• Seven Deadly Sins of strategy game design (Soren Johnson)
• To Get This Train Rolling We’ll Have To Build Some Tracks (A Guide To Network Building)

Game Platforms and Peripherals
Mobile

• 5 Pillars of Successful Mobile Design
• iOS 7 and the continuing gamification of interface
• The tendencies of the mobile art on the example of top-grossing games (Olga Cherkashina}

Augmented and Virtual Reality

• Augmented Reality Glasses in the Classroom: An Inside Look (Luisa Rollenhagen)
• The biggest challenges for VR game developers, straight from Oculus (Christian Nutt)
• The Dream and the Rift
• Modern Game UI with the Oculus Rift – Part 1 (Stoyan Nikolov)

Core Game Elements

Player Format (number, arrangement, and alignment of players)

Objectives (Goals)

Resources

Rules, Mechanics and Systems

• Game Design 116: Attack Matrixes (RPGChallenger)
• Game Mechanics Research: Why World of Warcraft is so Addicting (Yu-kai Chou)
• How Diablo III uses Game Mechanics to become Winning & Addicting (Yu-kai Chou)
• How FarmVille uses Game Mechanics to become Winning & Addicting (Yu-kai Chou)

Thematic Elements (setting, story, and characters)

• 7 Things Dungeons & Dragons Taught Me About Storytelling (Rob D. Young)
• 7 Deadly Sins of Worldbuilding (Charlie Jane Anders)
• 8 Steps To Great Digital Storytelling
• Game Design 117: Adventures
• Diverse Game Characters: Write Them Now!
• How Can David Mamet Help My Game?
• How interactive technology is transforming storytelling (Naomi Alderman)
• How to create Drama in Games: Suspense and Substance – The New Dramaturgy Pt. 3 (Ethan Hill)
• Non-Linear Story Lines (BrendanL.K)
• Respecting and Developing Your Game’s Characters (Lee Sheldon)
• The Story Arc Model: Combining Simulation and Story to Create Memorable Learning
• Storytelling’s Impact on Empathy (and the Architecture of the Brain)
• Video Games and Storytelling (video) (Daniel Floyd)
• Why the 4 C’s of Narrative are Essential to Your Team’s Success (Jeremy Stover)

Design Subdisciplines

Metagame Design

• Understanding The Metagame: What Is It In LoL and Beyond?

Level Design

• Level Design – Room Shapes (Jonathan Lavigne)
• How Video Games Use Architecture (AJ Artemel)

Interface Design

• 3 Tips to Creating Clean Interfaces
• Gamification And UX: Where Users Win Or Lose (Peter Steen Høgenhaug)

Multiplayer Design

• Relatedness: The Often Ignored Glue of Gamification (Andrzej Marczewski)
• Research Shows Precisely Which Strategies Help Players Win Team-oriented Video Games

Economics System Design

• Machinations Modeling Tool for Game Economics and Gamification Design (Ander Dobo)

Audio Design

• Using memorable, iconic sounds in video games

Gameplay Analysis

General

• The 5 Conversations of Game Design (Jeremy Stover)

Engagement

• The Engagement Loop: The Key is Feedback (David Evans)
• Keeping players engaged (Jordan Georgiev)
• Anti-Videogame Manifesto: Games As Disciplines (Keith Burgun)

Difficulty

• Flow, Player Journey and Employee Satisfaction (Andrzej Marczewski)
• Human error and games – Reducing, and taking advantage of, slips and lapses (Ben Lewis-Evans)
• Penny Arcade TV Season 6, Ep. 15 – When Difficult Is Fun
• Why You Keep Losing at Slot Machines (Tom Jacobs)

Balance

• Balancing your game with tuning reports (with downloadable template) (Ethan Levy)
• Decision Modeling and Optimization in Game Design, Part 4: Player-vs-Player Class Balancing (Paul Tozour)
• Decision Modeling and Optimization in Game Design, Part 5: Class Assignment (Paul Tozour)
• Practical Game Theory – Expected Values and Game Balance (Tyler Sigman)

