GAMES FOR CHANGE: Online Games with a Conscience

I found a blog post about Games for Change on the Education Ad Infinitum website created by Stephanie Krajicek.  This website offers a wide range of online games covering topics such as civics, economics, and the environment.  Right away, the game "What Race Am I" caught my attention; I'm currently building a curriculum for a class centered on culture and I thought that this game would be a great conversation-starter for my low-level seniors.  I downloaded it onto my iphone and played several times.  Another game that caught my attention, but I haven't downloaded is "Real Lives 2010," a real-life simulator that randomly selects the country in which the player is born and provides tons of information about that person's environment and culture.  Unfortunately, this is one of the few games that is not free.  Still, there are a lot of games offered with legitimate educational outcomes.  These aren't games to kill time, nor are they games "just for fun."  These games are engaging and thought-provoking, everything an educational game should be.

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