G.A.M.E.

Ask Mr. Robot by Center4EduPunx, on Flickr

Wednesday May 15 at 6 pm PT/9 pm ET
The Metagame #gamemooc tweetchat
Inevitable Instructors will be doing a tweetchat with the teachers from 3D GameLab Teacher Camp – Ready to Raid Questline. You may want to look at this post on Big “G”Games to get an idea of the perspective we will take. http://www.jamespaulgee.com/node/63 If this is your first tweetchat go to www.tweechat.com and use #gamemooc

Saturday May 18 at 1pm ET/10 am PT
Raid Preparation in World of Warcraft – part of 3D GameLab Ready to Raid Questline
The guild officers of Inevitable Betrayal provide a live tutorial for new and leveling players in World of Warcraft. Inevitable Betrayal uses a Google Hangout livestream that is hosted on the Games MOOC YouTube feed. Feel free to browse the feed and look for the Inevitable Betrayal webinars.

Monday May 20 at 5 pm SLT/PT
VSTE Meeting
STEM Learning in Second Life
Join Remy Pangle (Aurora Inglewood - SL) currently the Associate Director/Curriculum Coordinator Virginia Center for Wind Energy, James Madison University “Wind Energy Education: Virtual and Physical World Programs & Activities” and Hope Botterbusch (Esparanza Freese - SL) formerly of the University of South Florida, College of Marine Science NOAA, U.S. Department of State & Kansas State University for a review of STEM/Science activities and learn about their program and resources in a session “Educational Projects in Second Life: Lessons Learned”.

We will meet on VSTE Island on Monday, May 20th at 5 PM SLT to learn more about the STEM activities and program they have designed using Second Life as a learning and teaching tool and visit their simulations. http://slurl.com/secondlife/VSTE%20Island/125/137/24

If anyone is interested tomorrow at Noon server time - Inevitable Instructors will be holding a Ready to Raid Hangout - the topic is "Know Your Class" for 3D GameLab. It's giving an broad overview (not in-depth ) discussion of the roles needed for a raid.

This synchronous session livestreamed over the Games MOOC YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/gamesmooc. Below is last week's What is a Raid?Ready to Raid? An Inevitable Betrayal Overview.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kTHLAhflp0&feature=plcp

Wednesday - 7 pm MST (Denver)
Tweetchat


Bootstrapping by Center4EduPunx, on Flickr

Log into http://tweetchat.com/ with your twitter account and follow #gamemooc

Bootstrapping, Edupunk & DIY with AR, Apps & Web 2.0 Tools

Thursday 7- 8 pm MST (Denver)
Narrative and Gameplay in Game Design with Sherry Jones


Sherry Jones - Youtube - It Takes A Guild Episode 4 by Mind Erasure, on Flickr

"Narratology and ludology are two theories that have divided scholars in game studies; the debate arises from determining which theory is most effective for game design. Sherry will address the "narratology vs. ludology" debate, as well as the current game design trend to marry narrative with gameplay. She will also cover the key elements of narration that can facilitate game progression."

Google Air session on Games MOOC YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/gamesmooc

Seeing the (Virtual) World Through Others' Eyes: A Game-Based Approach to Developing More Positive Relationships
Thursday, April 11, 2013- 4pm / Eastern Time

In This Session
Intuitively, our capacity to understand, compromise, and foster positive relationships with others should be greatly enhanced by our ability to “walk a mile in someone else’s shoes.” In our community’s next webinar, researchers from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education will share the results of a series of studies they conducted on using a game-based virtual environment and negotiation exercise. Harvard Doctoral Candidates Geoff Marietta and Elisabeth Hahn will present their findings, which show that walking around in someone else's (virtual) shoes does indeed encourage compromise and facilitate more positive relationships. In addition, they will explore how these studies shed light on the vast potential for game-based virtual environments to improve the many different types of relationships found in education – student-student, teacher-student, family-school, or central office-school. Join Geoff and Elisabeth on April 11th to learn about game-based approaches for helping your students develop more positive relationships.

To Participate in the Live Session
- Login at www.instantpresenter.com/edweb3 at the scheduled time.
- There is no pre-registration for this event.
- This webinar will be recorded and archived in this community for viewing at anytime.

About the Presenters
Geoff Marietta is a doctoral student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His research interests focus on how social interactions and organizational structures influence collaboration and learning. Earlier in his career, Geoff taught high school special education and was an assistant principal on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. He earned a BS from the University of Montana, and an MAT in Special Education from Western New Mexico University.

