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CUNY Games Network
Visit our website at http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu (or by clicking the Visit Blog link on the left).
We connect educators from every campus and discipline at CUNY who are interested in games, simulations, and other forms of interactive teaching. We seek to facilitate the pedagogical uses of both digital and non-digital games, improve student success, and encourage research and scholarship in the developing field of games-based learning.
Recent group activity
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Maura A. Smale wrote a new blog post U.S. Survey Finds Use of Digital Games Increasing in K-8 Classrooms in the group
CUNY Games Network: 1 day, 13 hours agoUse of games by elementary and middle school teachers in the U.S. is on the rise, according to a short article on GOOD Magazine’s website that points to an interesting study that was just released:
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Joe Bisz wrote a new blog post Game Day in the group
CUNY Games Network: 1 week, 5 days ago
Join the CUNY Games Network on Wednesday May 16th for a full day (10am to 4pm) of game presentations and casual board and card game play. At 10:30am there will be a special preview of College Quest, a new […] -
Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post How Online Gaming Can Teach Kids About the Economy in the group
CUNY Games Network: 2 weeks agoThere are numerous educational games designed to teach children about various financial practices. For example, there is the education-based economics simulator, Beat the Market Online or the World Game of […]
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Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post iTech Academy, Miami Video Game-Themed Magnet, Aims To Prepare Students For Technological Job Market in the group
CUNY Games Network: 2 weeks agoA new magnet program at Miami-Dade County Public Schools will launch this fall that focuses on digital design and coding, drawing on recent nationwide calls for emphasis on education in science, technology, […]
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Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post ETS Launches Math Assessment Games Challenge in the group
CUNY Games Network: 2 weeks agoEducational Testing Service (ETS) is now taking entries from game developers and educators for a contest to create a computer game or mobile app that acts as a K–12 math assessment. One grand prize winner will […]
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Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post PlaySay gamifies language learning with speech recognition app in the group
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Rob Garfield started the forum topic Game Pedagogy Workshop at QC in the group
CUNY Games Network 3 weeks, 1 day agoThe Queens College Center for Teaching and Learning, Dr. Helen Gaudette, and Queens College members of the Reacting to the Past community cordially invite you to attend a unique workshop on pedagogy.
Workshop […]
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Joe Bisz wrote a new blog post Educational/Real-World Impact Games Festival (NYC Columbia) in the group
CUNY Games Network: 3 weeks, 1 day agoEducational/Real-World Impact Games Festival: Featuring Scholar’s Quest and over a dozen educational game projects
Theme: Can YOU make a difference with games?Date: Wednesday, April 25
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Maura A. Smale wrote a new blog post A Game for Evaluating Internet Sources in the group
CUNY Games Network: 3 weeks, 3 days agoGames Network member Maura Smale (that’s me!) just published Get in the Game: Developing an Information Literacy Classroom Game in the latest issue of the Journal of Library Innovation. In the article I […]
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Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post Numbers game: America's struggle to make math fun in the group
CUNY Games Network: 1 month agoThe inaugural Lure of the Labyrinth tournament, designed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, challenges kids to navigate an online monster lair by solving math and logic puzzles. Top […]
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Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post College Students Find 'Serious' Video Games Educational, Fun – US News and World Report in the group
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Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post Violent video games lead to … co-operation? in the group
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Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post Globaloria: Students Create STEM Games in the group
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Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post Epic Licenses Out Unreal Engine 3 for FBI, Gov't Training in the group
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Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post Computer games take their place in the science classroom in the group
CUNY Games Network: 1 month, 2 weeks agoA 2011 National Research Council report found emerging but inconclusive evidence that educational science-based games improve learning.
via Computer games take their place in the science classroom | Print […]
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Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post Cancer fighting game works in real life in the group
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Alessandro Angelini joined the group
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Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post New Educational Multifunctional Card Game Helps People Know America Easier in the group
CUNY Games Network: 2 months agoAll Americans young and old should have a minimum knowledge of America’s History and Geography. It is well broadcast that education is going in the wrong direction. For example, how many people does one know that […]
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Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post ‘Angry Birds Space’ Game Released: Hailed by NASA and Scientists for Space and Physics Education in the group
CUNY Games Network: 2 months agoSince its release several years ago, the popularity of Angry Birds has spread the video game to millions of players using iphones, ipads, tablets and even facebook for game play. The game is based on some very […]
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Joe Bisz wrote a new blog post It's All in the Details: Connecting Your Supports to Your Topics in the group
CUNY Games Network: 2 months, 1 week agoBy Joe Bisz
This game lets students practice connecting the given supporting details to the correct topic sentence. It uses a “cut-ups” mechanic.
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