3+-+In-Class+Resources

=Week 4 - Simulations, Virtual Manipulatives, and Video Games=

In-Class Resources
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 * Simulation Examples:**
 * Educational Simulations List
 * EdHeads Interactive Simulations
 * The Stock Market Game
 * Social Studies
 * UN Stop Disasters Simulation
 * Real Lives 2010: Learning about Life in Other Cultures
 * Miscellaneous
 * Active Worlds Educational Universe
 * Science
 * CU Boulder Interactive Science Simulations
 * Virtual Knee Surgery
 * Interactive Weather Study
 * Predict the Weather
 * Physics Resources for K-12 Classrooms
 * Algodoo Physics Simluator (free trial)


 * Virtual Manipulatives:**
 * National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
 * Math Forum Tools
 * TESiboard Interactive Lessons


 * Video Games in Education Links:**
 * "School Uses Video Games to Teach Thinking Skills" NPR
 * Math
 * Arcademic Skill Builders
 * Math Playground
 * Multiplication.com
 * MyKidsBank.org - Artificial Online Bank for Educators
 * Practical Money Skills Video Games
 * Community/Online Safety:
 * BeSeen - Free Mobile App for Online Safety
 * Cooking
 * Virtual Cooking Games! (Just for Betty)
 * Spelling
 * Spelling City
 * Miscellaneous
 * Educational Games for Kids>>
 * [|Civics]

"James Paul Gee on Games and Education" media type="youtube" key="LNfPdaKYOPI" height="315" width="560"
 * Videos:**

"World Bank Online Game Invites Youth to Solve Global Problems" media type="custom" key="11291532" Click here to play Urgent Evoke: A Crash Course on Changing the World

"Social Justice and Video Games: The Intersection of Race and Pop Culture" media type="custom" key="11291576"

"Flubaroo: Grading on Google Docs Made Easy" media type="youtube" key="QJ60szcUbBE" height="315" width="420"