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This pathfinder site is intended as a place to keep track of references and resources (people, places, and things) related to Serious Games (specifically games and learning)
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
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<td colspan="2"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="+1"><a name="dict"></a></font><font color="#d9e5f4" face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="+1">Encyclopedias & Dictionaries</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white" width="200"><img src="/becker/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=&h=&cache=cache&media=resources:proprietary:dfes_logo_big.gif" alt="" border="0" width="200"></td> <td bgcolor="white"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Department for Education and Skills (UK) Glossary [ <a href="http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/research/glossary">http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/research/glossary</a> ] Parent Site: [<a href="http://www.dfes.gov.uk/index.htm">http://www.dfes.gov.uk/index.htm</a>]</font></td>
</tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white" width="200"> <div align="center"> <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/"><img src="/becker/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=&h=&cache=cache&media=resources:proprietary:THDlogo.gif" alt="" border="0" width="200"></a></div> </td> <td bgcolor="white"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">English, Medical, Legal, and Computer Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, a Literature Reference Library, and a Search Engine all in one! [<a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/">http://www.thefreedictionary.com/</a>]</font></td>
</tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#006600" width="200"> <div align="center"> <img src="/becker/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=&h=&cache=cache&media=resources:proprietary:usability-first.jpeg" alt="" border="0" width="200"></div> </td> <td bgcolor="white"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Usability First: Online Guide to Usability Resources <a href="http://www.usabilityfirst.com/glossary/">http://www.usabilityfirst.com/glossary/</a> </font></td>
</tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white" width="200"> <div align="center"> <font size="+1"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page"><img src="/becker/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=&h=&cache=cache&media=resources:proprietary:wiki.png" alt="" border="0" width="80"></a></b></font></div> </td> <td bgcolor="white"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">We are building an open-content encyclopedia in many languages. We started in January 2001 and are now working on 300,000 articles in the English version (that's almost 4X as many as Britannica). Learn how to edit pages, experiment in the sandbox, and visit our Community Portal to find out how you can contribute to Wikipedia. [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page</a> ]</font></td>
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Directories, Indices, Citation Guides
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<td bgcolor="white" width="200"> <div align="center"> <a href="http://80-portal.acm.org.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/dl.cfm?coll=portal&dl=ACM&CFID=21976186&CFTOKEN=88945755"><img src="/becker/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=&h=&cache=cache&media=resources:proprietary:logo_acm_portal2.jpg" alt="" border="0" width="200"></a></div> </td> <td bgcolor="white"> <dl> <dt><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">[<a href="http://80-portal.acm.org.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/dl.cfm?coll=portal&dl=ACM&CFID=21976186&CFTOKEN=88945755"> http://80-portal.acm.org.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/dl.cfm?coll</a></font>
</dt><dt><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><a href="http://80-portal.acm.org.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/dl.cfm?coll=portal&dl=ACM&CFID=21976186&CFTOKEN=88945755">=portal&dl=ACM&CFID=21976186&CFTOKEN=88945755 </a>]</font> </dt></dl> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white" width="200">
<div align="center"> <a href="http://www.directory.net/"><img src="/becker/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=&h=&cache=cache&media=resources:proprietary:directory-net-logo.gif" alt="" border="0" width="200"></a></div> </td> <td bgcolor="white"><a href="http://www.directory.net/Games/"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">http://www.directory.net/Games/</font></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white" width="200"> <div align="center">
<a href="http://80-web15.epnet.com.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/search.asp?tb=1&_ug=dbs+ecn+sid+8DB2FE66%2DB437%2D4522%2D8C76%2D65268B4CFCDB%40sessionmgr3+EDCF&_us=hs+0+sm+ES+ss+SO+F7F5&_uso=db%5B0+%2Decn+hd+0+8411&newsrch=1"><img src="/becker/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=&h=&cache=cache&media=resources:proprietary:ebscohost.gif" alt="" border="0" height="50" width="170"></a></div> </td> <td bgcolor="white"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Multidisciplinary database that includes some full-text articles.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white" width="200"><a href="http://www.eric.ed.gov/index.html"><img src="/becker/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=&h=&cache=cache&media=resources:proprietary:eric_masthead.jpg" alt="" border="0" width="200"></a></td> <td bgcolor="white"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">ERIC is a national information system funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to provide access to education literature and resources. [<a href="http://www.eric.ed.gov/index.html"> http://www.eric.ed.gov/index.html</a> ]</font></td>
</tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white" width="200"> <div align="center"> <a href="http://www.ucalgary.ca/library/gateway/indabs.html"><img src="../KB/Resources/UofC.gif" alt="" border="0" width="65"></a></div> </td> <td bgcolor="white"> <dl> <dt><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">U of C Library Main Index & Abstracts Page [ <a href="http://www.ucalgary.ca/library/gateway/indabs.html%20">http://www.ucalgary.ca/library/gateway/indabs.html </a>]</font>
</dt></dl> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white" width="200"><a href="http://www.ucalgary.ca/library/gateway/indabs.html"><img src="../KB/Resources/UofC.gif" alt="" align="left" border="0" width="50"></a><b>U of C - Education Indices & Abstracts</b></td> <td bgcolor="white"> <dl>
<dt><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">[ <a href="http://www.ucalgary.ca/cgi-bin/library/article.cgi?database=local//ftp/Web/library/sfgate/dbs/dbindex&maxhits=800&br=xxedu1&directget=1&application=library&xxtitle=Key+Education+Indexes+and+Abstracts">http://www.ucalgary.ca/cgi-bin/library/article.cgi?</a></font> </dt><dt><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><a href="http://www.ucalgary.ca/cgi-bin/library/article.cgi?database=local//ftp/Web/library/sfgate/dbs/dbindex&maxhits=800&br=xxedu1&directget=1&application=library&xxtitle=Key+Education+Indexes+and+Abstracts">database=local//ftp/Web/library/sfgate/dbs/dbindex&</a></font> </dt><dt><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><a href="http://www.ucalgary.ca/cgi-bin/library/article.cgi?database=local//ftp/Web/library/sfgate/dbs/dbindex&maxhits=800&br=xxedu1&directget=1&application=library&xxtitle=Key+Education+Indexes+and+Abstracts">maxhits=800&br=xxedu1&directget=1&application=library</a></font> </dt><dt><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><a href="http://www.ucalgary.ca/cgi-bin/library/article.cgi?database=local//ftp/Web/library/sfgate/dbs/dbindex&maxhits=800&br=xxedu1&directget=1&application=library&xxtitle=Key+Education+Indexes+and+Abstracts">&xxtitle=Key+Education+Indexes+and+Abstracts </a>]</font>
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Reference Lists (including other resources)
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</tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#339966"> <div align="center"> <a href="http://www.insead.edu/"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="+1"><img src="/becker/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=&h=&cache=cache&media=resources:proprietary:top_insead_main.gif" alt="" border="0" width="90"></font></a></div> </td> <td bgcolor="white"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">CALT (Center for Advanced Learning) <a href="http://www.insead.fr/CALT/Encyclopedia/">http://www.insead.fr/CALT/Encyclopedia/<br> </a></font>
<dl> <dt><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">CALT (Center for Advanced Learning Technologies) Simulation and Games for Education Page: <a href="http://www.insead.fr/CALT/Encyclopedia/Education/Advances/games.html">http://www.insead.fr/CALT/</a></font> </dt><dt><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><a href="http://www.insead.fr/CALT/Encyclopedia/Education/Advances/games.html">Encyclopedia/Education/Advances/games.html</a></font> </dt></dl> </td> </tr> <tr>
<td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"><a href="http://www2.mtroyal.ca/%7ercorbett/"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="+1">Rod Corbett<img src="../KB/Resources/DoDads/Flags/flag-cdn-2.jpeg" alt="" border="0" height="26" width="50"></font></a></td> <td bgcolor="white"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Online Games, Toys, etc. <a href="http://wwwacad.mtroyal.ab.ca/adc/flcbd/objects/objects.html">http://wwwacad.mtroyal.ab.ca/adc/flcbd/objects/objects.html</a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"><a href="http://www.ithaca.edu/faculty/kgregson/index.html"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="+1">Kim Gregson<img src="../KB/Resources/DoDads/Flags/flag-us.GIF" alt="" border="0" height="26" width="51"></font></a></td> <td bgcolor="white"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Computer Game Related Sites [<a href="http://www.ithaca.edu/faculty/kgregson/game_related.html">http://www.ithaca.edu/faculty/kgregson/game_related.html</a>]</font></td>
</tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="+1"><a href="http://www.knowledge.hut.fi/people/jkasvi/">Jyrki J.J. Kasvi</a> <a href="http://www.knowledge.hut.fi/people/jkasvi/"><img src="../KB/Resources/DoDads/Flags/finland.jpeg" alt="" align="absmiddle" border="0" width="45"></a></font></td> <td bgcolor="white"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Games, Gamers and Gaming Culture Thoughts and studies on the computer and video game phenomenon [<a href="http://www.knowledge.hut.fi/projects/games/gamelinks.html">http://www.knowledge.hut.fi/projects/games/gamelinks.html</a>]</font></td> </tr> <tr>
