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Games in Education Conference: Warcraft in the Classroom, Hungarian Revolution and Elmo!

Posted on August 6, 2009 by

Thanks so much to the organizers of the Games in Education Conference for inviting me to their symposium this week.  It was a really fun and thought-provoking experience for me. My presentation on Global Kids' Playing 4 Keeps program went quite well, I think, with many educators at the conference complimenting me and asking for…

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Becoming More Human through Robots: Youth programs and robotics

Posted on August 6, 2009 by

This morning I attended a cool session at the Games in Education Conference on "ROBOTS: They're Not Just for Taking over the World, but for Education, too!" put on by Nick Webb, Senior Scientist at the Institute for Informatics, Logic and Security Studies at the University at Albany and Ilene Frank, of the Schenectady Museum…

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Learning with the Lich King: Using World of Warcraft for Education!

Posted on August 6, 2009 by

Learning Lich King View more presentations from Lucas Gillispie. The first day of the Games in Education was really sweet.  One of the coolest sessions was called "Learning with the Lich King: Using World of Warcraft in School" by Lucas Gillispie, an instructional tech coordinator in North Carolina. I love the idea of finding an…

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Freestyle to “Booty Swing” by Parov Stelar

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