A game called Spent simulates what it’s like to be poor in order to build awareness and empathy. Could be a useful game for a social science course. Read a review here:

The Gamification of Poverty – Technology Review.

A professor at Appalachian State U uses mobile learning games in a graduate course to demonstrate constructionist pedagogy and service learning, while community and faculty experts help K-12 students construct mobile learning games about local wetlands.  Read more by clicking the link:

Student-Community Collaboration to Construct Mobile Learning Games (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) | EDUCAUSE.

A sneak peak from the article: A team of University of Akron researchers is about to show how Microsoft’s Kinect™ sensor device for Xbox can transition from the family room to the classroom. Dr.Yang Yun, associate professor of biomedical engineering; Dr. Philip Allen, professor of psychology; and Dr. Yingcai Xiao, associate professor of computer science, are developing an educational tool that uses Kinect™ to noninvasively stimulate the visual center of students’ brains to help them comprehend engineering principles. Read more by following the link:

Researchers say Xbox technology is fair game for engineering education : The University of Akron News.