Games and Learning : Formal

An overview of using video games in educational environments.

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This page contains information on resources that specifically target gaming in schools. Here you will find journals, videos, classroom materials and websites with the educator in mind.

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Books of Interest

Situated Language and Learning by James Paul Gee
ISBN: 9780415317771
Publication Date: 2004-09-01
Quest to Learn by Katie Salen; Rebecca Rufo-Tepper; Loretta Wolozin; Arana Shapiro; Robert Torres
ISBN: 9780262515658
Publication Date: 2010-10-29
Video Games and Learning by Kurt Squire; James Paul Gee (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9780807751992
Publication Date: 2011-05-15
New Traditional Games for Learning by Alex Moseley; Nicola Whitton
ISBN: 0203597516
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Serious Games in Education by Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen (Editor); Bente Meyer (Editor); Birgitte Holm Soerensen (Editor)
ISBN: 8779347053
Publication Date: 2011-12-31

Katie Salen: Quest 2 Learn

Katie Salen, executive director of nonprofit design studio Institute of Play, offers a look inside the ground-breaking school in New York City that she co-founded, Quest to Learn. The school uses core principles of game design as a framework to help students become lifelong learners and design thinkers

Articles of Interest

Bourgonjon, J. (2010). Students' perceptions about the use of video games in the classroom. COMPUTERS & EDUCATION, (4), 1145-1156.

Kirriemuir, J., & McFarlane, A. (2004). Literature review in games and learning.

McCall, J. (2012). Navigating the problem space: The medium of simulation games in the teaching of history. The History Teacher, 46(1), 9-28.

Rice, J. W. (2007). New media resistance: Barriers to implementation of computer video games in the classroom. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 16(3), 249-261.

Robertson, J. (2012). Making games in the classroom: Benefits and gender concerns. Computers & Education, 59(2), 385-398.

Salter, A. (2011, January 1). Games in the Library. . Retrieved January 1, 2014, from http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/games-in-the-library/37667

Squire, K. (2006). From Content to Context: Videogames as Designed Experience. Educational Researcher, (8), 19-29.

Journals of Interest

Educational Researcher
Educational Researcher publishes scholarly articles that are of general significance to the education research community and that come from a wide range of areas of education research and related disciplines.
Journal of the Learning Sciences
Published by LEA, JLS is a multidisciplinary forum for the presentation and discussion of important ideas that can change our understanding of learning and teaching.
Educational Technology Research and Development
Educational Technology Research and Development is the only scholarly journal in the field focusing entirely on research and development in educational technology.
Journal of Science Education and Technology
The Journal of Science Education and Technology is an international and interdisciplinary forum for both invited and contributed peer reviewed articles that advance science education at all levels. The journal publishes a broad range of papers covering theory and practice in order to facilitate future efforts of individuals and groups involved in the field.
Schools: Studies in Education
Schools: Studies in Education is a refereed international education journal for pre K-12 educators, administrators, university professors, and others who work with school-aged students.