A repository for theory, research , and implementations of simulation games for history education. Look here for links to current research, online and hard copy video games, and some introductory theoretical work.
The new url and WordPress based site is ready to go. I am in the process of finishing the publisher search for my practical guidebook to historical simulations in the classroom. Once that is settled, I plan to keep this website maintained reasonably frequently.
In the meantime please jump in; hopefully you will find some things of use. For those who have been to the former site (www.historicalsimulations.net), though not for a while, here are some of the newest additions:
Feedback and contributions are welcome.
The Horizon report, published by the New Media Consortium is out. Games have been identified as a key learning technology within the next 5 years.
NPR’s All Things Considered released a short segment on 4/4/10 Gaming Degrees Grow In Popularity And Application_ by Kathy Lore