<td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="+1">Marc Prensky<img src="../KB/Resources/DoDads/Flags/flag-us.GIF" alt="" border="0" height="26" width="51"></font></td> <td bgcolor="white"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Selected URLs and other resources for Game-Based Education, e-Learning and Training [<a href="http://www.marcprensky.com/dgbl/Prensky%20-%20Selected%20URLs%28web%29.htm">http://www.marcprensky.com/dgbl/Prensky%20-%20Selected%20URLs(web).htm</a>]</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0099ff"> <div align="center"> <img src="/becker/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=&h=&cache=cache&media=resources:proprietary:Muzzy-Lane.jpg" alt="" border="0" width="75"></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="white"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Muzzy Lane's Links & Resources[ <a href="http://www.muzzylane.com/education/links.php">http://www.muzzylane.com/education/links.php</a> ]</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="+1">Kurt Squire <img src="../KB/Resources/DoDads/Flags/flag-us.GIF" alt="" border="0" height="26" width="51"></font></td>
<td bgcolor="white"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Reference List from his <a href="http://website.education.wisc.edu/kdsquire/dissertation.html">Dissertation</a> (2004)[ <a href="http://website.education.wisc.edu/kdsquire/squire-references.doc">http://website.education.wisc.edu/kdsquire/squire-references.doc</a> ]</font></td> </tr> </tbody></table>
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Finding Articles
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</tbody> </table> <table align="center" bgcolor="#000080" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="99%"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="4" bgcolor="#d9e5f4"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><b>Understanding Call Letters: <a href="http://www.barcodesinc.com/articles/understanding-call-numbers.htm">http://www.barcodesinc.com/articles/understanding-call-numbers.htm</a></b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" bgcolor="#d9e5f4"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><b>Main Library Classifications:<br>
</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4" width="80"> <div align="right"> <font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><b>Dewey:</b></font></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4">
<dl> <dt><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><b>370 Education<br> </b></font> </dt><dt><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><b>372 Elementary education<br> </b></font> </dt><dt><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><b>373 Secondary education<br> </b></font>
</dt><dt><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><b>374 Adult education<br> </b></font> </dt><dt><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><b>375 Curriculums</b></font> </dt></dl> </td> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"> <dl> <dt><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><b>376 Education of women<br>
</b></font> </dt><dt><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><b>378 Higher education<br> </b></font> </dt><dt><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><b>600 Technology (Applied sciences)</b></font> </dt><dt><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><b>607 Education, research, related topics</b></font> </dt></dl> </td>
<td bgcolor="#d9e5f4" width="30%"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><b>Dewey Classification System: <a href="http://www.tnrdlib.bc.ca/dewey.html">http://www.tnrdlib.bc.ca/dewey.html</a></b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4" width="80"> <div align="right"> <font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><b>Library of Congress:</b></font></div> </td>
<td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"> <dl> <dt><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><b>QA [Computer Science]; </b></font> </dt><dt><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><b>LB [Education]</b></font> </dt></dl> </td> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"></td> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4" width="30%">
<dl> <dt><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><b>Library of Congress Classification Table: <a href="http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/education/hcc/library/lcclass.html">http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/education/hcc/</a></b></font> </dt><dt><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><b><a href="http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/education/hcc/library/lcclass.html">library/lcclass.html</a></b></font> </dt></dl> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>
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Keywords & Phrases
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</font><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">The following are words and phrases that may prove useful when searching for information.</font></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table align="center" bgcolor="#000080" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="99%"> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4">