Complexity

Depth

• Gamification Design: 4 Phases of a Player’s Journey

Pace

• Crossfire: Riding Your Luck until it Explodes: Pacing and Tension
• The Effect of Time on Decision Making (Andrzej Marczewski)
• Tick, Tick, BOOM!! – Catharsis and Pacing in Games: The New Dramaturgy Pt.2 (Even Hill)

Progression

• Game Design Roundtable Episode #34: Progression Systems (Soren Johnson)

Win Conditions

• What Games Are: The Win Imperative (Tadhg Kelly)

Replay Value

Age Appropriateness

Immersion

• Action in Context (Droqen)
• Beyond Gamification: Immersion Trumps Engagement (Steve Smith)
• Do we always have to strive for ‘realism’? (Damion Schubert)

Analysis of Individual Games

• A mathematical analysis of the game Candyland

Design Flaws

• Top Ten Mistakes Game Designers Make

Development Phases

Concept

• Game Design 111: Concepts

Pitch

Game Design Document

• Design tutorial – how to write a feature brief (Ethan Levy)

Prototype

• Prototyping Tools of the Trade (Ed Marriott)

Interative Design

• Decision Modeling and Optimization in Game Design, Part 1: Introduction (Paul Tozour)
• Decision Modeling and Optimization in Game Design, Part 2: Tax Rate Example (Paul Tozour)
• General Tips on the Process of Solo Game Development (Macoy Madson)
• Variants: The Challenge of Changeable Design (Keith Burgan)

Play Testing

• The Five Basics of Being a Game Design Problem Solver (Scott Brodie)
• Completion vs. Perfection (Steve Pavalina)
• Designing An Awesome Video Game – An Essential Checklist (James Marsden)

Intellectual Property

• Discovery & User Acquisition Costs: Content Licensing To The Rescue?
• Ellen Page & Last of Us: What is Appropriation of Likeness and How Can Video Game Developers Can Avoid Legal Trouble? (Will Lewis)
• Gamifying Media: How Entertainment Brands are Redefining User Engagement (video) (Jon Radoff)

Games and Society

• Five Ways that Games are More than Just Fun (Chloe Varelidi)
• Gaming for Social Good, (Matthew Farber)
• A Journey To Make Video Games Into Art (Laura Parker)
• Playing With Life: Are Living Video Games Ethical?, (Marni Usheroff)
• Machine Gods: Religion in Games (Mark Filipowich)
• A history of (muted) violence: The present and future of Adults Only games, (Jeff Dunn)
• Opinion: Why Leisure Suit Larry should never have been remade (Leigh Alexander)
• Viewpoint: Girls Should Play More Video Games (Annie Murphy Paul)

BUSINESS OF GAMES

Indie Development

• A Brief Introduction to Project and Studio Financing Options for Indies (Jason Della Rocca)
• Don’t Give Up Your Day Job (Yet): The Cost of Going Indie (Casper Bodewitz )
• Going indie: Why 5 devs left their day jobs for creative independence (part one) (Giancarlo Valdes)
• Going indie: Why 5 devs left their day jobs for creative independence (part two) (Giancarlo Valdes)
• Indies: Why Make Contract Games? (Todd Lewis)

Marketing

• How We Made a Trailer For Our iPad Game With No Budget (James Montgomerie )

