Featured Columns

The Prisoner's Educator's Dilemma
by Dr. Franklin Rubenstein
This month, we have a guest column by someone who found himself facing a most unusual problem. It's a wonderful case study of how games can be used to solve problems in unexpected ways.
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Launching a New Feature
by Patrick Matthews
This month, we're launching a new feature: reviews by retailers. These will show you the games the retailers think you should be looking at. I know we're all suspicious of retailers, but let's face it: they love games too. Let's see what they have to say!
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Retailer Review - Tantrix
by David Trounce
David kicks off our Retailer Review section in high style, with a review of Tantrix that shows us exactly what its educational benefits are.
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The Buzz about BuzzWords
by Karen Luciana
Karen takes a look at BuzzWords this month - and decides to let her students do the talking.
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Great Stories from the Web

Teacher's Golden Game Awards
It's time to nominate your favorite teacher again! Or, if you're a teacher, ask someone to nominate you. After all, these are free games we're talking about!
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Games in the Public School
Alex Antunes wrote a nice piece about how games fit into the classroom, including some ideas for addressing parent's concerns.
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Chess Teaches Grammar?
I never guessed that Chess could help build language skills. Math? Sure. But language? Apparently, it does - at least in German.
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Educator Forum at ChiTAG
In case you didn't already know, we're sponsoring the Educator Forum over at ChiTAG. Don't know what this is? Now's your chance to find out.
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Special Announcement

The Chicago Toy & Game Fair brings together imagination, play and inventive thinking in their third annual Young Inventor Challenge. Open to anyone less than 19 years old, contestants have their original game (and toy) inventions judged by popular vote at the fair.

Not only are there great prizes to be won, but top toy and game industry representatives will provide advice and recognition and encourage the young inventors to dream big and discover the possibilities of play!

Registration has been extended to November 7th, so hurry!
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NEWS FROM THE EDITOR

Happy Halloween!

We've got some treats for you this month... The number one request we get here at g4ed is for more game reviews.

After a lot of considering, we've decided to launch a "retailer review" column. Take a look at my column to see what this is all about. I hope you like it!