitors add
themselves as pins on the map. Frappr! maps are a snap to embed into
class/web pages and blogs. Check out our Video
Conferencing Map!
JotForm is the first web based WYSIWYG form
builder. It can allowyou to design forms to use somewhere else. Design
forms and let us collect the data for you as well. You are limited to
100 a day and file uploads are limited to 10 MBs per account. If you
would like to go over these limits, please purchase
JotForm Premium for only $9/month. JotForm requires a
javascript and cookies enabled browser. Currently it is completely
tested on Firefox and Internet Explorer.
ToonDoo
is a site that lets you create customized cartoons that can tell a
story or explain a complicated concept. Digital storytelling with
cartoons! Your students will love it as a new way to show
understanding of concepts. They've seen PowerPoint, but now it's time
for ToonDoo !
(Teacher should ALWAYS check for inappropriate postings!)
Cool Text is a free graphics generator
for web pages and anywhere else you need an impressive logo without a
lot of design work. Simply choose what kind of image you would like.
Then fill out a form and you'll have your own image created on the fly.
Sloganizer not only creates fantastic slogans for you, no there
is even more it does for you! You can, for example, easily
deploy the slogans on your website. Sloganizer-server can even
create an image of your slogan!
Add an Avatar Character, with voice, to your website
springdoo
is a site that lets you record your voice (audio) or a short video and
send it to someone via email. Once you record, you can copy and paste
your link into e-mail, PowerPoint, Word, etc. Imagine having a place
where someone could click and get your instructions in your voice! You
can do, if you spingdoo!
GirlSense
is a site that allows members to create a virtual online
"boutique" where fashions are designed, marketed, and traded
for points that can be used to purchase fashions made by other
members. A virtual economy for the anti-Barbie generation of modern
girls where your "sense" can earn your "cents" in
the virtual fashion market.
this voice change not only changes the pitch but it
also changes the tone and the frequency. you could be a girl speaking in
to the microphone and have your voice coming through the speaker be a
guy, or a little kid, an elderly person or a robot.
Razz is the best way to add audio
to your personal websites, blogs and community profiles (like MySpace
and Tagged)
and to spice up your mobile phone conversations. Mix your voice,
music and our library of sound effects.
Pandora
is an extension of the Music Genome Project that introduces you to new
music based on the artist or preferences you provide. Stuck in a
musical rut? Open Pandora's suggestion box and prepare to treat
your ears. Get permission from your school, or listen at home
instead. You'll love Pandora...
Voki enables users to express themselves on the web in
their own voice using a talking character. You can customize your Voki
to look like you or take on the identity of lots of other types of
characters… animals, monsters, anime etc. Your Voki can speak with your
own voice which is added via microphone, upload, or phone.
Voki lives on your blog, social network profile and will soon be
integrated in various instant messaging platforms. You will also be able
to download it to most video supported phones.
Egnyte is a Web 2.0 content sharing
solution that combines sharing, automatic organization and a powerful
search capability. Using continuous synchronization, Egnyte seamlessly
integrates the desktop with the web.
Cha
Cha is a site that lets you search the new Web 2.0 way - with a live
helper! You can search the Web 1.0 way, or enlist the help of a
live search agent who will chat with you and do your search the Web
2.0 way. Search agents are polite and friendly. Don;t
search alone, "Cha Cha" the next time you search!
It's extremely easy to use and has almost no learning curve. Our
intuitive user interface lets anyone brainstorm and organize ideas
without getting in the way.
skrbl
is a site that will turn your plain screen into a basic
"interactive whiteboard", for FREE! Great for taking notes
in class or at meetings, and sharing your notes with others! It's the
complete web whiteboard.ust start skrbl, give out your URL and
instantly share online. Use skrbl to collaborate with others or, keep
it your own private web space.
Write notes, sketch drawings, upload pictures, share files...Everyone
sees the same screen, Everybody stays on the same page!
wiki
stand for "What I Know Is..." Now, you can create a page on
the web without knowing anything about HTML code! Make it your class
page, a personal page, or a collaborative page. Click
here to download a step-by-step tutorial in MS Word format.
Wikispaces is a Web 2.0 tool that makes it easy and fun to have a
place on the web!
Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free,
Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical
principles, to help educators create effective online learning
communities. You can download and use it on any computer you have
handy (including webhosts), yet it can scale from a single-teacher
site to a 50,000-student University. This site itself is created
using Moodle, so check out the Moodle Demonstration Courses or read
the latest Moodle Buzz.
Try these for
extension activities, substitute lesson plans, even launch activities!
