Here is our collection of interactive SMART Board games for educators on PBS KIDS. Students will enjoy participating in these collaborative, fun and engaging experiences, while exploring curriculum from trusted programs such as Curious George, Super Why and Arthur. Like our programs, all of our games are age-appropriate and vetted by educators.
(Link: SMART Board Games from PBS KIDS)
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SMART Board Games from PBS KIDS
July 9, 2009
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flixel – helps organize, automate, and optimize Flash game
June 5, 2009
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flixel is a completely free collection of Actionscript 3 files that helps organize, automate, and optimize Flash games; an object-oriented framework that lets anyone create original and complex games with thousands of objects on screen in just a few hours, without using any of the Flash libraries.
(Link: flixel – helps organize, automate, and optimize Flash game)
Dimension M – Where there's power in numbers
April 28, 2009
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DimensionM™is an immersive video game world that engages students in the instruction and learning of mathematics. Pre-algebra and algebra objectives are covered through a series of missions that bring math into a world that today’s students understand. Students become so captivated in solving problems that they forget they’re learning but they don’t forget what they’ve learned.
(Link: Dimension M – Where there’s power in numbers)
All Interactive Whiteboard Resources
April 16, 2009
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All Interactive Whiteboard Resources
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Cory Doctorow: Game developers find ways to make industry recession-proof
April 14, 2009
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the most fascinating thing about this is how it can be seen as the application of the business model that downloaders have been advocating since Napster: “Don’t sue the kids who download your music or movies, rather, see them as the marketing that sells the same media to cash-rich adults who lack the time to use P2P software.”
(Link: Cory Doctorow: Game developers find ways to make industry recession-proof)
Power to Learn – Games Home Page
April 14, 2009
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8 Adobe Shockwave Educational Games
(Link: Power to Learn – Games Home Page)
Link: PushButton Engine Flash Games API
March 29, 2009
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PushButton Engine Flash Games API
# Introduction
Summary of the engine, license and credits, and changes broken down by major version.
# Getting Started
How to get going with the engine. Where files are located. Information about the PushButton Manager.
# Components
How to write and use components.
# XML Level Format
How our level files are laid out; details on the serialization system.
# Resource Manager
How to load and use images, XML, sounds, and add your own resource types.
# Style Guide
How code ought to be written.
Link: Embed Flash Games via the HeyZap API
March 29, 2009
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Embed Flash Games via the HeyZap API
Now there’s a new API from HeyZap that lets publishers customize the look and selection of the games that are served through their system. It allows customization beyond the options that are available on their standard embed codes. In this sense it is much like the ShareThis API that we profiled earlier, allowing publishers with a little bit of technical savvy to shape embeddable content to fit their sites.
Link: We Tell Stories – Six Authors. Six Stories. Six Weeks.
March 18, 2009
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We Tell Stories – Six Authors. Six Stories. Six Weeks.
We Tell Stories was the most-talked about online publishing event of 2008. And now, it’s a finalist in the 12th Annual SXSW Interactive Web Awards.
