Thank you to everyone who sent in a proposal for Ethics and Game Design: Volume Two. The proposals were originally due today. Since many of you are still recuperating from airplane delays, the swine flu, and holiday shopping, I decided to postpone the deadline one week to Monday, December 7th, 2009. Thanks! Karen ___ I am excited to announce that "Ethics and Game Design: Teaching Values through Play” will be coming out in February 2010. The book features the following authors: Henry … [Read more...]
Conference Themes Set for 2010
For those busy preparing articles and submissions for SITE 2010, the program committee announces these themes, which we hope will help connect your research and reflections to a broader emerging agenda of the conference: 21st Century Skills - What do students, teachers and teacher educators need to know about the skills needed for success in the 21st Century, and the technologies that underpin them? Performance and Assessment of 21st Century … [Read more...]
Call for Chapter Proposals
CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Proposal Submission Deadline: May 31, 2009 Serious Educational Game Assessment Sense Publishers A book edited by Dr. Len Annetta (North Carolina State University) & Stephen Bronack (Clemson University) Background In an increasingly scientific and technological world the need for a knowledgeable citizenry, individuals who understand the fundamentals of technological ideas and think critically about these issues, has never been greater. There is growing … [Read more...]
Panel proposal on Games and Sims in Teacher Education
I have contacted several projects, including some international colleagues, who are working on games or simulations intended to improve teaching and the preparation of teachers. I have 4 to 6 groups in mind at this point in time (Korea National University of Education, simSchool, Cook School District from Western Oregon University, and the aha!Process SimClassroom application). The idea would be to explore how these applications represent teaching and learning with computational models, and to … [Read more...]
Ideas for a 2008 Panel on Games and Sims in STEM Education
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 … [Read more...]