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10 Great Sites for Finding Free Educational Games
Educational games are a great way for students of all ages to learn and retain information. The internet is full of sites that offer free access to games of all kinds, and there is no shortage of educational games that can be downloaded, or simply played
Math Playground
An action-packed site for elementary and middle school students. Practice your math skills, play a logic game and have some fun!
Math at the Mall
Practice math while shopping at a virtual mall. Find the exact change, calculate the interest earned at the bank, compare health memberships at the gym, and figure out how much to tip your waiter at THe Happy Hamburger.
Change Maker
Figure out how many of each bill or coin that you expect to get back when you pay for something. For example, if something costs $3.75 and you pay with a five dollar bill, you would expect back one quarter and one dollar bill. If you get the answer correc
Games-based learning (L&T, Scotland)
If you want to find out more about the background to learning with digital games, more gaming resources and best practices, this is a good resource to explore.
Futurelab Projects
You can find some very interesting edugames and learning tool projects going on here.
Iya-ola
A collection of language learning games with a difference: the player can only progress through collaborating with a learner in a different country. Iya-ola provides carefully structured language exercises using web-based audio-visual chat technology. Ini
Racing Academy
Racing Academy is a racing videogame built on an advanced physics simulation engine. It is intended to support an online community of learners' increased familiarity with engineering concepts, through racing and engineering realistic virtual models of car
Mapojib Experience
This is episode 05 of the Korean Learning Through Experience series. In this episode, David and Mike meet up and decide to grab a bite to eat at the popular Mapojib BBQ restaurant. Players will get to see and listen to the type of conversation that happen
Tactical Language and Culture Training Systems
A military-supported language acquisition game. The objective of the project is to develop tools to support individualized language learning, and apply them to the acquisition of tactical languages necessary to accomplish specific missions. The training s
Global Conflicts: Palestine
The player assumes the role of a freelance journalist who has just arrived in Jerusalem facing challenges. The goal is to create and get an article published for a newspaper by collecting quotes from the dialog in the game. The player can either get infor
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. P
Scrabulous
Scrabulous is enjoyed by millions of users! Besides regular Scrabulous, you can also play Scrabulous over emails, get an adrenaline rush with Scrabulous Blitz, or just practice with the computer. Registration and all games at Scrabulous are FREE.
Crossword Express
This tool enables you to construct your own Standard and Freeform Crosswords, FillIn, CodeWord, WordSearch, Acrostic, Sudoku, and Kakuro Puzzles, and many others. Every puzzle type made by Crossword Express has a FREE companion Applet so that you can pub
Grading with Games - An Interview with James Paul Gee
James Paul Gee (Arizona State University professor) sees a bright future for video games in the learning process -- in and out of school. Yes, playing educational games is learning with continuous assessment and feedback (isn't that what we want!). It tea
I Can End Deportation (ICED)
As an immigrant teen you are avoiding ICE officers, choosing right from wrong and answering questions on immigration. But if you answer questions incorrectly, or make poor decisions, you will be detained with no respect for your human rights.
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
Superstruct
This fall, The Institute for the Future invites you to play Superstruct, the world’s first massively multiplayer forecasting game. It’s not just about envisioning the future—it’s about inventing the future. Everyone is welcome to join the game. Watch for
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