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Table of contents 1 Overview 1.1 Mission 1.2 Vision 1.3 Objectives 1.3.1 Initiatives 1.4 Documentation 1.5 Membership 2 Events 3 GDC 3.1 GDC 2008 3.1.1 Presentations 3.1.2 News Coverage 4 Papers

[edit] Overview

[edit] Mission

To create a community resource that will strengthen the academic membership of the IGDA while enhancing the education of future and current game developers.

[edit] Vision

A vision is "more important as a guide to implementing strategy than it is to formulating it" (John Bryson). We are currently in the process of forming a vision together.

[edit] Objectives

The Game Education Special Interest Group focuses on:

• developing a community of game educators
• promoting game education
• providing resources to game educators

[edit] Initiatives

Specific projects and plans we have for achieving our objectives. The most active items are currently:

• Curriculum
• Internship/COOP
• Knowledge Base
• Events
• Student Outreach
• International Outreach

We also collaborate on the following for supporting the SIG:

• Communications
• Technology
• Recommended_Books
• Curriculum_Knowledge_Base - add your syllabi here.
• Curriculum_Framework - same as the Curriculum link above, but different wiki page.

[edit] Documentation

• /Governance

[edit] Membership

Our membership includes:

• educators
• industry
• students

Membership is divided into a Chairperson, Team Leadership, an Advisory Board, and Volunteers.

• Membership List

Discussions are held on the game_edu mailing list.

[edit] Events

• IGDA Education SIG Curriculum Workshop
  • March 5

[edit] GDC

[edit] GDC 2008

[edit] Presentations

• "IGDA Education SIG Overview" - Susan Gold
• "Industry Veterans as Educators" - Ian Schreiber
• "Ten Commandments for Game Development Education" (Keynote) - Ernest W. Adams
• "Not Interdisciplinarity, But Love" (Keynote) - Ian Bogost
• "Computer Games Skills Forum" - Toby Barnes
• "Cross Institution Projects” - Panel run by Stephen Jacobs
• "Reaching Out to Industry” - Ann DeMarle
  • Results document (MS Word)
• "Student Development Teams" (PDF) (PowerPoint) - Philip Tan
• "Gaming as a Course of Study" - Jim Whitehead

[edit] News Coverage

Here is some of the news coverage of the GDC 2008 Education Summit, as compiled by Susan Gold:

• "Keynote: Ernest Adams' 10 Commandments Of Game Education"
• "Keynote: Where 'Love' Belongs"
• "Stories From the Intern-to-Hire Frontline"
• "Internships From Many Angles"
• "Educators On The Future Of Game Programs"

[edit] Papers

/K-12 Papers