Week+Seven

WEEK SEVEN This week we looked at three virtual worlds

We read about research that has shown virtual worlds being used to engage at risk students after school. (seeTay, L.Y. & Lim, C. P.(2008). Engaging academically at risk primary school students in an ICT mediated after school program //Australasian Journal of Educational Technology 24//(5), 521-539.
 * [|Poptropica]
 * [|Club Penguin]
 * [|Quest Atlantis]

Further discussions and brainstorms needed to find greater educational use in the discipline areas. Please feel free to add content to this page that might help enlighten us.

Watch this TED Talk by Jane McGonigal on Gaming. Do you agree with her? media type="custom" key="9239370"

**Games related to education **

**John Hunter and the World Peace Game. What can we learn from this that we can apply to our classrooms? ** **media type="custom" key="9264334"﻿ **