Games and Learning in Practice: An Educator Panel on Implementing Curricula

Candace Barriteau Phaire · Dona Cady · Maggie Hommel · Kevin Jarrett · Tripp Robbins · Bill Chamberlain

In this session, you will have the opportunity to hear from six educators who run five different programs in which games and digital media are being used actively in school or library settings. These educators have been working with kids in virtual worlds small and large to explore everything from mathematical reasoning and scientific theories to moral and ethical decision-making, and a whole range of other topics. Each speaker will provide a short synopsis of the work they have been doing to leverage games for learning within their own teaching context. This will be followed by an extended question and answer session providing an opportunity to dig deeper on both the challenges and opportunities of using games for learning in conventional settings, as panelists respond to questions from the audience and each other.