http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/EJ985419.pdf 
"Framing the Adoption of Serious Games in Formal Education"

http://spotlight.macfound.org/blog/entry/eric-zimmerman-forget-serious-games/<-Forget Serious Games

http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/papers-game-surprise/story?id=19135556#.UaUnU7XVDAE<- Interview with Lucas Pope

http://www.richardhofmeier.com/cartlife/editions.html <-This is Cart Life

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/12/30/sim-plicity-i-am-a-working-single-mom/<-A good review of Cart Life

What is Gamification and How does it Work?

-This brief post is basically "Game-Based Learning for Dummies" to give an
overview:
http://www.newmedia.org/game-based-learning--what-it-is-why-it-works-and-where-its-going.html

-My-Mini-Pet: a handheld pet-nurturing game to engage students in
arithmetic practices: This is a study, but is a super easy read. It takes
the complex study of GBLS and brings it to a very simple level with a
fairly uncomplicated study. (12 pages- attached)

http://epubs.scu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1182&context=law_pubs

And these are some supporting articles:

http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/10/28/eve-evolved-top-ten-ganks-scams-heists-and-events/

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/social-networking/59401.html

http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/6499-famous-rockets-quotes-no-discussion-only-quotes/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU1E4jwquzU

Also, post this for a little vocabulary reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griefer


June 4, 2013
Violence in Games - Kevin Marcinko
An example of a poor article claiming video games as the cause of youth
violence specifically in the case of the Newtown Connecticut shootings:
http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2013/04/do_violent_video_games_breed_v.html

And the counter point to this article:
http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2013/04/do_violent_video_games_breed_v_1.html

ESRB Ratings Guide, this site also has a lot of other information on the
rating board.  Notice that the ESRB now also has privacy information on
games. http://www.esrb.org/ratings/ratings_guide.jsp

Attached is a law article about video game violence. I will only discuss
the section on Brown v Entertainment Merchants.




Rachel Gordon - Games for Health

The first attachment is to a newspaper article and video discussing how
special education teachers are using kinects to develop social skills
amongst autistic children.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/story/2012-05-31/video-games-autism-students/55319452/1

The second link is an article discussing the benefits of using games for
health and its place in the overarching Medical Care community.
http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/28/5/w842.full

Dance Town Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmD2xoBa5wc

June 5, 2013 - Jason Hubbard - Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality in Education and Training

Geocaching

Google Glass

Justin Capen - Live Action Role Playing

1) Broad overview of Role-Playing Games (RPGs):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game

2) Vin Diesel on D&D:
Vin Diesel was asked to write the introduction to the 30th edition printing of Dungeons & Dragons. In this interview he describes some of the influence these games had on him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36_-DauQi0s

3) Table-Top RPGs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabletop_role-playing_game

Controversies surrounding gaming:
Chick Tracts were (are) and evangelical tool used by some conservative groups to promote social change by presenting scenarios that involve a sinning protagonist,their moment of revelation as it pertains to the tract's theme, and finally their redemption. Early RPG books like Dungeons and Dragons, published by TSR, were literally taken from some children and burned as heretical material.
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0046/0046_01.ASP

While I personally consider this an extreme example of the arguments that were being made, stories and films reflecting this outlook on gaming were popular enough during the 80's and early 90's to get some level of actual recognition. The stigma against gaming was two-fold. There was a moral argument that damaged the hobby as well as the more common social stigma that TT RPG players still get today.

4) Live-Action RPGs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_action_role-playing_game

5) Article from the International Journal of Role-Playing:
This article breaks down the meta components of role playing games and illustrates the dynamics that take place within these activities. RPGs are much more sophisticated than children playing make-believe (simple role-playing) and like any developed art or hobby, there are deep nuances to be found.
http://www.ijrp.subcultures.nl/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/montola_the_invisible_rules_of_role_playing.pdf

6) Supplemental Reading:
If you are really into the subject, here is an additional readings you might find interesting.

Live Action Role-Playing Games: Control, Communication, Storytelling, and MMORPG Similarities
http://webproxy.potsdam.edu:3626/content/1/3/252.full.pdf+html