Dan White - Filament Games

The video discusses the founding of Filament Games by three partners who believed in the educational potential of games. They developed a prototype for an ocean science game, which led to securing funding from the Kauffman Foundation. This funding helped them create educational games in collaboration with the JASON Project. Filament Games grew by partnering with organizations like iCivics and universities. The video emphasizes the importance of designing systems-based educational games that foster higher-order thinking skills. Filament Games focuses on creating game-based curricula that integrate games into broader educational ecosystems.

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