Playing+to+Learn+Video+Games+in+the+Classroom

 Name: Playing to Learn: Video Games in the Classroom  Website Address: [] 

Description of how the technology has been used and how to incorporate this tool in an educational setting   "Immune Attack," is a 3-D interactive video game that is designed to teach students how the immune system works.  The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) initiated  the video game as a teaching tool that makes learning fun and to be used  as a complementary learning material alongside the textbooks. The FAS has been working on the concept of using video games in the classroom over a period of time and aspire to convince the federal government to allot funding to this field of research. David Hutchinson’s has written a book titled, //**Playing to Learn**//. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #333366; font-size: 12pt;">It references a plethora of video game ideas that are appropriate for Grades 4 to 12 and covers virtually every subject area. It serves as an excellent resource that helps teachers integrate the study of video games into the classroom. The Web site **http://www.playingtolearn.org/** offers additional information about this book. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Another valuable site with ideas on how to use video games in education is: http://pdfs.voya.com/VO/YA2/VOYA200712get_your_game_on.pdf <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; letter-spacing: -1pt; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">