Mission to Learn Blog Features Article: “26 Learning Games to Change the World”
By jtcobb on Apr 29, 2008 in Games & Widgets

Jeff Cobb has a fantastic web site called Mission to Learn. Among the myriad of useful articles and discussions featured on Mission to Learn is an article that lists 26 educational video games you can get for free online (only one costs money). The amazing thing about these games is that they’re largely focused on solving real problems facing our globe. Whether you’re a video game advocate or not, these video games empower kids to make positive global change in ways most classrooms cannot. Arguably, visual learning utilizing electronic media and tools has become a prevalent learning option, especially for the below 40 set. Most of these video games offer a positive ethical approach to a deeper understanding of issues such as world hunger, nuclear threat and disarmament, Global Warming, Darfur Devastation, 3rd World Farmer, and many, many more.

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FunBrain is the Internet’s premier location for interactive, educational games (math, grammar, science) for children and kids of all ages.

This is a really fun site. You will find activities and games that teach Art, Geography, History, Languages, Math, Music. Science, and Technology. Each activity includes instructions, explanations, and illustrations. In addition to the classic games there is a section for kids under six to play with their parents, Web Books, and Entertainment Center and an arcade just for fun.

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Easy-to-Play Reproducible Games That Teach Essential Math Skills.
Get kids fired up about math with this big collection of super-cool reproducible board games that build key skills: multiplication, division, fractions, probability, estimation, mental math, and more! Each game is a snap to make and so easy to play. Add them to your classroom routine and watch those test scores soar! Content is correlated with the NCTM Standards.

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

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CYBERCHASE teaches kids that math is everywhere, everyone can be good at it, and it’s fun! At CYBERCHASE Online they’ve provided everything you need to bring the math adventure and learning fun of CYBERCHASE to your kids.

Browse this site to explore ways to help your child get the most out of doing math - CYBERCHASE style!

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At iKnowthat.com, the goal is to help children discover the magic — and power — of lifelong learning skills.

An active learner will develop meta-learning skills, a resourcefulness that will enable him or her to learn how to learn — rather than to simply memorize facts — for life.

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Enter the chemical battlefield with Elementeo, a game of chemistry. Two strong wills fighting against each other in a midst of an epic chemical battle, constantly trying to reduce their opponent’s IQ to ZERO. Armed with their arsenal of elements, compounds, and nuclear reactions, these chemists strive to create, combat, and conquer the world!

With every move, they try to cross the battlefield of nuclear reactions and enter their opponent’s electro-magnetic field. If they are successful, they attack and reduce their opponent’s IQ.

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To produce life-long learners, we need to show our children that learning is not just something that they get graded on or that only happens during certain hours of the day or certain times of the year. We need to help them hang on to the natural joy of learning that every child is born with, to help them see that learning new things is fun, and to help them realize that learning can take place anywhere and at anytime.

Fun Books has put together catalog of books, games and other materials to help you in your efforts to produce life-long learners. Good luck and remember to have FUN!

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The Serious Games Initiative is focused on uses for games in exploring management and leadership challenges facing the public sector. Part of its overall charter is to help forge productive links between the electronic game industry and projects involving the use of games in education, training, health, and public policy.

The goal of the initiative is to help usher in a new series of policy education, exploration, and management tools utilizing state of the art computer game designs, technologies, and development skills.

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