General Knowledge
Spinopolis Build a city by answering trivia general knowledge
questions
Free Rice It's up to you to
save and rebuild the island of Sheylan. A major crisis has developed in
the Indian Ocean, on the island of Sheylan. We’re sending in a new team
to step up the World Food Programme’s presence there and help feed
millions of hungry people. Games encompasses art, math, language and
chemistry
http://www.playstreetwise20.com/
Driving
Safety for Teens - "Streetwise" An online game about driving
safety for teenage drivers, sponsored by roadreadyteens.org, MADD and Chrysler.
Life
Simulation - Real Lives You might be born anyone, anywhere on
Earth. You might die as an infant, you might make it to old age. You
might be able to marry the person of your dreams, and have a rewarding
job, or you could be stuck in poverty. Be born, live an exciting life,
and die. Then do it again. And again. Learn about the world as you live
your Real Lives around the world, one life-altering
decision at a time. (download)
Self-Esteem
- Games from McGill Univeristy Based on research
at McGill University in Canada, the site contains three Flash games for
enhancing self-esteem that can be tried online. From the site: "Imagine
if you could play a computer game for five minutes each morning that
would help you feel more secure and confident in yourself."
You don't have to be a genius to understand the work of the Nobel
Laureates. These games and simulations, based on Nobel Prize-awarded
achievements, will teach and inspire you while you're having FUN!
Nobelprize.org:s educational section consists of 41 productions. Of
these, 29 are interactive learning games of various sorts and degrees of
difficulties.
Aunt Lee's
Portal of general knowledge and keyboarding games. Teacher
link included
Telecom Education Games: ProjectConnect
A set of games
commissioned by The TelecomPioneers, major telco companies based in the
U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
OnGuard
Online learn computer safety via interactive games on everything
from spam and spyware to phishing and file-sharing.
Language Arts
Dictionary.com word play
games for strong mind building at any age
Health & Science
Caduceus Save the
world from a deadly virus. Boston Children's hospital sponsored.
Teacher support
activities included.
Feed the Monster Nutrition Exploration and health food information
Escape From Diab Escape from Diab is an NIH-funded
serious PC adventure in healthy
eating and exercise that focuses
on obesity and type 2 diabetes
prevention. The game combines
character-driven storytelling,
3D computer animation, and
health-focused gameplay with
evidence-based behavior
modification theories. The story
centers around five children who
must get healthy enough to
escape the evil King Etes. Over
60 minutes of goal setting, problem
solving, energy balance, and
other activities.
Playnormous Health Games
(Portal) Playnormous is an online
community where children and
their parents can play fun
casual games about health. you
can learn about health AND still have a great time by playing nutrition
games and watching cool animations. Learning about health doesn't have
to be boring. We are adding more health games and features each month. The
site is centered around a
fanciful monster theme and a
catalog of healthy games which
have been designed and field
tested by our medical research
partners at Baylor College of
Medicine and the UT Health
Science Center. The overall goal
of Playnormous is to inform,
educate, and inspire children to
make healthier lifestyle choices
by providing a fun environment
that kids will want to visit.
Science Supremo, Clinical Trials Students take on the role of
scientists working in modern drug development, taking a new drug through
clinical trials to assess its effectiveness in treating tuberculosis.
The game is structured to enable group work in the classroom,
collaborative problem solving and discussion, and gives the teacher a
central role as a ‘learning croupier’, enabling a variety of teaching
methods and lesson plans to be used, in exploring what it means to be a
scientist.
Heart Sense
Role playing game in which you help the hero try to solve a
crime and simultaneously rescue his career and find romance. However, as
the hero, some of the many characters you might get clues from, need
your help to deal with heart attacks before they or others can help you.
Since, for their own reasons, they often don't believe they are having a
heart attack or don't want to take care of it promptly, there are
significant obstacles to helping these characters to help themselves.
And if you prefer to harm these characters, you are free to do so, but
watch out, your own future will be effected as well!
BrainCell problem
solving in a 3D world (long load time)
Physics
- Waste of Space Can you pilot a star ship? Master the physics of space travel as you rack up points
The Community
of Watersedge The need for public health professionals has
never been greater. But what is "Public Health" anyway? This
interactive game will introduce you to the world of public health as
you help discover the source of the outbreak that has hit the small
community of Watersedge and stop it before more residents get sick.
