Posted in 21st century skills, civics, constitution, government, lesson plans, social studies, video games, tagged civics, game, government, history tech, lesson plans, simulation, video game, wiebe on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just got off the phone with a high school government teacher who was looking for a way to have kids learn/review state and federal powers. That conversation eventually led to back to my Delicious account and some of my video game favorites.
I had forgotten about a great sim that we used several years ago [...]
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Posted in 21st century skills, history, learning, second life, simulation, social studies, technology integration, video games, tagged wiebe, education, history tech, science, simulation, game, video game, sims, spore on September 16, 2009 | 8 Comments »
National Public Radio recently posted an interview between Will Wright and Dr. E. O. Wilson.
Wilson is professor emeritus at Harvard University and biologist, is a two-time Pulitzer-winning ant expert who helped develop theories of island biogeography, chemical ecology, and sociobiology. A leader in the modern environmental movement, Wilson has devoted his life to understanding how [...]
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Posted in 21st century skills, current events, geography, history, lesson plans, social studies, video games, tagged current events, games, geography, history, history tech, lesson plans, simualtion, social studies, video games, wiebe on August 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
More and more game developers are focusing on the K-12 market with wonderful simulations and activities that use research-based methods that encourage high levels of learning. Serious Games Interactive has been in the education business since 2006 and are producing some very nice stuff.
They started with a game called Global Conflicts: Palestine and have gone [...]
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Posted in 21st century skills, ipod, technology integration, video games, tagged history tech, ipod, ipod touch, technology integration, touch, wiebe on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s the Perfect Storm of iPod Touch conversations. I posted some stuff last week on a few iPod Touch apps that Social Studies teachers could use as part of their instruction. And today, I’m at the South Dakota Laptop Leaders Academy this morning and there’s M. Dulitz’s preso on integrating the Touch into the classroom.
So [...]
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Posted in Google Earth, change, cool, history, ipod, simulation, social studies, video games, tagged games, history, history tech, ipod, ipod touch, social studies, video games, wiebe on May 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A quick post today that I hope to expand more in a few weeks.
If you’ve been coming to History Tech for a while, you already know that I’m a big believer in the power of games and simulations to increase learning.
And now, I’m becoming a huge fan of the iPod Touch as a gaming platform.
There [...]
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