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The Slow Gamification of K-12 Classrooms

“A report by the market research group Ambient Insight found that edtech in the forms of learning games is not making its way into classrooms. Instead of educators making learning game purchases, marketers target parents because they are the ones who buy them. The North American edtech market is expected to grow over 15 percent in the next half-decade but company leaders have candidly said that they will focus marketing efforts on parents, not schools. To paraphrase, targeting schools is simply a waste of time…”

via The Slow Gamification of K-12 Classrooms | Matthew Lynch, Ed.D..

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Bernie DeKoven to Speak at NYU Game Center Today

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Reposted from gamecenter.nyu.edu

Bernie DeKoven is a game designer, a theorist of play, and a professional purveyor of fun.

He was a seminal figure in the New Games Movement of the 1970s, a group that created large-scale public play events. His book The Well-Played Game, republished this year by MIT Press, is a landmark work that argues for a radical re-conception of how people engage meaningfully through play. Many of the most important trends in games today, from indie games and art games to game jams and big games, have roots in Bernie’s influential ideas.

Join us on Thursday evening as Bernie talks about his life making play happen, in dialog with NYU Game Center Director Frank Lantz. Two days later, Bernie will lead a New Games Workshop – an unforgettable outdoor afternoon of play.

Lecture Series: Bernie DeKoven
Pfizer Auditorium
5 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201
October 10, 7:00pm

New Games Workshop
Meet at 2 Metrotech Center and we will go to a nearby park.
October 12, 12:30pm

Both events are free and open to the public.

RSVP here

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‘Video Games and Learning’ pilot MOOC launches Oct. 3, 2013

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“Squire, a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, along with Constance Steinkuehler, an associate professor of digital media in the department, will teach a MOOC — Video Games and Learning — beginning today Oct. 3. It’s the UW’s first-ever pilot MOOC….”

via ‘Video Games and Learning’ pilot MOOC launches Oct. 3, 2013.