Games for the Classroom

After studying about the application of technology to education in general, and to our school in particular, you may have reflected on the possibilities that, amongst other technologies, video games have to offer.

Your assignment today will be, working in pairs, to identify a video game available online that can be used for learning purposes in any of the subjects that you have studied for the last two years.

The games must fulfill the following conditions:

• Be downloadable online
• Free or low cost (under u$s 50)

Your assignment consists in identifying the game, and including in your report:

• URL of the downloadable game.
• Subject for which it can be applied.
• Brief description of the game and why you think it can be applied.
• Ideas on how the teacher would be able to assess student learning after playing the game.

Please post your entry within your blog at the end of the lesson.