Category: misc. (Employees only)

1. about games and education (blog from news website): 
2. dragon box website (blog has amazing articles):
3. blog about educational games (and other educational things on the website) – edutopia
4. brainpop – also has game-based learning games and articles, link page is about game making tools <– apparently used in 20% of US schools! content linked to common core.

Tools for Electronic Education

1. a list of collaborative drawing on ipad apps
2. 25 Tutoring tools for 21st century

 

Macro Industry

Macro Market

1. size: 1.5 Billion on kids educational games (as opposed to teach how to do job games) and expecting to grow (not sure why market, but they said market not industry)
2. entrepreneurs raised 115 million in venture capital

Niche

1. hole in the market for older kids (after 4th grade)
2. 23/31 game-based learning companies that got money last year were mobile

General Games:

1. Base 20 counting game based on real Mayan counting system (free) (app)
2. game about folding proteins (also used by real people to solve problems but has kids component)
3. beta-in the upcoming Dragonbox geometry game! (need Android device, is Beta, so mayhap should just wait)
4. a game about combining molecules, as they would be combined in outer space <– i don’t really understand how this works, but it looks like an interestin gidea
5. a game about learning language and culture-appropriate ways of speaking: http://www.alelo.com/alelo_inc_education.html <– they originally made their toy for military (people going to Iraq/Iran/Afghanistan), but are now looking for partners for K-12 education!
6. a list of “educational sites” including games and many other things – http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/03/the-ultimate-list-of-educational.html
7. duolingo <– really varied language lessons

Social-Emotional development:

1. http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/04/inventive-games-that-teach-kids-about-empathy-and-social-skills/

2.  http://www.quandarygame.org

 

Games for the elderly (that a friend’s grandmother uses):

1. Lumosity – games designed for “brain training”
2. Big Fish Games – many similar games along the lines of finding items as part of a mystery plot (according to same friend)