Stumbled across this through the McArthur foundation site:

Games for Change (G4C) provides support, visibility and shared resources to organizations and individuals using digital games for social change. This is the primary community of practice for those interested in making digital games about the most pressing issues of our day, from poverty to race and the environment. We are the social change/social issues branch of the Serious Games Initiative.

Here are some links that colleagues have passed on to me about maths games on the web. I haven't checked them all out, but some look interesting.

http://www.what2learn.com/
http://www.mathsnet.net/
http://www.mathsisfun.com/
http://www.mathsonline.co.uk/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/index.shtml
http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/web/2000/heal/siteslist.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/games/
http://www.mathsyear2000.org/games/
http://www.school-resources.co.uk/SchoolLinks2

This is the web address:
http://jr.naver.com/
http://kr.kids.yahoo.com/

My friend is a math teacher and recommended this site but haven't looked
at it yet.
http://ipl.si.umich.edu/div/kidspace/

ABC is the Australian site for kids like the UK's cbeebies
http://abc.net.au/children/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/

Mark


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Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen mentioned this link in an email to me:

might want to hook up with / consider Learning Lab Denmark (http://edit.lld.dk/consortia/learninggames/en) that is more into the math and games

Anyone want to follow that up?

 

 

List of game conferences: http://www.gameconferences.com/megalist.html
Skillset's game resources: http://www.skillset.org/games/

2.1 Computer games in education
3 July 2006, Sheffield Hallam University
Presenters: David Squire, DESQ; Gavin Peake, West Nottinghamshire
College; and Rob Woon, Nottingham City LEA and DVMS.
Booking deadline: 19 June 2006
Three presenters will demonstrate how computer games are being developed
and used in education (covering topics such as key skills assessment) and
also as tools for widening participation. The workshop will feature case
studies and feedback from students.
http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshops.php

GAMES:EDU 06, International conference for games education,
14 July, Hilton Metropole, Brighton (part of the Games Develop Conference
week) http://www.gamesedu.co.uk

Thought I'd pass this press release on since it might be of interest:

SeriousGamesSource.com

 

The creators of the Serious Games Summit announce the launch of a new
web site dedicated to encouraging growth of the Serious Games movement
-- SeriousGamesSource.com.

SeriousGamesSource.com includes the latest news and in-depth features
covering this emerging segment, as well as a unique membership
community.

 

Now that we have RSS feeds, you can easily keep track of site changes:

1. Create a Rojo account
2. Add the feeds you want to follow (look for the icon)
3. Tag them, e.g. 'lp-jeirp'.
4. Follow the tag link, e.g. http://rojo.com/stories/recent/subject/lp-jeirp
5. Pick up the rss url form the icon
   
6. Enter it into your http://google.com/ig (under add content / advanced options).
7. Make http://google.com/ig your home page.
   

Sorted!

Journal of Educational Technology & Society
2006, Vol. 9, Issue 1

Special Issue on "Current Research in Learning Design"
Guest Editor(s): Rob Koper
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