Monetization and Analytics Design

• 9 tools to help you measure mobile analytics (Scott Gerber)
• 12 Critical Mobile Monetization Concepts (Part 1 of 3) (Joseph Kim)
• 29 Business Models for Games (Lightspeed Venture Partners)
• Big Data & Gamification: 7 great tips
• 7 mobile app monetization mistakes to avoid
• Coercive Pay-2-Play Techniques (Daniel Cook)
• Design rules for free-to-play games
• How to Measure the ROI of Gamification (Gal Rimon)
• Exploitative Game Design: Beyond the F2P Debate (E McNeill)
• How To Price your In-App Purchase Items – Real Life Examples, (Yaniv Nizan)
• Monetizing Children
• The Philosophy Of Game Development By The Numbers (Hassan Baig)
• A Practical Free-to-Play Game Economy Design (Raul Aliaga Diaz)
• Puzzle & Dragons & Monetization: How Great Game Design Drives GungHo’s Global Hit (Andrew Vestal)
• Q&A: What you need to know about user acquisition, according to Gree (Kris Graft)
• There’s good in you yet, F2P games, I can sense it!
• The Top F2P Monetization Tricks (Ramin Shokrizade)
• Top five tips for making money from free-to-play games (WIll Luton)
• Zynganomics: 4 Secrets of the Social Gaming Business Model (Gabe Zichermann)

CAREER ADVICE

Breaking in to the Industry

• Becoming a Designer – Part One
• Becoming a Designer – Part Two
• Can QA really can be a launch pad into the upper echelons of the games industry?
• Breaking into game design: Step 1 – find your mountain
• Breaking into game design: Part 2 – build your portfolio
• Breaking into game design: Part 3 – learn to sell yourself (Ethan Levy)
• Using Game Design to Further Your Education and Career

Interviewing

• Six Reasons to Run from a Job Opportunity (Liz Ryan)

GAMIFICATION

Websites and Publications

• Best Gamification Books – Where to Start and Why (Victor Manrique)
• The #Gamification Daily
• Gamification Times
• Gamification Co
• The Maddys #Gamification Corner

Overviews

• Beyond Badges: Why Gamify?
• A Complete Guide to Gamification Design
• Games and your brain: how to use gamification to stop procrastinating (Kevan Lee)
• Gamification: what is it, why is it important? (Andrzej Marczewski)
• Gamification Design Framework: The SMA Model
• Gamification infographic: Did you know that 70% of Forbes’ Global 2000 have plans to use Gamification?
• Gamification: Much More Than Just Fun and Games
• Gamification: What the Experts Think
• Gamification Check-lists for Implementation
• Gamify Your Life
• Gamification for Collections: Four Keys to Success
• Introduction to Gamification Whitepaper (Piet van den Boer)
• The pro’s guide to gamification, (Toby Beresford)
• The SAP Community Network: How to Use Gamification to Increase Engagement
• What is Gamification (video) (Yu-Kai Chou)

History

• Gamification: A Short History

Case Studies

• 10 Great Gamified Sites and Apps
• Gamification Case Studies and Examples

Design

• 5 Key Design Factors for Long-Term Engagement with Gamification (Victor Manrique)
• Game Mechanics and Gamification (Andrzej Marczewski )
• Gamification Design Steps: An introduction
• Gamification Design Steps: 4 critical questions (II) (Victor Manrique)
• Gamification Design Steps: Mechanics, Aesthetics and Story (Victor Manrique)
• Gamification, Our Top 5 Tips (Steve Murgatroyd)

User Types

• User Types in Gamification – Marczewski’s User Types (video) (Andrzej Marczewski)

User Phases (Discovery, Ramping, Expertise)

• Beginner’s Guide to Gamification (5 of 90): 4 Experience Phases of a Game (Yu-kai Chou)
• Gamification: board please!

Drives and Emotions

• Octalysis: Complete Gamification Framework
• Top Ten Videogame Emotions

Mechanics

Overview

• The 35 Gamification Mechanics Toolkit
• 35 Inspiring Game Examples for Gamification Mechanics (Victor Manrique)
• Feedback and Drivers in Gamification
• Game Mechanics in Gamification

Meaning (Narrative, Chosen One, Humanity Hero, Beginner’s Luck)

• Beginner’s Guide to Gamification (8 of 90): Epic Meaning & Calling (Video)

Accomplishment (Points, Badges, Leaderboards, Fanfares, Boss Fights)