<div align="center"> <b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Digital Game-Based Learning</font></b></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"> <div align="center"> <b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Serious Games</font></b></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4">
<div align="center"> <b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Instructional Design</font></b></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"> <div align="center"> <b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Engagement</font></b></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"> <div align="center"> <b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Reward Structures in Learning</font></b></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"> <div align="center"> <b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Experiential Learning</font></b></div>
</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"> <div align="center"> <b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Motivational Design</font></b></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4">
<div align="center"> <b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Traditional Games</font></b></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"> <div align="center"> <b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Play</font></b></div> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"> <div align="center"> <b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Retention</font></b></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"> <div align="center"> <b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Transfer</font></b></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"> <div align="center"> <b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Motivation</font></b></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4">
<div align="center"> <b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Design Research</font></b></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"> <div align="center"> <b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Instructional Software</font></b></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4">
<div align="center"> <b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Instrinsic & Extrinsic Motivation</font></b></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"> <div align="center">
<b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Interactivity</font></b></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"> <div align="center"> <b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Instructional Software Evaluation</font></b></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"> <div align="center">
<b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Risk</font></b></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"> <div align="center"> <b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Simulation</font></b></div> </td>
<td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"> <div align="center"> <b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Instructional Game</font></b></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"> <div align="center"> <b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Instructional Technology</font></b></div> </td>
</tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"> <div align="center"> <b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Interactive Learning System</font></b></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"></td> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"></td>
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Almanacs, Statistics, Facts Sheets, Trivia, Studies
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d9e5f4" valign="CENTER"> <center> <font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="+1"><img src="../KB/Resources/ClipArt/stats_%7e1.gif" alt="" align="left" border="0" height="48" width="49"></font><font color="#006600" face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="+1">Facts and Figures</font><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="+1"><br> </font><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Almanacs, Statistics, Facts Sheets, Trivia, Studies</font></center> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
<table align="center" bgcolor="#000080" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" width="99%"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" bgcolor="#d9e5f4"><b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Note: stats are kind of hard to find at this point. (I'm still looking though)</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Fromme, Johannes: "Computer Games as a Part of Children's Culture." in Game Studies, Volume 3, issue 1. URI: <a href="http://www.gamestudies.org/0301/fromme/">http://www.gamestudies.org/0301/fromme/</a></font></td> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4">
<div align="center"> <font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Gives some stats on time spent playing, what and why kids play</font></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" bgcolor="#000080" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" width="99%"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" bgcolor="#d9e5f4"><font color="#000080" face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><b>Commercial Game Ratings:<br>
