Links

Reading and reference materials:

http://www.marcprensky.com/dgbl/Prensky%20-%20Selected%20URLs(web).htm
-links to a number of sites mostly supporting games in education and schools

www.educationarcade.org
-links to a variety of games in education conferences

http://wistechnology.com/article.php?id=243
-interview with one of the leading advocates of games use in education

http://www.game-research.com/art_games_contructivist.asp
-an interesting overview of how games can benefit learning.

http://www.digra.org/dl/db/05150.28025
-overview of classroom use of computer games in UK from a couple of years ago.

Background links of interest

http://www.academiccolab.org/resources/gappspaper1.pdf

http://www.game-research.com/art_games_contructivist.asp

http://cognitivedaily.com/?p=43

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/1879019.stm

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20040121/Feature1.asp