Resource list for presentation given by Catherine Parsons, Pine Plains CSD, during THV's 2011 Summer Institute, Place & The Digital Native: Using Technology & Social Media to Teach the Hudson Valley

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Are you ready to MUVE? Introduction to Virtual Environments and Gaming
Connecting to learners means connecting to the tools of their everyday world. Therefore,
Virtual Worlds and video games, now ubiquitous among two full generations, must be
considered when examining curriculum and instruction. In this session, participants will
deconstruct the learning and design concepts behind virtual worlds and video games,
examine how these concepts align with research-based classroom practice, and explore
ways in which virtual worlds and gaming should be incorporated into the definition of
what it means to be literate in society today.
Contact Information:
Catherine V. Addor Parsons
Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Instruction and Pupil Personnel Services
Pine Plains Central School District
http://www.ppcsd.org
c.parsons@ppcsd.org
518.398.7181 x114
catherine.victoria@me.com
http://www.catherinevictoria.net
845.418.6760
aim: catvpar
aSLaka Victoria Gloucester
http://www.victoriagloucester.net
victoria.gloucester@gmail.com
skype: victoria.gloucester
twitter: vgloucester
iWoWaka Vyktorea
Realm: Sisters of Elune,
Alliance Guild: Cognitive Dissonance
http://cognitivedissonance.guildportal.com
cogdis@me.com
twitter: cogdisguild
Youtube Videos:
Spoonfull of Sugar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5IW9wK_HNg
Piano Stairs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw
Building Airplanes in the Sky http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaal1v-vLYQ
Brains http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjMiDZIY1bM
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Line Rider: Jagged Peak Adventure http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcu8ZdJ2dQo
Game Salad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9cHfhx9z9M
Arne Duncan on Digital Nation:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/learning/games-that-teach/video-
gaming-in-school.html?play
Jane McGonigal: TED – Gaming can make a better world.
http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html
M MORPG Examples:
• Lord of the Rings Online http://www.lotro.com/
• EvE http://play.eveonline.com/en/home.aspx
• World of Warcraft http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/index.xml
Virtual World Examples:
Second Life
o http://www.secondlife.com/
Toon Town
o http://toontown.go.com/
Whyville
o http://www.whyville.net
Wizard 101
o https://www.wizard101.com/start
Webkinz
o http://www.webkinz.com/us_en/
Club Penguin
o http://www.clubpenguin.com/
Active Worlds
o http://www.activeworlds.com/
Quest Atlantis
o http://atlantis.crlt.indiana.edu/
Research and Resources:
Game Research
o http://www.game-research.com
The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
o http://pewresearch.org/
Millenials
• http://pewresearch.org/millennials/
Lucas Gillispie: Thesis
o http://edurealms.com/?p=38
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The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Street Workshop
o http://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org/
Institute for the Future
o http://www.iftf.org/
Hot Milky Drink
o http://hotmilkydrink.typepad.com/
MIT Center for Collective Intelligence
o http://cci.mit.edu/
Games for Change
o http://www.gamesforchange.org/
Byron Review
o http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/byronreview/
Institute of Play
o http://www.instituteofplay.com/
GLS (Conference): Gaming, Learning and Society
o http://www.glsconference.org/2011
Edutopia Review on Play Research
o http://www.edutopia.org/students-design-school-playgrounds-research
Harvard Business Review
o http://www.edutopia.org/students-design-school-playgrounds-research
Christian Renaud’s Blog
o http://www.christianrenaud.com/weblog/2009/10/why-video-games-make- me-a-better-
ceo.html
Games
Freedom Fighters ‘56
o http://www.freedomfighter56.com/
Picture the Impossible
o http://picturetheimpossible.com/
Tabula Digita
o http://www.dimensionu.com/dimU/Home/DimUContent.aspx?MainNav= AboutUs
Leapfrog School House
o http://www.leapfrogschoolhouse.com/do/home;jsessionid=03FD994D775
90FAFDB788FE25C7DD308
Evoke
o http://www.urgentevoke.com/
The Peace Doves
o http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/peace/nuclear_weapons/
The Survival Game
o http://science.discovery.com/interactives/literacy/darwin/darwin.html
Power Up
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o http://www.powerupthegame.org
World Without Oil
o http://www.worldwithoutoil.org/
Argument Wars
o http://www.ourcourts.org/play-games/argument-wars
PBS Kids Go! o http://pbskids.org/go/
PBS Kids o http://pbskids.org/
Sesame Street o http://www.sesamestreet.org/
Fantasy Scotus o http://www.fantasyscotus.net
Global Warming Interactive o http://www.globalwarminginteractive.com/
Line Rider o http://www.linerider.com/
Chore Wars o http://www.chorewars.com/
Finger Lakes Community College: Tolken/LoTR Online
o http://www.flcc.edu/
Zon o http://enterzon.com/play/
Quest to Learn o http://q2l.org/
Econ 201: UNC o http://web.uncg.edu/dcl/econ201/
Ramapo Islands in Teen Second Life o http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/
WoW in School o http://wowinschool.pbworks.com/
Extending Games
o Alice • http://www.alice.org/
o Scratch • http://scratch.mit.edu/
o Turtle Art • http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Turtle_Art
o Game Salad • http://gamesalad.com/
Games for Change
o http://www.gamesforchange.org/
Hurricane Katrina
http://tempestincrescentcity.ning.com/game
Ayiti: the Cost of Life
• http://www.costlife.org/
Machinima Resource:
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machinima Cognitive Dissonance
o http://cognitivedissonance.guildportal.com Best Practices in Education: Second Life
o http://slbestpractices2007.wikispaces.com/
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