Addressing Skepticism Around Using Video Games for Learning

Thursday, September 18 from 11am-12pm PT (2-3pm ET), this realtime chat took place to discuss if video games really could help students prepare better for the real world, encourage active learning, and improve student engagement in the classroom? .

This webinar was part of a month-long series titled *”Embracing Video Games for Interest-Powered Learning.”* Check out all the details at http://bit.ly/embracegbl

From this Series:

• Part 1—Video Games as the New 21st-Century Literacy
• Part 3—Honoring the Player: Respectful and Inspirational Game Design
• Part 4—Growing Recognition of the Power of Game-Based Learning

View the Conversation
During the broadcast, the conversation also took place on Twitter using the hashtag #connectedlearning.

Guests for this webinar included:

• Liz Kline – Product Manager at GlassLab Games
• Michael John (“MJ”) – Game Director at GlassLab Games
• Tim Young – Works on Pursuitery.com’s Camp Minecraft program, and has previously run a Minecraft summer camp at LA Makerspace
• Randall Fujimoto – Executive Director / Game-Based Learning Designer at GameTrain Learning

Resources for this webinar:

• Q&A with Kurt Squire: Exploring the Educational Potential of Video Game-Based Learning
• Report: The Civic Potential of Video Games
• Video chat with Alex Cho on kids leveraging digital media and video games for real-world achievements
• Kurt Squire: “Video Games and Learning: Teaching and Participatory Culture in the Digital Age”
• Pursuitery.com’s “Camp Minecraft 2.0”
• Dominic Maggiolo: “I Use Video Games To Teach”
• Connected Learning Case Study: Day[9]TV: Elevating Game-Based Learning and Skill-Building
• New York Time: “Steve Jobs Was a Low-Tech Parent”

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#ConnectedLearning Discussion on Twitter