So I’ve been doing research for a chapter on social and informal learning that I’m adding the second edition, and I’ve been taking a look at some of the resources on social gaming because they know a *lot* about community development. This is collection of some of the best resources I’ve found. Core Concepts for Social Experience Design This is such great stuff.  I know it’s labelled as Gamification, but the fabulous Amy Jo Kim deals primarily with social experience design, and the part about looking at the action verbs for different player types is pure gold. Social Difficulty Curve The always excellent Extra Credit folks did a series on the social difficulty curve — basically, how do you ease players into online social game interaction.  This dovetails well with Amy Jo Kim’s player’s journey as well: These are part of Extra Credits playlist on game design, which if you are interested in game design at all, is just a treasure trove of goodness for learning about game design. Community Development It’s not a game design resource, but Tom Kuhlmann and his team run one of the best learning communities on the web.  Regardless of whether or not you are an Articulate or Storyline user, http://www.elearningheroes.com  is great resource of helping for people who build elearning. In this series of videos, you can see him explaining some of the motivation and strategies behind how they develop and grow that community.            

This presentation for Designing for Behavior Change by Stephen Wendel is pretty fantastic: UXWeek 2015 - Designing for Behavior Change from Stephen Wendel

Jeff sits down with Jason Carroll and Martin McKay of TextHelp to discuss how their Google Extension, Read&Write is helping students in all grades and subject areas. Visit: http://www.teachercast.net/texthelp for a limited time offer after viewing our program. About Texthelp Texthelp software solutions provide reading, writing, research, and studying tools -Read&Write Gold’s customizable toolbar integrates with familiar desktop applications,Read&Write for Google makes Google Docs, web, PDFs, and ePubs accessible in Google Drive on PCs, Macs, and chromebooks, and iReadWrite helps struggling readers and writers on the iPad. Links of Interest Website: http://www.TextHelp.com Twitter: @TextHelpUS About our Guests Jason Carroll is the Product Marketing Manager for North America at Texthelp, an industry leader in literacy support software. He has trained thousands on the effective use of Assistive and Instructional Technology throughout the United States and beyond since his start with Educational Cooperatives over a decade ago. His focus is on bridging the gap between operation of technology and actual implementation and is a popular speaker nationally and internationally on these topics each year. Jason is a graduate of the Assistive Technology Applications Certificate Program (ATACP) from California State University at Northridge, holds an MBA, is a Google Educator, and Authorized Google Education Trainer.  He is a published author, has taught at the University level, and served as an independent consultant prior to his position atTexthelp.  @jkcarroll +Jason Carroll Founder of Texthelp Systems, Martin McKay has led a team of developers to create assistive technologies for use in education, workplace, and at home. Early products focused on solutions for people with severe mobility and communication difficulties. The product focus has since evolved to literacy and language learning software. Since 1994, Martin has led the development of core computing linguistic Intellectual Property in the following fields: Phonetic Spell Checking, Word Prediction, Homophone Detection, Word Syllabification, and Pronunciation Tutoring. Additionally, Martin has filed patents in the areas of Text-to-Speech implementation in Public Access Terminals, Text-to-Speech UI Design, Talking eBook Design, and Talking eBook Creation tools.  @martinmckay +Martin McKay The post Looking for a great way to making reading and writing fun? Check out Read&Write for Google Apps from @TexthelpUS appeared first on TeacherCast.net: Educational Blogs, Podcasts, App Reviews and more. … Read more

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