</b></font><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><b>[<a href="http://www.esrb.org/esrbratings_guide.asp">http://www.esrb.org/esrbratings_guide.asp</a>] </b></font></td> <td bgcolor="#006600"> <div align="center"> <font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><img src="../KB/Resources/DoDads/GameRatings/icon_ec.gif" alt="Children" border="0" width="45"> <img src="../KB/Resources/DoDads/GameRatings/icon_e.gif" alt="Everyone" border="0" width="45"> <img src="../KB/Resources/DoDads/GameRatings/icon_t.gif" alt="Teen" border="0" width="45"> <img src="../KB/Resources/DoDads/GameRatings/icon_m.gif" alt="Mature" border="0" width="45"> <img src="../KB/Resources/DoDads/GameRatings/icon_ao.gif" alt="Adult" border="0" width="45"></font></div> </td>
</tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="white" width="100"> <div align="center"> <a href="http://www.theesa.com/index.php"><img src="/becker/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=&h=&cache=cache&media=resources:proprietary:ESAbk_image.jpeg" alt="" align="left" border="0" width="100"></a></div> </td> <td bgcolor="white"> <div align="center"> <b><font color="#000080" face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Entertainment Software Association</font></b></div>
</td> <td bgcolor="white"> <div align="center"> <b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">[<a href="http://www.theesa.com/news/index.php">http://www.theesa.com/news/index.php</a>]</font></b></div> </td> </tr> <tr>
<td bgcolor="white" width="100"><a href="http://www.igda.org/"><img src="/becker/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=&h=&cache=cache&media=resources:proprietary:igda_logo.gif" alt="" border="0" width="200"></a></td> <td colspan="2" bgcolor="white"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">The <a href="http://www.igda.org/academia/curriculum_framework.php">curriculum framework</a> presented by the IGDA Education Committee is a conceptual guide for game-related educational programs. [<a href="http://www.igda.org/academia/curriculum_framework.php">http://www.igda.org/academia/curriculum_framework.php</a>]</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" bgcolor="white"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"><a href="http://www.theesa.com/index.php"><img src="/becker/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=&h=&cache=cache&media=resources:proprietary:ESAbk_image.jpeg" alt="" align="left" border="0" width="200"></a><b><font color="#000080"><a href="http://www.theesa.com/facts/index.php">Top Ten Industry Facts</a><br>
</font></b></font> <ol> <li><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">U.S. computer and video game software sales grew four percent in 2005 to $7 billion -- a more than doubling of industry software sales since 1996.<br> </font>
</li><li><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1"> Sixty-nine percent of American heads of households play computer and video games. <br> </font>
</li><li><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">The average game player is 33 years old and has been playing games for 12 years.<br>
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</li><li><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">The average age of the most frequent game buyer is 40 years old. In 2006, 93 percent of computer game buyers and 83 percent of console game buyers were over the age of 18.<br> </font>
</li><li><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Eighty-five percent of all games sold in 2005 were rated "E" for Everyone, "T" for Teen, or "E10+" for Everyone 10+. For more information on ratings, please see www.esrb.org.<br> </font>
</li><li><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Eighty-seven percent of game players under the age of 18 report that they get their parents’ permission when renting or buying games, and 89 percent say their parents are present when they buy games.<br> </font>
</li><li><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Thirty-five percent of American parents say they play computer and video games. Further, 80 percent of gamer parents say they play video games with their kids. Sixty-six percent feel that playing games has brought their families closer together.<br> </font> </li><li><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Thirty-eight percent of all game players are women. In fact, women over the age of 18 represent a significantly greater portion of the game-playing population (30%) than boys age 17 or younger (23%).<br> </font>
</li><li><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">9. In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.<br> </font>
</li><li><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Forty-four percent of game players say they play games online one or more hours per week. In addition, 32 percent of heads of households play games on a wireless device, such as a cell phone or PDA, up from 20 percent in 2002.</font>
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<tr> <td bgcolor="#d9e5f4"> <p><b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">UK Key Stages for education (groupings):</font></b></p> <li><b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Key Stage 1: ages 5 - 7<br> </font></b> </li><li><b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Key Stage 2: ages 8 - 11<br> </font></b>
</li><li><b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Key Stage 3: ages 11 -14<br> </font></b> </li><li><b><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial" size="-1">Key Stage 4: ages 15 -16<br> <br> </font></b> </li></td> </tr> </tbody></table>
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