Check out the latest Why Files (I used to work there) article about using video games as teaching tools: http://whyfiles.org/255videogame/

–Pam

New article about: Digital games have the potential to bring play back into the learning experience.

Oblinger, Diana. (2006). Games and Learning. Educause Quarterly 29(3): 5-7.
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eqm0630.pdf

–Pam

For those interested, the April issue of Wired magazine has a special section on gaming. A few of the articles are online, for example, “You Play World of Warfcraft? You’re Hired! Why Multiplayer Games May be the Best Kind of Job Training” http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.04/learn.html

–Pam