3 CSI Forensics Games
Rookie Training, burning Star, and Canine Caper games. This
project is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
Partners include the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, the
American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Immune Attack is an
adventure Inside the human body. To learn science, high
school students are entering an alien world — the human circulatory
system. Funded by the Kauffman Foundation, Immune Attack is an
educational 3-D video game that teaches the basic concepts of immunology
in an exciting way that engages the students interest.(download)
Fold It -
Solve Puzzles for
Science Is a computer game
enabling you to
contribute to
important scientific
research. Foldit
uses spare computer
time, via a
screensaver, to work
out how proteins
fold. Players use
their computers to
fold proteins.
Crash Scene Investigation Help the highway
patrol recreate a deadly crash by examining the evidence and
calculating the forces. Use trigonometry, physics, and geometry to
figure out what happened at an auto crash scene.
The
Incredible
Adventures of the
Amazing Food
Detective There has been a
mysterious outbreak
of unhealthy habits
among kids, and we
need to solve these
cases. All junior
food detectives will
get secret training
on how to eat right
and exercise. Have
fun playing the
game!
The Food
Detectives Fight
BAC! The game gives kids
a fun way to learn
about foodborne
illness. From New
Mexico State
University.
The POD Game Dispense drugs and
medical advice to
people during an
emergency. Using
this game, you can
enhance your efforts
to teach staff and
volunteers to work
efficiently and
sensitively with the
public to maximize
throughput in times
of crisis.
BioWorksU
Learn about health careers by wandering around a virtual university
Peanuts and Crackerjacks the Federal Reserve Bank of
Boston's interactive baseball game that tests your knowledge of
economics and pro sports trivia. Not a sports fan? No problem!
Sports are the hook, but Peanuts & Crackerjacks is really
about using economics to gain a better understanding of everyday
life.
jQuizShow Is based on the
popular "Who Wants
to Be a Millionaire"
TV game show. You
can customize the
questions to what
you want. It is
written in Java ,
and can run on any
platform that
supports Java.(download)
ClassTools.net Create your own free
educational games,
activities and
diagrams in a Flash!
Host them on your
own blog, website or
intranet!
PowerPoint Games (Jeff
Ertzberger) A cool site with a great
collection of PowerPoint
(Word and Excel, too!)
games and game templates
for whole class
participation and
individual student use.
Stop
Disasters The online game aims
at teaching people
on how to build
safer villages and
cities against
disasters. Multiple
languages. Good
teacher resources. .Sponsored
by The ISDR who proposes ways and
measures to reduce the impact of
disasters triggered by natural hazards
3rd World
Farmer 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.
World
Without Oil An alternate reality
event, a serious
game for the public
good. It invites
everyone to help
simulate a global
oil shock. People
participate by
contributing
original online
stories, created as
though the oil shock
were really
happening.
Quest
Atlantis Help students
understand social
studies,
environmental
concerns, current
events, and
scientific
standards. Quest
Atlantis (QA) is an international learning and teaching project that
uses a 3D multi-user environment to immerse children, ages 9-16, in
educational tasks. This game is designed to enhance the
lives of children while helping them grow into knowledgeable,
responsible, and empathetic adults.
Global
Warming Interactive CO2FX is a web based multi-user educational
game which explores the relationship of global warming to economic,
political and science policy decisions.Presented in a user friendly interface
intended for the high school user.
Climate
Challenge A game where you are
president of the
European Nations.
You must tackle
climate change and
stay popular enough
with the voters to
remain in office.
(click open to run game)
Wasteland
Adventure Time: 3010 AD. After
humans destroyed the
ecosystem. The earth
lost the ability to
heal and the
environment
continues to get
worse. The fresh air
and clean water are
polluted.
Catchment Detox Play Catchment Detox
to see if you can
repair a damaged
river catchment and
create a sustainable
and thriving
economy. It’s an
online game where
you’re in charge of
the whole catchment.
You get to decide
what activities you
undertake – whether
to plant crops, log
forests, build
factories or set up
national parks. The
aim is to fix
environmental
problems and provide
food and wealth for
the population.
Copenhagen Challenge This game aims to
create awareness
among school
children and youth
on issues related to
climate change –
renewable energy,
energy efficiency
and reduction in
greenhouse gases.
EnerCities Are you ready to
take on the
challenge of running
your own virtual
city? Do you have
the skills to create
a solid, sustainable
energy strategy?
Will you build a
nuclear plant or go
solar? Whether you
are an industrial
tycoon or
treehugging hippie,
join the exclusive
EnerCities beta
program now. Your
citizens need you!
ElectroCity ElectroCity is a new
online computer game
that lets players manage
their own virtual towns
and cities. It teaches
players about energy,
sustainability and
environmental management
in New Zealand.
Road to Revolution Game Test your knowledge about the American Revolution, and see if you
can navigate your way to independence. Every correct answer gets you
closer to liberty!
