Greetings, FOOD FORCE is a free, simulation to teach students about the logistical challenges of delivering food aid in a major humanitarian crisis. Today is Canada’s Thanksgiving and I’ve found what I think is a suitable offering for a day when we should consider not only about our own abundance and good fortune but the plight of [...]

Greetings, LEARNINGGAMESFORKIDS is a website filled with free education related games. Given the choice, I think most students would rather practice a skill by playing repetitive mind-numbing games rather then completing mind-numbing worksheets. The bragging rights that come from reaching level 30 in Typo-Tank Busters are slightly more ...

Greetings, FORGEFX offers several free, online 3D educational simulations.FORGEFX makes these 3D simulations available because that what the company does – create realistic interactive 3D simulations for business, industry and education. As the web site points out, “… interactive 3D simulations fully engage users, transforming them from a ...

Greetings, The NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC JIGSAW PUZZLE GENERATOR (NGJPG) is a free service which will create an online jigsaw puzzle from one of National Geographic’s many pictures It’s Sunday again. Time to relax and recharge for the week ahead. Some folks enjoy doing/solving jigsaw puzzles as a way to unwind. For them (and anyone else who [...]

Greetings, BRAINGLE is a website with free brain teasers, riddles, trivia, brain exercises, games, forums and more. BRAINGLE is one of those marvelous sites that is packed full of fun stuff like games, puzzles, brain teasers, riddles but not advertising. I like this site for several reasons. The first is content. There’s a lot here but the ...

Greetings, BING ENTERTAINMENT is an area of the BING search engine offering free games which can be played online or downloaded and installed on a Windows computer. Microsoft is an amazing company in many ways. One aspect that always amazes me is the number of outstanding applications and resources which are hidden away in the bowels of [...]

Greetings SOCIAL MEDIA MONOPOLY is a new take on the that old favourite board game, Monopoly.It’s Sunday again – the day of rest and relaxation. If all is going according to plan, that’s what I’m doing. I hope you are too. Sunday is also a day to spend so quality time with the family [...]

Greetings, MINDCIPHER is a web site containing all kinds of logic games, puzzles and riddles.Today’s site is offered on the assumption that some brain activity over the summer months is better then none and that games are best way to surreptitiously encourage that activity – assuming there are young children at home or the summer who [...]

Greetings, PLAY AND LEARN is an unusual index of free, web based and downloadable education related games. Before getting into today’s offering, I have some news to share and thanks to give.  Yesterday, this blog broke “500″. More then 500 people have signed up for the RSS feed or Twitter update.  Amazing!  Thank you to everyone who [...]

Greetings, CAMPUSBUG is a free, web based student organizer, study assistant and social media app rolled into one. This is one app that has a lot going on. E-mail, blogging, a writing section, a flash card section, a review question bank and a Test Room with SAT, ACT, GMAT and other standardized tests materials for can [...]