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=Educational Games=

This Wiki is a resource for teachers and parents, or people on the look out for challenging games both online and offline. Education through gameplay can be engaging, motivating and enjoyable, participants in games have an intrinsic motivation to win, and this drive keeps them tuned in to the lesson and learning throughout the activity. All games are educational in some way, below is a list of skills that various games enhance; If you know of any games that enhance these, please click on the skill and make an entry. There is also a page for games which compliment subjects taught at school, a page with recommended links, a page whereby you can test your owns skills and a discussion page. All contributions to all pages are appreciated and extremely useful to readers.

· Problem Solving · Identifying Patterns · Quick Thinking · Anticipation Skills · Vocabulary Skills · Math Skills · Confidence Building · Risk-Taking · Persistence · Deduction · Memory · Decision Making · Team Work

__Technologies__

 * Virtual worlds

__Test your Skills__
Why not test some of these skills on yourself? Want to know how good your memory or vocabulary skills are? Are you exceptional at indentifying patterns or are you a risk taker? Click here to find out.

__School subjects Games__
Click here to view games which compliment subjects taught in school.

__**Games Catered for People with Learning Disabilities**__
Games provide a fun way for children to acquire and practice skills in which they may be lacking. This is why they are commonly used in special needs classrooms. This page contains some games which teach life skills and communication skills. Please contribute to it if you are aware of any games which teach these skills