The “ITEST” community (NSF funded projects for IT experiences for students and teachers) includes several projects that focus on the use of games and sims in STEM education. I have heard interest from 3 projects thus far that could create a panel on that topic for SITE 2008.
I’d like to identify 1 or 2 more projects at a minimum from either the ITEST or the broader community and invite them to join in that panel. Please help pass along names that I can contact about this…and provide me with any other feedback or inquiry you may have about this proposed panel.
If there is a strong response, we might consider dividing into elementary, middle and high school approaches…or into “using” versus “building” games and sims approaches…or contrasting approaches, etc.
I’d love to hear other thoughts about this idea for a panel and most important, to get other names to invite.
Many thanks!