Miscellaneous Communities
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Not all of us are teachers, but we still want to help. Many of us have skills in game development, research, psychology, policy, and networking. These blogs and communities reach out to people who want to get involved in game-based education even if it's not directly through teaching. I have found these blogs and communities to be invaluable during my research, whether it's relaying news and research, offering ideas, or simply providing support.
Everything is listed alphabetically. If you would like your community posted here, please send me an e-mail with a short description about your site and mission. If you see your community here and want to change or edit my blurb, please send me an e-mail with the corrections.
Not all of us are teachers, but we still want to help. Many of us have skills in game development, research, psychology, policy, and networking. These blogs and communities reach out to people who want to get involved in game-based education even if it's not directly through teaching. I have found these blogs and communities to be invaluable during my research, whether it's relaying news and research, offering ideas, or simply providing support.
Everything is listed alphabetically. If you would like your community posted here, please send me an e-mail with a short description about your site and mission. If you see your community here and want to change or edit my blurb, please send me an e-mail with the corrections.
Gamesutra
There are probably very few game designers who have not heard of Gamesutra. While I'm no game designer, I do appreciate the segment and news they have for serious games (see Game Concepts page for definition). A lot of the news I get about new educational game labs being created come from this site. If you are a game designer that wants to get into serious or social change games, I would definitely start by looking here. They have plenty of job posts. The link I provided takes you directly to the serious games segment.
Game Forward
Game Forward (or Gamefwd) is an independent, family-run publication based in Ottawa, Canada. It was launched in January of 2008 as a hobbyist blog focusing 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 [Game Forward].
Not only does Gamefwd review tons of commercial, educational, and indie games for their "serious" content and what they have to offer. They also have a great segment of games in education. However, I don't want to limit them to games in education because I admire that they also tackle game accessibility (for the handicapped or disabled) and games in healthcare. If you are interested, they take volunteer authors. While they don't pay, they have a pretty big fan base that will see your work!
MindShift
Mindshift is a blog community that is part of the NPR network. They have excellent authors that discuss technology in education, and they have an entire segment dedicated to mobile learning and also games in education. They always have great updates, and I get a lot of my game-based learning news from them.
As expressed on their site, "Technology is revolutionizing the world of education – replacing familiar classroom tools and changing the way we learn. MindShift explores the future of learning in all its dimensions – covering cultural and technology trends, groundbreaking research, education policy and more. The site is curated by Tina Barseghian, a journalist and the mother of a grade-schooler."
There are probably very few game designers who have not heard of Gamesutra. While I'm no game designer, I do appreciate the segment and news they have for serious games (see Game Concepts page for definition). A lot of the news I get about new educational game labs being created come from this site. If you are a game designer that wants to get into serious or social change games, I would definitely start by looking here. They have plenty of job posts. The link I provided takes you directly to the serious games segment.
Game Forward
Game Forward (or Gamefwd) is an independent, family-run publication based in Ottawa, Canada. It was launched in January of 2008 as a hobbyist blog focusing 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 [Game Forward].
Not only does Gamefwd review tons of commercial, educational, and indie games for their "serious" content and what they have to offer. They also have a great segment of games in education. However, I don't want to limit them to games in education because I admire that they also tackle game accessibility (for the handicapped or disabled) and games in healthcare. If you are interested, they take volunteer authors. While they don't pay, they have a pretty big fan base that will see your work!
MindShift
Mindshift is a blog community that is part of the NPR network. They have excellent authors that discuss technology in education, and they have an entire segment dedicated to mobile learning and also games in education. They always have great updates, and I get a lot of my game-based learning news from them.
As expressed on their site, "Technology is revolutionizing the world of education – replacing familiar classroom tools and changing the way we learn. MindShift explores the future of learning in all its dimensions – covering cultural and technology trends, groundbreaking research, education policy and more. The site is curated by Tina Barseghian, a journalist and the mother of a grade-schooler."