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My gosh the Pecha Kucha / unconference / DIY session at Game Based Learning 2009 is looking fantastic!

Current list, always subject to change, looks like:


David Pinto
An open source game that gets maths pupils really enthused

Douwe Beckmann
Gameconcepts for a new device, called the Tagtile. The Tagtile isn’t a
monitor, it is a gridbased (16x16) tangible console. Each tile of the
grid is filled with a LED that can change into different colors. And
each tile is tangible with sensor-equipped pieces

Phil Mundy
InLiving platform - now working with Social Housing Organisations all
over the country and more recently the Police force

Richard Vahrman
Towards the end of 2008, LocoMatrix were awarded a TSB grant to
develop a location-based mobile phone system for schools. The project
involves Brighton University, Future Platforms (mobile phone
development) and LocoMatrix.

Julian Kucklich
The Press Association's Newsgaming project, the aim of which is to
bring together journalism and games technology. You can find a brief
outline of the project at http://playability.de/newsgaming.pdf

Paul Pivec
TBC

Pauline Randall
Second Life and virtual worlds development

Dr. Glenn Albright
The future of simulations for leadership development

Britta Pollmuller
'Machinima and Schome Park' - how young people learn about animation
and machinima

Phil Marston
SMS as an interface to a simulated world where participants have to
manage a flood disaster

Sharon Klinkenberg
A web/game based math student monitoring system: the math garden
(www.rekentuin.nl).

Paul Sweeney
My 18 months in Languagelab.com which has pioneered voice enabled
virtual worlds to recreate and arguably surpass the standard of best
practice classroom based language teaching

Kam Memarzia
We've just finished http://www.ClimateHealthChallenge.com which is being
recieved well at schools and have 2 other project which are being
completed next week on Games to learn about Money Laundering and Data
Security!

More info here.

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Get involved!!!

 

I am happy to talk about one key idea led me as a teacher for 10 years - "The person who really gets to "learn" the most from a game (CD/Website/blog etc.) is the person who makes it" - and that goes for teachers as much as pupils.

I can talk about a Year 4 class and their "teachers guide to Sim City", Year 5's that took on all comers through robots they programmed, and how they made their own online games in FLASH and Gamemaker..... a LONG LONG TIME AGO! 

Why is it that some ideas move so slow in education?

I can also share my passion for an idea I have to perhaps make the move from marginal to mainstream quicker and I can also talk about the amazing experience of "home educating" - and the completely new perspective it has given me as an educator and as a citizen.