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game development program offers opportunities youth development
The UK Based Learning and Teaching focused site, Becta, recently published a best practices case study about Global Kids' Playing 4 Keeps program. Recognising that games are a form of ‘youth media’ Global Kids recognised game design can be a...mygameIQ: distribution system for the serious games industry
If you haven't heard the news about mygameIQ, it is a distribution platform for educational, serious and independent games. With its roots firmly established in the Serious Games industry, Pragmatic has decided to create a distribution platform that would focus...Photos from the Global Kids' "Spreading Serious Game Design" Panel at Games For Change
Below are the photos, taken by Christopher Duggan and shared here with his permission, from the Global Kids' "Spreading Serious Game Design" Panel at Games For Change, May 24th, 2010....Global Kids "Spreading Serious Game Design" Panel at Games For Change
This afternoon the following presentation will be used (poorly converted by Slideshare, yet convenient) by some amazing individuals and institutions. Here's a preview: Spreading Serious Game DesignView more presentations from Global Kids....Youth Blogging on Tempest in the Crescent City
We've recently begun working with a fantastic group of teachers from the New York City Writing Project, a chapter of the National Writing Project , to help think about what games-based learning can look like in New York City classrooms....[p4k] Game Theory
Computer Graphics World published an article covering AMD's Changing the Game program which included Global Kids Playing 4 Keeps Program. It highlights how video games are an ideal platform for not only youth education. A number of companies, organizations, schools,...Global Kids' Resources Relating to Situation in Haiti
Many of the staff here at Global Kids have been thinking about how to respond to the recent events in Haiti (e.g. some of our students spoke about it on the local news last night). As a diverse staff...Training for Educators on Games-based Learning this Friday at Global Kids HQ
This Friday, December 4, Global Kids is leading a Games Based Education Training for educators at our headquarters in New York City. If you are a school teacher, librarian, youth worker or other educational professional that would like to learn...[p4k] Report Finds Program Effectively Trains Educators To Teach Game Design
NEWS RELEASE 137 East 25th St. New York, NY 10010 www.globalkids.org 212-226-0130 LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS USE GAMES TO INSPIRE YOUTH TO TAKE ACTION Report Finds Program Effectively Trains Educators To Teach Game Design Selen Turkay, a doctoral student in...[P4K] Global Kids' Tempest In Crescent City in Christian Science Monitor
A recent article in the Christian Science Monitor focuses on video games that let you play with topics taken from the news around us. It spotlights Tempest In Crescent City as an example. Another featured news game, “Hurricane Katrina:...[p4k] Knight News game awards ceremony
We hope everyone thinks good thoughts for us going into the first annual Knight News Game Awards ceremony Wednesday night as part of the Games for Change Festival. Some of the Playing 4 Keeps student designers will be showing Ayiti:...[P4K] AMD Foundation and Games for Change unveil tookit to help create socially conscious games
Hot off of Business Wire, AMD just sent out a release about the launch of their new educational toolkit entitled "Let the Games Begin" which is focused on helping organizations create games on topics of social issues. This is all...{P4K] Review of Hurricane Katrina: Tempest in Crescent City game
If you haven't already checked out the review that was written by the Conscious Gamer blog site about Hurricane Katrina: Tempest in Crescent City, it is definitely worth the read and offers up a good game play summary. According to...[p4k] Launch of Tempest workshops
As part of our ning social media site for our P4K game, Hurricane Katrina: Tempest in Crescent City, we have launched this past week new curriculum workshops. They include an online and an offline workshop. Tempest in Crescent City Online...[blog] What's in a game?
The Berkely Beacon published a recent article entitled Pushing Buttons: What's in a game? Education, for starters, should play a part. In it they go through their thoughts on serious game and the importance of keeping a fun sense of...Tempest News (RSS)
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