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[|Fun Brain] This is a helpful website for teachers to use as extended practice for students. This website has a curriculum grade for teachers that covers most of the content areas such as: math, language arts, science, and etc. This might be a more efficient way to get teachers to understand skills and concepts in a more interactive and appealing approach.

[|Education Business Blog] This blog can be a good resource for teachers to stay current with some of the concerns and issues surrounding integrating games into education.

[|Video Games in Education] This website address how educators are increasingly recognizing the impact of entertainment software and are utilizing games as a teaching device in a growing number of classrooms. This references shows how important integrating games into education is being and some of the research behind it.

[|Games Helpful to Students] This website provides some links to games that have been designed to teach a concept or skill in the classroom. Great resource to use to find link to use in the classroom. Most are free games or downloads.

[|Learning Arcade] This website by Scholastic is a great resource for teachers an parents to use for younger children to learn concepts. It provides a variety of well-known characters to play with and learn from. Helpful for concepts such as spelling, patterns and shapes.

[|Classroom Forum] This a great way for teachers, parents, or educators to use to discuss some of the issues surrounding education and games. A place where professional can voice there opinions and receive both positive and negative feedback concerning a topic.

[|Video Games Educational?] Education.com addresses the concern that parents, teachers, and professional have towards video games beings educational or not. This article makes key points about what make video games fun and education for children to learn from.

[|Playing to Learn] This website provides a summary of helpful activites to use that would incorpate video games. The book would go more in-depth and might be a useful resource to have.

[|Educational Games] This website has educational games that help children to learn concepts. For example, the Add Up game involves players reaching against the clock to click away bubble adding up to 10. Some of the games were very challenging but also has a "win state."

[|Nick Games] The Nickelodeon game website can also be useful for children to play. Most are not tagged to be for educational purpose but teachers and parents can still use them to teach important concepts and skills.