Some of the articles about play and games that I have seen in the last few weeks.

Theory

Online Games & Interest-Driven Learning are Transformative for Today’s Young Learners by @constances http://htn.to/anmyvV

Three Qualities That Make Video Games Better Teachers Than Teachers from EdReach http://j.mp/lNARUV

Gamification time: What if everything were just a game? From BBC News via @jonkingsbury http://j.mp/jdbxTK

Video Games and Learning « Sam Pabón’s Ed-Tech Zone http://j.mp/juDIHp

Parents are forgetting how to play with their children, study shows – article from The Guardian last year http://j.mp/jdoiSR

Video Games Help Learning Difficulties – PC Advisor http://j.mp/jIJg55

The British secretary for education Michael Gove and video games as a tool for learning> http://ow.ly/5w90f

Examples

Celebrity Calamity! – a game about financial literacy via @mcdanger http://j.mp/qBH8kj

@SixtoStart and BBC team Up for “The Code Challenge” @bbccode from ARGNet http://j.mp/iNEZfx

Video: A Fast-Moving Video Game Played On Scrolls of Printer Paper from Popular Science http://j.mp/joGpik