Why+use+games?

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 * Taking Play Seriously [[image:playinstitute.jpg width="324" height="247" align="right" link="@http://www.nifplay.org/"]]**

National Institute For Play

Henig, Robin Marantz, "Taking Play Seriously." New York TImes Magazine, 2/17/2008. []

[|Play = Learning.]

Singer, D., Golinkoff, R. M., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (Eds.) Play=Learning: How play motivates and enhances children’s cognitive and social-emotional growth. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2009.

Brown, Stuart. //Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul.// Avery, 2009.

 =AASL Standards for 21st Century Learners=

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 * Aligning Games with Learning Standards**