Announcing New Web Site and Initiatives

Welcome to our new website, which with your help will become the leading portal to game education. With the formation of the Education SIG still very new, it is my pleasure to announce the Leadership and our Initiatives.

Curriculum Framework: Tracy Fullerton, tfullerton at cinema.usc.edu
Knowledge Base: Aaron Thibault, thibault at mail.smu.edu
Internships/COOP’s: Stephen Jacobs, education_interncoop at igda.org
GDC Content: Drew Davidson, drdrew at cmu.edu
Student Outreach: Dan Hodgson, dan.hodgson at unn.ac.uk
International Outreach: Toby Barnes, education_global at igda.org

Additionally, we have Beth Aileen Dillon serving as Communication Director. The SIG is in looking for a web development guru, if you are interested, please contact us at education_sig@igda.org

Each of the program initiatives will need your assistance to successfully accomplish their goals. It is my hope to create a bridge of understanding that transcends both distance and differences within education. There is a need for convergence in our perceptions within a rapidly transforming global environment, bringing us much closer together than at any other time in history. We have a tremendous diversity of educational approaches, cultures and ideas and the one thing that brings us all together is the universal language of games. I hope that with your assistance we will create new bridges and form new relationships. With your help we will determine the future of game development education.

To volunteer for any of our initiatives please go to our sign-up page.

Sincerely,

Susan
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Prof. Susan Gold
IGDA Education SIG Chairperson
education_sig@igda.org

p.s. Please attend our BOF session at Sandbox on Saturday, July 29, 2006 to meet many of us in the leadership or stop by the BOF at SIGGRAPH 2006 at 6:00 PM August 1st.