Gaming in Virtual Environments

The Mayo Clinic explores the virtual world of Second Life. Conducting courses, simulating doctor/patient visits, and testing innovative designs for emergency rooms and medical clinics;

IGDA (The International Game Developers Association)

GameStar Mechanic: go on epic quests and apprentice with master game developers to make and publish your own games.

Sleep is Death is a fabulous interactive storytelling (writing) and game development game for two players - teachers check THIS OUT!

Using computer games and simulations for instruction: a Research Review

mygameIQ: a publication and distribution vehicle for educational (and other) games. Has a special student-created channel!

Stephen Bronack's website

Edge Virtual Worlds

The EcoMUVE project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education is a recently funded project of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES). The goal of EcoMUVE is to develop a Multi-User Virtual Environment (MUVE)-based ecosystems science curriculum for middle school, and to conduct feasibility studies on the practicality, integration, and acceptance of the MUVE-based curriculum for student engagement and learning in classroom settings. MUVEs enable multiple participants to access virtual worlds simultaneously, interacting with other students and with computer-based agents to facilitate collaborative learning activities of various types.

SLGuide.com is a back-end repository to store media URLs for use in SL. Compatible w/the free SLGuide Player and the FreeView player

tweak your Mac to run SL 2.0 Beta faster

destinations in Second life

Modular Systems: download Emerald viewer here

carnegie mellon professor Jesse Schell on game development, Facebook, the future, and design