New Friends of GAC gadget!

It looks like our little network is growing, and to accommodate the networking nature of our project, we've added the Friends of GAC gadget! At the behest of our overlord, Cynthia, we'll be adding examples of people using games of various types in their projects.

Our first highlighted project is a little time-sensitive. For those of you out there in San Fransisco for the 4Cs conference, check out the Play-Write gaming group. They're engaged in a kind of scavenger hunt/alternate reality game to get people circulating and taking ownership in their con experience. I've been to a couple of conventions and conferences where something like this was going on, and it was a brilliant idea. Lots of fun, people get involved, and the way this one is set up, it looks like a great time. They're using several social networking tools, such as Twitter, Flickr, and Ning to help get people involved. It really looks interesting.

Gaming Across the Curriculum

Who are we? What are we doing here? We are Clemson University's team assigned to begin a cross-curriculum program to further the use of games, simulations, and virtual worlds to teach students. Our goal is to connect teachers across our campus and across the world to share their ideas, get people interested in games as teaching tools, and to get the word out. We're always looking for new ideas of integrating play and teaching, and we're always interested in talking to people who are getting students involved in their learning process with games and toys.

Updates to the Blog

In order to get this blog running, we've made a couple of changes with an eye toward professionalism, getting people involved, and, of course, play. Consider this GAC blog version 1.1.

• We've added a subscription option, so interested parties can stay up to date with the latest blog posts.
• We added team member profiles, so you know a bit about us.
  
• We changed the color scheme to look more professional.
• We have a nifty welcome message for newcomers!
• What kind of site would we be without a game to play? We added PacMan!

Let us know what you think!