Educational Games

Online educational games break the barrier between entertainment and learning. Motivating scenarios help students develop critical thinking skills, learn to work in teams and understand history through a first person experience, just to name a few. Since it is a fantasy environment, failure can become a learning experience as students have the opportunity to "try, try again." 

Global Conflicts Latin America (Mac/PC client): http://www.globalconflicts.eu/

Investigative journalism to expose processes that drive developing world economics in Latin America

Peacemaker (Mac/PC client): http://www.peacemakergame.com/game.php

Simulation of policies & politics in the mid-east conflict

 
Ayiti (Flash): http://www.unicef.org/voy/explore/rights/explore_3142.html

Impoverishment of life in Haiti

 
Darfur is Dying (Flash): http://www.darfurisdying.com/

Genocide in Darfur

 
Homeland Guantanamos (Flash): http://www.homelandgitmo.com/

Treatment of immigrant detainees in the US

 
Climate Change: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/hottopics/climatechange/climate_challenge/

Policies, politics, and science of climate change

Oiligarchy: http://www.molleindustria.org/en/oiligarchy

Politics of Oil

Freerice.com: http://www.freerice.com/index.php

World hunger awareness

 
Points of Entry:  http://select.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/20070621_IMMIGRATION_GRAPHIC.html?_r=1&hp

Immigration policy

WWO (world without oil): http://worldwithoutoil.org/

Alt. reality game about oil & its real-world consequences. Note, it's not possible to "play" WWO the same way as the other games due to the nature of ARG's.