• Beginner’s Guide to Gamification (9 of 90): Development & Accomplishment (Video)
• Achievement, Not Just for Achievers! (Andrzej Marczewski)
• Adding badgers would be more gamification than badges (Andrzej Marczewski)
• Gamification – Extrinsic Rewards vs. Intrinsic Rewards
• Gamification a Little on Leaderboards (Andrzej Marczewski)
• How Rewards Can Backfire and Reduce Motivation
• Gamification: Why Badges can be Bad – Really Bad (Andrzej Marczewski)

Empowerment (Creativity, Control, Boosts, Combos)

• Beginner’s Guide to Gamification (10 of 90): Empowerment of Creativity & Feedback (Video) (Yukai Chou)

Ownership (Virtual Goods, Collections, Recruitment, Avatars)

• The 8 Core Drives of Gamification (#4): Ownership and Possession (Video)

Social Pressure (Bragging, Mentoring, Group Quests, Gifting)

• The 8 Core Drives of Gamification (#5): Social Pressure & Envy (Video)
• On Competition and Gamification Gurus (Marlo Herger)
• Quest-based learning (Chris Haskell)

Scarcity (Appointment Dynamics, Reward Intervals, Countdowns, Moats)

• The 8 Core Drives of Gamification (#6): Scarcity & Impatience (Video)
• How to Boost Desire Using the Psychology of Scarcity (Nir Eyal)
• Rewards and Reward Schedules in Gamification (Andrzej Marczewski)
• The Psychology of Rewards in Games (Max Seidman)

Unpredictability (Random Rewards, Easter Eggs, Mystery, Suspense)

• The 8 Core Drives of Gamification (#7): Unpredictability & Curiosity (Video) (Yukai Chou)

Avoidance (Lost Progress, Sunk Cost, Guilt, Weep Tune)

• The 8 Core Drives of Gamification (#8): Loss & Avoidance (Video) (Yu-Kai Chou)
• Examining Negative Feedback in Game Design (Josh Bycer )
• Psychology of Gaming: Loss Aversion

Cheating

• 7 ways to avoid cheating in Gamification (Victor Manrique
• Cheating and Gaming the System

Misuses

• 5 Ways To Mess Up Gamification (Whitney Cook)
• 7 Ways to Royally Mess Up Your Gamification Campaign
• 12 Ways To Make Your Gamification Project Fail
• It’s Not All Fun and Games; Potential Risks of #Gamification (Kyle Turco)
• Pointless (and Badgeless) Gamification (Steve Bocska)
• When NOT to Use Gamification
• Why does Gamification Fail? A few reasons… (Andrzej Marczewski)
• Why does Gamification Fail? (Andrzej Marczewski)

Gamification of the Classroom

• 5 Easy Steps to #Gamifying #HighereEd. (Dr. Justin Marquis)
• 5 Tips to Successfully Gamify Your Classroom or School (Jessica Slusser)
• 10 Gamification Challenges for Educators (Bernard Bull)
• 10 Ideas for Designing an Engaging Classroom Space (Bernard Bull)
• 25 Things Teachers Should Know About Gamification
• The 60-Second Guide To Engaging Your Learners
• The 100-Second Guide To Gamification In Education
• 100 Great Game Based Learning and Gamification Resources
• Can Gamification Boost Independent Learning? (Audrey Watters)
• Beyond Badges: Why Gamify? (Matthew Farber)
• ChicagoQuest: A Middle School Where Board Games, Card Games, Minecraft and Portal All Make Space for Students to Learn
• Design Your Class Like A Video Game (Terry Heick)
• Game On: Teachers Learn to Bring Gaming and Play into the Classroom (Kelsey Herron)
• Debate through a simulation… Matrix Based Simulations (Michael Matera)
• Game on? The use of gamification in e-learning (Aurion Learning)
• Gamification for Education: How games are changing the way we learn (Victor Manrique)
• Gamification In Elearning: WHAT, WHY And HOW? (Vandana Kaveti)
• Gamifying Education (video) (Extra Credits)
• Get your game on! Why do teachers think #gamification is a good idea?
• How To Gamify Your Classroom In 6 Easy Steps
• How to recreate a battle in your classroom (Michael Matera)
• The Gamification of Education Infographic
• Quick Guide to the Gamification of Education (Justin Marquis)
• The Pros and Cons of Gamification in the Classroom (Jennifer Zaino)
• Quest to Learn: The Model for Gamifying Education (Aiden Mullaney)
• The Gamification Guide for Teachers (eLearning Industry)
• The Teacher’s Guide To Using Badges In Your Classroom (Keith Sorensen)
• What Critics Don’t Understand About Gamified Education (Eugene Sheely)
• What’s the Difference Between Games and Gamification? (Frank Catalano)

