• Mark Overmars, creator of the GameMaker software, hosts a forum at http://forums.gamemaker.nl This is particularly helpful for solving Game Maker problems and is valuable for beginner as well as experienced Game Maker users.
   
• There is an Edna Game Making group at http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/course/view.php?id=81
   
• There is a GameMaker forum for teachers teaching game programming at http://forum.discover.tased.edu.au:8080/read/?forum=gamemaker
  To subscribe to the forum go to http://lyris.education.tas.gov.au:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=gamemaker
   
• BECTA has a Games in Education group at http://lists.becta.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gamesandeducation
   

• The ICT Innovation Centre, Queensland, hosts a group on games in learning. There are events, a media gallery, mailing list and links.

  • To view their program of activities go to http://www.learningplace.com.au/deliver/content.asp?pid=24029
  • To join this group go to http://www.learningplace.com.au/deliver/content.asp?pid=22470
     
• Swinburne University hosts discussion boards exploring the wider issues of teaching and learning with digital games at http://www.swinburne.edu.au/hed/digitalgames/instructions.html
   

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