ISTE Games & Sims Network 2014 Conference Round-Up

Games & Simulation Conference Preview

Games and Simulation Network

Hangout People

Kae NovakChris LuchsTanya MartinJoseph DoanVasili Giannoutsos

Trish CloudKristina ThoennesMarie BjerdeAndrew Peterson

Games & Sims Report from the Front

Trends & Take-Aways

Minecraft

1. Games, Game- Based Learning

and Gamification

(More than ever before!)

2. Augmented Reality

How to bring into classroom and into games

3. Wearable & Mobile Tech

Online & GamesExpectation than anything online or tech is value added not a mere necessity

4. Tech ExpectationsTechpectations

5. Games as conveyors of digital literacy and digital citizenship

6. Students can be game designers!

7. Teachers can be game designers!

8. Coding & Games

9. Gamification

10. LAN Party, Social…..Play or Lurk

Clash of Clans

EduMachinima Fest

The Playground

Blue – the Playground Coordinator

Occulus Rift – Virtual Reality

Coding & Minecraft

World of Warcraft Cafe

Tuesday

This is not a game! Learning with Alternate Reality Games

Summer 2014

July 30 & 31

Summer 2014

Metagame Book Club +● 2 Tracks

o Game Studieso For The Win by Cory Doctorow

Fall 2014 Minecraft UnSymposium● November 14 & 15

o Google Hangouto On Minecraft Servers

Social Media

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