In Online Communities

• Using games to boost community engagement

GAME-BASED LEARNING

Websites and Publications

• 15 Books to Enhance Your Knowledge & Skills with Games and Learning (Bernard Bull)
• 50 Awesome Videos for Game Based Learning Teachers
• 100 Great Game Based Learning and Gamification Resources
• Best Apps for Kids Daily News
• Cybrary Man’s Educational Web Sites
• The E-learning Daily
• The edtech Daily
• The Edudemic Daily
• The Instructional Design Daily
• Games: Serious and Social

Product Guides

• 30 Ways to Get Your Game On (Edsurge)
• Game Databases (Games For Change)
• Top Ten Learning Games for Kids (Yukai Chou)

Integrating into Curriculum

• Exactly How To Teach With Video Games In The Classroom (Terry Heick)
• Playing Games in School: Video Games and Simulations for Primary and Secondary Education (Atsusi Hirumi)

Popular Games as Learning Resources

• 10 Ways Teachers Are Using MMORPGs In The Classroom
• 1001 Uses for #Minecraft in Schools (Phillip Cowell)
• How Dad’s teach their kids with Minecraft (Ken Taggart)
• Minecraft in Education Wiki
• Minecraft inspires creativity and problem-solving. But my daughters are obsessed. (Lisa Guernsey)
• Our Minecraft Journey (Karyn Gray)
• Some Ways We Use Minecraft (Tim Monreal)
• Teachers Transform Commercial Video Game for Class Use (Katrina Schwartz)
• Teaching and Learning with Minecraft: Liam O’Donnell (Howard Rheingold)
• Transforming the Way We Learn: Why Minecraft is an Amazing Learning Tool (Ashley MacQuarrie)
• What Can a Minecraft Mod Teach Us About the World? (Shajed Ahmed and Karen Le)
• Why Teachers Should Play Minecraft–In Class (Tony Wan)
• World of Warcraft in School Wiki

Design Considerations

• 10 Game Design Principles for the Next 10 Years (Carla C. E. Fisher)
• Creating Games for Learning: Strategies for Learning in a ‘Different’ Way (Arunima Majumdar)
• Designing Apps for Kids (Karina Ibarra)
• Following the Oregon Trail: Why Gaming Prevails in Education (Dr. Kate Hixson)
• eLearning: It’s Time for a Reboot
• GBL & PBL sitting in a tree (Derek Luebbe )
• Learning Game Design Series, Part 1: Play and Evaluate Games (Sharon Boller)
• Making and Marketing Kids Apps: Definitely Not Child’s Play (Nancy MacIntyre)
• Making Game Based Learning #GBL – Research & Principles (Ian Chia)
• Top 10 +1 Instructional Game Design Best Practices (Karl Kapp)

Assessment

• Games: A Model of Effective Assessment
• Games, Standards, and Assessment: Staying out of the Toxic Mess (James Paul Gee)
• Proof of Learning: Assessment in Serious Games
• Researchers See Video Games as Testing, Learning Tools (Benjamin Herold)

