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[Pat]

Icehouse is totally for you. There's math games (like Icehouse) and the
rules are TOTALLY flexible. There is no more perfect sytem for you to play
with.

_pat

On 5/28/06, Steven Greenstein <blue42 at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I just joined this discussion list, because I'm interested in the
> educative value of math games. I'm interesting in games that teach
> concepts rather than reinforce them. I can see how it's useful to
> correlate games to standards, but that doesn't make the case for the
> advantages that games provide, if any, over other instructional tools,
> methods, etc.  I suspect that if a game developer could make these
> cases, they'd sell more games, too.
>
> Also, I imagine that game developers learn quite a bit about the
> concepts their games involve and how those concepts may be used to
> develop an interesting game. Perhaps students could benefit from
> designing games or modifying existing games whose rules are flexible.
>
> -Steven
>
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> Life is too short for long division.
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