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The Quest to Lava Mountain

"Nonprofit medicine research and education company The Cooper Institute is fighting childhood obesity with The Quest to Lava Mountain, an educational game targeted at grade school children.

Game genre:
Educational

Health topic:
Food and Nutrition

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Purchase

Social Tags:
Avatar
Bariatrics
Body shape
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Childhood obesity
Educational game
Health
Hospitality
Lava
Medicine
Metabolic disorders
Nature
Nutrition
Obesity
Technology
XML

tagthenet categories:
childhood
company
Cooper
education
game
Institute
Lava Mountain
medicine
obesity
Quest
research

Target Population:
Children

Game platform:
Computer

Province Or State:
Texas

Organization:
Texas Department of Agriculture


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Controlled Chaos Media

"Controlled Chaos takes the best aspects of the Video Game Industry and uses them to make the best and most profitable games possible, while shedding some of the industry’s less prosperous trends a

Game genre:
Educational
Entertainment

Social Tags:
CDATA
Document
HTML
HTML element
Technology
Text messaging
XML

Game platform:
Computer
Handheld Device

Services:
Game Design and Development
Mobile Applications

Target Population:
General Audience

Organization expertise:
Interactive Entertainment
Technology and Electronics

Calais Document Category:
Technology

Location:
United States

Organization type:
Video Game Company


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Behavior Breakthroughs

"Behavior Breakthroughs™ is an interactive training simulation created for parents and caregivers of children and adults who display challenging behavior."

Game genre:
Educational
Simulation

Health topic:
Behavior and Personality

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Purchase

Social Tags:
Academia
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Science
Simulation
Southwest Research Institute
Technology

Target Population:
Adults

Game platform:
Computer
Handheld Device

URL:
http://www.behaviorbreakthroughs.com

Technology:
simulation


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Delta3D

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Description: 

"Delta3D is a widely used and well-supported open source game and simulation engine. Delta3D is a fully-featured game engine appropriate for a wide variety of uses including training, education, visualization, and entertainment. Delta3D is unique because it offers features specifically suited to the Modeling and Simulation and DoD communities such as High Level Architecture (HLA), After Action Review (AAR), large scale terrain support, and SCORM Learning Management System (LMS) integration."

Organization: 
How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Download
Free

Social Tags:
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Computing
Delta3D
Education
Educational software
Educational technology
High level architecture
Learning management system
Sharable Content Object Reference Model
Simulation
Standards
Technical communication
Technology

Game platform:
Computer

Resource type:
Game Engine

Target Population:
General Audience

Technical Expertise Required:
High
Medium

Technology:
simulation

Calais Document Category:
Technology


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Hockey IntelliGym

"The Hockey IntelliGym™ is a revolutionary, software-based training tool that helps players develop hockey sense – the perception and decision-making skills necessary to stay one step ahead of the puck and the game."

Game genre:
Sports

Health topic:
Exercise and Fitness

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Purchase

Social Tags:
CDATA
Hockey
Puck
Technology
XML

Game platform:
Computer

Target Population:
General Audience

URL:
http://www.usahockeyintelligym.com


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IEEE Computer Society

"With nearly 85,000 members, the IEEE Computer Society is the world’s leading organization of computing professionals. Founded in 1946, and the largest of IEEE’s 38 societies, the Computer Society is dedicated to advancing the theory and application of computing and information technology."

Game genre:
Multi-Genre

Organization type:
Association
Conference Organizer

Social Tags:
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Computer
Computer science
Computing
IEEE Computer Society
IEEE Internet Computing
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
International nongovernmental organizations
Professional associations
Publishing
Technology

Services:
Certification
Conferences and Exhibitions
Courses
Educational Resources
Professional Development
Publishing
Software and Hardware Applications

Organization expertise:
Edutainment/eLearning
Higher Education
Interactive Entertainment
Technology and Electronics

Target Population:
General Audience

Game platform:
Multi-Platform

Calais Document Category:
Technology

Location:
United States


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Game Forward (gamefwd)

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Description: 

"Game Forward (gamefwd) is an independent, family-run publication based in Ottawa, Canada. It was launched in January of 2008 as a hobbyist blog focussing on Game Accessibility by an avid gamer that was born with Cerebral Palsy. Game Forward quickly expanded its focus to include coverage of Serious Games, Health & Fitness Games, Educational & Training Games, and Virtual Worlds."

Health topic:
Exercise and Fitness
Injuries and Rehabilitation

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Free
Online

Resource type:
Blog
News Source

Social Tags:
CDATA
Document
Gamer
Human behavior
Knowledge
Palsy
Science
Technology
Video game
Virtual world
XML

Events Facts:
Contact Details

Target Population:
General Audience

Game platform:
Internet

Calais Document Category:
Technology


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Social Skill Builder: My Community

"In contrast to other programs that focus primarily on in-school behaviors, My Community is all about enhancing a child's social skills and personal safety in the larger world outside the classroom

Game genre:
Educational

Health topic:
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Disorders and Disabilities
Social Issues and Skills

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Purchase

Social Tags:
CDATA
Cognition
Education
Skill
Social psychology
Social skill
Technology
XML

Target Population:
Children
Pre-Teens
Teens

Game platform:
Computer

Published Medium:
Game Developer

URL:
http://www.socialskillbuilder.com/mycommunity.htm


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Social Skill Builder: You Are a Social Detective

"A collaborative effort between Social Skill Builder and Michelle Garcia Winner & Pamela Crooke of Social Thinking.

Game genre:
Educational

Health topic:
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Disorders and Disabilities
Social Issues and Skills

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Purchase

Social Tags:
CDATA
Cognition
Education
Learning
Skill
Social psychology
Social skill
Social Thinking
Technology
XML

Target Population:
Children
Pre-Teens

Game platform:
Computer

Person:
Michelle Garcia Winner
Pamela Crooke


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Social Skill Builder: School Rules! Volume 2

"School Rules! Volume 2 takes up where School Rules! Volume 1 leaves off, teaching social interpretation skills during unstructured times when social rules are most challenging.

Game genre:
Educational

Health topic:
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Disorders and Disabilities
Social Issues and Skills

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Purchase

Social Tags:
CDATA
Cognition
Education
Skill
Social psychology
Social skill
Technology
XML

Game platform:
Computer

Published Medium:
Game Developer

URL:
http://www.socialskillbuilder.com/schoolrulesII.htm

Target Population:
Pre-Teens
Teens


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