Parental Involvement

• Learning Works for Kids: Getting Parents Engaged in GBL

Benefits and Drawbacks

General

• The 5 hidden powers of games for learning (Anya Kamenetz)
• 5 Reasons That Well-Chosen Video Games Belong In Schools
• Are Kids Who Make Their Own Video Games Better Prepared For The Digital Future? (Jordan Shapiro)
• Beyond Good and Bad: Applying Games Research to Action (Michael Levine)
• Can Digital Games Boost Students’ Test Scores? (Tina Barseghian)
• Can Learning Really Be Fun and Games? (Tina Barseghian)
• Can Gamification Save Our Broken Education System? (Shravan Goli)
• Education Can Learn From Games (Andrew K. Miller)
• Game-Based Learning: What it is, Why it Works, and Where it’s Going (Jessica Trybus)
• Game-Based Learning Is Probably Worth Looking Into
• Game-based learning slide presentation (Karl M. Kapp)
• Games As Educational Tools: Teaching Skills, Transforming Thoughts (Diane Stirling)
• Gaming Changes Teaching and Learning (Peggy Sheehy)
• Getting the Facts on Game Based Learning (infographic) (Jake Huhn)
• Level Up: Video Games Are The New Educational Hack (Stephanie Chan)
• How Video Games Are Changing Education infographic (Mark Anderson)
• Is Gaming the New Essential Literacy? (Aran Levassur)
• Neurology of Gaming Infographic
• Learning from Playing Around
• Once Again, Games Can and Do Teach!
• Researchers See Video Games as Testing, Learning Tools (Benjamin Herold)
• Should Kids Play Games in the Classroom? (Andrew K. Miller)
• Video games becoming required coursework in schools (Emily Chung)
• Video Games in the Brain: Study Shows How Gaming Impacts Brain Function to Inspire Healthy Behavior
• Violent Video Games Don’t Make Us Less Caring (Maia Szalavitz)
• Why Gamification Is Winning Points on Campus (Jennifer Zaino)
• Why Games Will Be More Successful in Education than Radio, TV, or MOOCs (#GBL) (Dr. Justin Marquis)
• Why Gaming CAN actually be good – a parent’s perspective… (Nicky McEnery)
• Why Should You Try Game-Based Learning? (infographic) (Katie Lepi)
• Will Gaming Save Education, or Just Waste Time? (Dian Schaffhauser)

Achievement

• Can Digital Games Boost Students’ Test Scores?
• Video games teach kids valuable skills: study

Art

• How Video Games and Social Media Fuel Students’ Passion for Art (Katrina Schwartz)

Decision Making

• Video Games Lead to Faster Decisions that are No Less Accurate

Engagement

• Gamifying Student Engagement
• How to Keep Kids Engaged With Educational Games
• Kaplan’s Classroom #Gamification System Shows 155% More Student Engagement (Kevin Shane)
• Mindfulness, video games and social mobility in early years
• The School Cliff: Student Engagement Drops With Each School Year

English

• Can An iPad App Help Solve The Literacy Problem? (Jordan Shapiro)
• Can a video game encourage kids to read the classics? (Greg Toppo)

Health

• All or Nothing: Active Games Best for Combating Sedentary Behavior After School Time
• Can Video Games Make Kids Healthier?
• Can gaming boost kids’ physical activity? (Karen Bryan)

Humanities

• How Game-Based Learning Can Save the Humanities (Jordan Shapiro)

Journalism

• Creating Games for Journalism (Sisi Wei)

Mathematics

• Can Playing Video Games Give Girls an Edge In Math? (Annie Murphy Paul)
• Computer games ‘beat paper exercises’ in teaching math games (Tereza Pultarova)
• Recreational and Educational Value of Math Puzzles (Deepak Kulkarni)
• What are the benefits of using games in mathematical education?
• Video Games Are The Perfect Way To Teach Math, Says Stanford Mathematician (Jordan Shapiro)

Social Skills

• Building Social Skills and Literacy Through Gaming (Dr. Justin Marquis)
• Video Games and Social Emotional Learning (Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D.)