Elisabeth Hahn is a doctoral student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her research interests involve crisis leadership on college campuses and improving emergency response through enhanced team functioning. After graduating from Duke, she worked at the university as an undergraduate admissions officer and then went on to earn an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

This program is co-hosted by edWeb.net and the Education Division of Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA).
This program is sponsored by BrainPOP and Wowzers.

edWeb professional learning community

Wednesday - 7 pm MST (Denver)
Tweetchat
Log into http://tweetchat.com/ with your twitter account and follow #gamemooc
For thistweetchat Trish Cloud will be our special tweetchat facilitator.
We'll be talking about mobile games and does your educational mobile game do the following?

Ted Talk Tom Chatfield: 7 ways games reward the brain

Author summary of video

1) Use an experience system
2) Multiple long and short term aims
3) Reward for effort
4) Rapid frequent clear feedback
5) Element of uncertainty
6) Window of enhanced attention
7) Other people

Games Based Learning Tweetchat! Use the #gamemooc hashtag and go to www.tweetchat.com for 60 minutes of gamey goodness. Hosted by the Games MOOC.

THATCamp Games is back!


THATCamp Games Flier by Center4EduPunx, on Flickr

Event information can be found at 2013.thatcampgames.org and @thatcampgames (#thatcamp #games), for those following on twitter.

In keeping with the spirit of the original, THATCamp Games 2013 is an unconference, founded as a way to bring together Digital Humanities theorists and practitioners, educational and serious game designers, games enthusiasts and advocates, and humanities instructors and scholars interested in games and pedagogy. THATCamp Games serves as a space to bring together those on all sides of humanities games to engage in challenging and meaningful conversation in hopes of learning from one another.

April 19 to 21, 2013
Friday: Kelvin Smith Library
Sat/Sun: Clark Hall
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
Contact us @ tcg2013 [at] gmail [dot] com

The Virtual Education Journal is Out Now!


Posing in the Portal by Center4EduPunx, on Flickr

If you haven't taken a look at it already please do. We'll make the topic of this week's tweetchat on Wed at 9 pm ET/7 pm MT. Game On - Where you get your information about games based learning and virtual worlds? What is needed? How should we be getting it out?

http://issuu.com/edovation/docs/vej_2013reduced_for_issue/1

Games MOOCers were well represented in this issue. What message do we want to get out next?

Wednesday, February 20 at 7 pm MT - #gamemooc tweetchat 6 pm SLT
The Games MOOC tweetchat Topic – Discussion this week of Machinima, Livestream of Gameplay and Video Tutorials
If this is your first tweetchat go to www.tweechat.com and use #gamemooc


Facing the Temple Guardian by Center4EduPunx, on Flickr

Thursday February 21 at 7 pm MT will be the seventh installment of the G.A.M.E. "It Takes A Guild - A Guild of Educators" webinar series. We will be interviewing Tanya Martin, Chris Luchs, Kae Novak and Vasili Giannoutous on livestreaming game play, Machinima and the 2013 Machinima Fest at the ISTE Annual Conference in San Antonio. http://g.a.m.e.shivtr.com/pages/episode7
As educators who game, they continually use Machinima and livestream of gameplay as tutorials to help transform tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge. They also use Machinima to demonstrate the learning they see happening in games and virtual worlds. Oh, and did we mention?...... they also like to create. You can access the webinar at the Games MOOC YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/gamesmooc

Saturday, February 23 at 11 am MT
WoW and your Financial Portfolio
Inevitable Instructor Webinar
Fun look at in-game finances and the economy in World of Warcraft

You can access the webinar at the Games MOOC YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/gamesmooc

Sunday, February 24 at 630 pm MT
Virtual Pioneer Augusta von Nassau (Gardengirl), will share her experience role playing at the 1920s Berlin Project. Augusta is a high school history teacher who has found that role playing has been a source of enrichment and professional development that has benefited both herself and her students. Please come to the VP building and enjoy this presentation.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduIsland%209/106/76/22


Monday, February 25 at 6 PM MT
VSTE Tour - Dae Miami takes us on a tour of Unity 3D, an Open Source computer modeling and game engine. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VSTE%20Island/131/128/24

Meet us at VSTE Island, near the big tree where the World Headquarters http://slurl.com/secondlife/VSTE%20Island/125/137/24

Be sure to join the VSTE Group in Second Life. Find the big red apple in the Community Center and add your contact information if you want us to know who you are and find interesting ways to collaborate on "real life" projects with you. Use the notice board in the Community Center to tell us how we are doing or offer help or suggestions.