Ayiti - The
Cost of Life What is it like to live in poverty? Find out now in this challenging
role playing game in which you take responsibility for a family of
five in rural Haiti. From UNICEF with Microsoft support.
Energyville It’s
up to you to provide enough power to meet the energy demands of your
city’s 3.9 million people while keeping them prosperous, secure, and
living in a clean environment. The implications of the energy
decisions you make today for your city in 2015 are based on the
current lifestyles and the projected energy demands and costs for
developed countries throughout North America, Europe and Asia.
Become more
a more discerning citizen of information and advertising messages.
Interactive cartoon simulation game. Tip: Read game instructions!
Elections -
Your Adventure in
Politics Inspired by the
classic board game
“The Game of Life,”
players will
role-play their own
virtual candidates
running for
President.
My US Rep -
Role Play Congress! This game enables
you to play your
favorite (or not so)
House of
Representative and
help them become
more popular! Based
on real voting data,
My US Rep allows you
to discover your
Rep’s hopes and
dreams within an
engaging game
experience.
Darfur Is Dying Darfur is Dying is a
viral video game for
change that provides a
window into the
experience of the 2.5
million refugees in the
Darfur region of Sudan.
Players must keep their
refugee camp functioning
in the face of possible
attack by Janjaweed
militias. Players can
also learn more about
the genocide in Darfur
that has taken the lives
of 400,000 people, and
find ways to get
involved to help stop
this human rights and
humanitarian crisis.
Latin
American History – Tropical America Tropical America fuses the
new world of video games to a compelling past through a journey to
unravel the mysteries of the Americas. Developed in collaboration with
Los Angeles artists, teachers, writers and high school students, the
game features a bilingual, thematic gameplay, accompanied by an online
database of educational resource materials, source texts and imagery
www.whyville.com
Whyville's millions of registered "citizens" come from all over to
learn, create, and have fun together. Whyville is their world. Whyville
has places to go, things to do, and of course, people to see. Whyville
has its own newspaper, its own Senators, its own beach, museum, City
Hall and town square, its own suburbia, and even its own economy -
citizens earn "clams" by playing educational games. And much, much, much
more! Sponsored by NASA
This game is about finding the right balance between
privacy and convenience. As you play through the game with Carabella,
you will learn how everyday activities can erode your privacy. You will
also find information about ways to protect yourself against threats
like identity theft and consumer profiling, and annoyances such as spam. Like most new college students, Carabella will spend
the week before the start of classes doing routine tasks that we take
for granted: opening a bank account, receiving new checks, using a
credit card, and shopping at a grocery store that has a "club card". She
will learn how such simple activities can have major consequences for
her privacy.
(portal) Games for Change has identified and selected the following games as
being examples of games that engage contemporary social issues in
meaningful ways to foster a more just, equitable and/or tolerant
society. These games have been created by cross-disciplinary teams from
around the world and all aim to serve the public interest. (includes
many topical areas such as economics, environment, health)
Better Business ChoicesThis
game gives you the opportunity to build your business
from scratch. Will you make the right decisions about
market conditions and select the right products,
suppliers, energy and other vital ingredients to make
sure your business survives in the long term? This game
lasts for approximately thirty minutes.
Better Business DilemmasYou
are about to experience what it can be like to manage
social and environmental issues in a business - are you
up to the challenge? This game lasts for approximately
thirty minutes (currency not in US dollars)
Karma Tycoon Thrilling ride
through the world of
social
entrepreneurship as
you earn Karma in
virtual communities
across the US.
Teachers curriculum
available.
SimCity Understand variable
manipulations for
urban management
while having fun
building a simulated
city.
INNOV8 (IBM) -
Business Process
Management (BPM)
Simulator Innov8 is a FREE
interactive 3D
business simulator
(registration
required), which
takes participants
through the entire
lifecycle of
discovery,
collaboration,
optimization, and
innovation of a
fictional company’s
business processes.
Math
Lure
of the Labyrinth is a digital game for middle-school
pre-algebra students. It includes a wealth of intriguing math-based
puzzles wrapped into an exciting narrative game in which students work
to find their lost pet - and save the world from monsters! Linked to
both
national and state mathematics standards, the game gives students a
chance to actually think like mathematicians.
Sushi! Waxy's Sushi Party
is a fast-paced reflex-based game in which players must
simultaneously serve the orders flowing in from the customers while
charging them for their food, tracking tips and deploying bonuses. Quick mental math
calculations required
Rags to Riches math games
to develop mental calculation skills
