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		<title>Bringing Books to Life (or Why I Ate Cricket Cookies)</title>
		<link>http://sabigames.com/2010/03/bringing-books-to-life-or-why-i-ate-cricket-cookies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>margaret</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literacy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Dr. Diana Sharp served as the reading consultant for ItzaBitza. Her website is www.dianasharp.com.
Dear Dr. Sharp:
In your last posting, you described your #1 piece of advice for preschool parents who want their kids to love reading. What’s your #2 suggestion?
My next suggestion is: “Do the opposite of Advice #1.”
OK, let me explain. In my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Convince Kids to Read in Their Free Time</title>
		<link>http://sabigames.com/2010/02/how-to-convince-kids-to-read-in-their-free-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>margaret</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literacy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Dr. Sharp:
 Aren’t you afraid that between video games, social networking, and virtual worlds, there’s no way today for books to compete? Even when software like ItzaBitza and ItzaZoo help kids learn to read, how in the world can anyone convince kids to choose reading – just plain old book reading – in their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>13 Benefits of Installing Good Reading Habits in Your Child</title>
		<link>http://sabigames.com/2010/02/491/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>margaret</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literacy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ We all remember the crusty octogenarian librarian of  our youth, hunched over our upturned childish faces, peering down from ancient  eyeglasses as she extolled the benefits of reading. As she droned on and on  about some dude named Dewey Decimal and the dusty standardized tests of the  distant future, your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After ItzaZoo Reading Practice &#8211; Enjoy Cocoa&#8217;s New iPhone Game</title>
		<link>http://sabigames.com/2010/02/after-itzazoo-reading-practice-enjoy-cocoas-new-iphone-game/</link>
		<comments>http://sabigames.com/2010/02/after-itzazoo-reading-practice-enjoy-cocoas-new-iphone-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>margaret</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Houston We Have Ape-roblem: Space Chimp Claims Moon
CocoaNaut &#8211; a fun iPhone game from Sabi
 Cocoa &#8211; the loveable monkey from ItzaZoo &#8211; enjoyed the hammock activity so much, he got an idea for an iPhone game. The team got excited by Cocoa&#8217;s initiative and created his game for the iPhone. &#8220;Wait&#8221; I said to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Number Lovers: The Case for Reading</title>
		<link>http://sabigames.com/2010/02/for-number-lovers-the-case-for-reading/</link>
		<comments>http://sabigames.com/2010/02/for-number-lovers-the-case-for-reading/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>margaret</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literacy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Sharp has been a key member of the team since we started our passionate journey back at Microsoft to rethink reading practice.  Besides being a wonderful human being, she has a very deep knowledge and background on young children’s reading.  Dr. Sharp is also an excellent author.  We have learned so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How our Reading Games Level Up a Player’s Reading Skill</title>
		<link>http://sabigames.com/2010/01/464/</link>
		<comments>http://sabigames.com/2010/01/464/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>margaret</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literacy]]></category>

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Our games “level up” to three reading levels.  The reading levels were identified by our reading specialist &#8211;  Dr. Diana Sharp.
A way to support the strengths of beginning readers, and simultaneously prevent frustration, is to offer them text that matches their skill level in terms of how much mental work it takes to translate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sometimes, A Banana Is Just A House &#8211; What&#8217;s Unique About our Drawing and Reading Games</title>
		<link>http://sabigames.com/2010/01/453/</link>
		<comments>http://sabigames.com/2010/01/453/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>margaret</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ItzaBitza]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Living Ink Teaches Computers how Kids Draw
Written by Margaret Johnson and Ian Lurie
When we started writing this article it turned into a dry, biographical piece: “Developers Thomas Steinke and Duncan knew they faced a challenge…” blah blah blah.That can’t do Sabi Games’ Living Ink technology justice. Instead, let’s put it this way: If SkyNet becomes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wish we had a Rachel Ray for Learning to Read</title>
		<link>http://sabigames.com/2010/01/wish-we-had-a-rachel-ray-for-reading/</link>
		<comments>http://sabigames.com/2010/01/wish-we-had-a-rachel-ray-for-reading/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>margaret</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literacy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sabigames.com/?p=437</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Dr. Sharp has been our reading specialist since we all started our passionate journey back at Microsoft to create really fun video games where the byproduct was reading practice and creative thinking.  Besides being a wonderful human being, she has a very deep knowledge and background on young children’s reading.  Dr. Sharp is also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Shark Reef &#8211; Why Video games are a Great Learning Format for Reading</title>
		<link>http://sabigames.com/2009/12/the-shark-reef-why-video-games-are-a-great-learning-format-for-reading/</link>
		<comments>http://sabigames.com/2009/12/the-shark-reef-why-video-games-are-a-great-learning-format-for-reading/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>margaret</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Real Games, Real Learning]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sabigames.com/?p=431</guid>
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I had the honor of sharing a passionate conversation about the environments kids learn best in with Dr. John Medina, author of Brain Rules. I highly recommend the book if you haven&#8217;t read it already.
I was introduced to John through Dr. John Bransford(UW). John (Bransford) is the renown learning scientist who led my team’s collaboration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Tale of Two Cookies meets Creative Problem Solving</title>
		<link>http://sabigames.com/2009/12/a-tale-of-two-cookies-meets-creative-problem-solving/</link>
		<comments>http://sabigames.com/2009/12/a-tale-of-two-cookies-meets-creative-problem-solving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>margaret</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Real Games, Real Learning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 
Ah&#8230;what a great time to discuss cookies!
The following story is true.&#160; It would mortify my daughter if she knew I posted it.&#160; My daughter doesn&#8217;t read this blog &#8211; something about a new South Park episode (hmmmm&#8230;) so until she does, please don&#8217;t tell her I told you this story.

Shopping – This Season’s Sporting [...]]]></description>
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