Serious Games and Simulations

• List of Serious Games Databases (Games for Change)
• The difference between games, gamification and serious games (Med Kharbach)
• Gamification or Serious Game: What’s the difference? (Designing Digitally)
• How and Why Learning Simulations Work (Paul Ladley)
• The magic of writing game simulation code (Karl Schmidt)
• The Recipe for Serious Games
• What’s the difference between Gamification and Serious Games? (Andrzej Marczewski)

Mobile Learning

• 7 Ways To Use Your iPad In The Classroom (infographic) (Jeff Dunn)
• 5 Critical Mistakes Schools Make With iPads (And How To Correct Them) (Tom Daccord)

Games and Apps

All Subject Areas

• 5 Free Apps For Classrooms With A Single iPad
• 21 Smart Games For Game-Based Learning
• Ask A Tech Teacher – Great Apps

Creativity

• 39 Apps To Promote Student Creativity From edshelf

Engineering

• 29 Games Kids Can Play to Try Engineering

English

• 4 Tools To Help Avoid Summer Learning Loss
• Can a video game encourage kids to read the classics?

Good Behavior

• Good Behavior Games for Preschoolers (Jacqueline Burt Wang and Megan Tucker)

History

• Gaming The Past

Learning Management Systems

• The 20 Best Learning Management Systems

Mathematics

• 5 Great Math Apps for Grade School Kids (James Floyd Kelly)
• 25 Math Apps Parents Can Give to Their Kids From edshelf

Medicine

• Teaching first-aid procedures to high school students

Science

• 5 Innovative Science Apps For Elementary Students
• 5 iPad Games for Simple Physics Lessons
• Kerbal Space Program

 

 

GAME DEVELOPMENT FOR KIDS

 

Websites and Publications

• 7 Sites That Make Programming For Kids Fun (Nick Grantham)
• Computational Fairy Tales: Computer science concepts as told through fairy tales
• Computer Science for Fun
• Fun Programming
• PHP for Kids
• Scalable Game Design Wiki
• Teach a Kid to Program Wiki

 

Benefits

• Are Kids Who Make Their Own Video Games Better Prepared For The Digital Future? (Jordan Shapiro)
• What Students Learn When They Give Up Shoebox Dioramas For Video Games (Idit Harel Caperton)

Digital Citizenship

• The 5 Things All Digital Citizens Should Do (Jeff Dunn)
• The Teacher’s Guide To Digital Citizenship
• ThinkUKnow – Videos, Games, and Lessons About Cyber Safety (Richard Byrnes)

 

Learning to Program

• 6 Tips To Integrate Coding In The Classroom
• 7 Sites That Make Programming For Kids Fun (Nick Grantham)
• Building Levels in #Unity – Part 1 of 3 (Matthias Zarzecki)
• Easy Beginner Game Programming WIth SCRATCH! Windows and Mac (video)
• Scratch teaches kids to program the fun way (Hanna Szekeres)
• Java for kids (Steve Tutes)
• Signs that you’re a good programmer
• Teaching your kids how to write computer programs (Marshall Brain)
• What’s the right age for kids to learn to code?

 

Games That Teach Programming

• Games That Teach Programming: A Brief Overview (Rob Lockhart)
• World of Codecraft: 3-D Game Teaches Kids ‘Big Ideas’ of Programming (Clint Finley)

 

Game Programming

• Building a First-Person Shooter: Part 1.5 Running, Jumping, & Crouching (Christopher Vossen)

 

School Programs

• Best Practices for Game-Design Curriculum (Jason Tomassini)

 

Scout Merit Badges

• Magical Boy Scouts

 

Game Development Camps

• Game Making with Kids: How the Ouya and Free Software Saved Summer Camp (Christopher Totten)

 

Resources (Apps, Programs, Toolkits)

• 8 iPad apps to Teach Coding and Programming (Danny Nicholson)
• 36 Resources To Help You Teach Kids Programming
• Can These iPad Apps Teach Your Kid to Code? (Lauren Goode)
• Game Design Tool Kit
• Game On Lab!: Design your own game, engage people and get results
• How to Teach Computing across the Curriculum: Why not Logo? (Mark Guzdial)
• National STEM Video Game Challenge Tookit
• Three Free iPad Apps That Teach Kids To Program
• Experimental Videogame Teaches Kids How to Program Java

 

 

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