The Math Behind Spot it!

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The Math Behind Spot it!
Jun 26, 2018
How did the creators of the game Spot It design the cards so that any two cards will always share one image in common? Join Science Mom to learn how to make your own game of Spot It.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/math-card-game-spot-it-180970873

-> https://afineparent.com/gift-guides/learning-games-for-kids.html

-> https://teachingtalking.com/spot-it-card-game

https://radiganengineering.com/2013/01/spot-it-howd-they-do-that

Order 3 (13 cards) https://radiganengineering.com/download/810 .xlsx
Order 4 (21 cards)
Order 5 (31 cards)
Order 6 (43 cards)
Order 7 (57 cards) Spot it!
#The algorythm only works for numbers where order is a prime number (E.g. [0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 , 11]

https://sightwords.com/sight-words

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Spot it! is made up of 57 symbols, 55 cards, with 8 symbols per card
https://www.blueorangegames.com/nhl

https://blueorangegames.com/blog/tag/spot-it/
http://blueorangegames.com/blog/new-ways-to-play-spot-it-stories/
http://blueorangegames.com/blog/new-spot-it-game-rules/
http://blueorangegames.com/blog/spot-it-tournament/
http://blueorangegames.com/blog/educational-games-classroom-tell-tale/

Meaningful Play 2016

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International Academic Conference on Meaninful Play 2016
October 20-22, 2016
East Lansing, Michigan
http://meaningfulplay.msu.edu/games.php

Magic 8 Ball

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Magic 8 Ball

IGDA Curriculum

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IGDA Curriculum Framework
http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.igda.org/resource/collection/0DBC56DC-B7CB-4140-BF3A-22A9E92EC63A/igda_curriculum_framework_2008.pdf

Artificial intelligence:

Difference in goals between Game AI and traditional AI
Path planning, search algorithms
Agent architectures
Decision-making systems
State machine design
Statistical machine learning

Board Games Aren’t Dead Yet

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Move Over Video Games, Board Games Aren’t Dead Yet
June 25, 2014
http://www.npr.org/2014/06/25/325462045/move-over-video-games-board-games-arent-dead-yet

Board games are coming out of the closet, with store fronts popping up in a lot of communities. In Brooklyn, N.Y., Gamelab is place where people can get together and play different types of games.

I played cards and board games as a kid – you know, Go Fish, Monopoly, Clue.
But these games – Citadels, Avalon, Settlers of Catan – they’re foreign to me.

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7 best board games to help children think big
04 March, 2019
https://bigthink.com/personal-growth/best-board-games-for-children

Mancala

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Mancala online
http://www.coolmath-games.com/0-mancala

used by:
Principles of Computing
Rice University. 2014
https://class.coursera.org/principlescomputing-001

Ludo board game

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Ludo board game
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludo_(board_game)

Ludo is a board game for two to four players, in which the players race their four tokens from start to finish according to die rolls. Like other cross and circle games, Ludo is derived from the Indian game Pachisi, but simpler.
The game and its variants are popular in many countries and under various names.

“Curious Jarod”
1996
NBC Studios, Inc.

An Adventurer Returns To The Dungeon In ‘Dice And Men’

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An Adventurer Returns To The Dungeon In ‘Dice And Men’
August 18, 2013
http://www.npr.org/2013/08/18/213205129/of-dice-and-men-all-grown-up-and-still-fighting-monsters

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Of Dice and Men The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It
by David M. Ewalt
Hardcover, 276 pages
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“Dungeons & Dragons is not a game that you necessarily win, or that even has an endpoint,” Ewalt says. “What you’re trying to do is grow your character over time, become more powerful, and tell a story.”

You know, I started to really fetishize those pieces of paper! This paper is important, this is my friend, this is my hero!

On the legacy of Dungeons & Dragons

Can Losing Weight In Your ‘Second Life’ Help In Your First?

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Can Losing Weight In Your ‘Second Life’ Help In Your First?
May 19, 2013
http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/05/19/185164635/can-losing-weight-in-your-second-life-help-in-your-first

“Their avatar doing those things in Second Life, we believe does inspire them to do those activities in real life”

Second Life turns 10
2013
https://gigaom.com/2013/06/23/second-life-turns-10-what-it-did-wrong-and-why-it-will-have-its-own-second-life

related:
The School of Second Life
2009
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101580485

Praying in Second Life
2007
http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2007/12/prayer_and_your_pc_1.html

code.org

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Code.org is a non-profit foundation dedicated to growing computer programming education.
http://www.code.org

Platforms for Teaching Kids

Alice
http://www.alice.org
3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web.

Kodu
http://www.kodugamelab.com
Create games on the PC and XBox via a simple visual programming language. Can be used to teach creativity, problem solving, storytelling, as well as programming.

http://scratchbrasil.net.br
Jogo da Célula – Configurando os blocos dos sprites com nomes (parte 3)