Charles Kinzer

Biography

Charles K. Kinzer (Professor and coordinator of the program in Communication, Computing and Technology of Education at Columbia University’s Teachers College) teaches courses and works extensively with technology to reconceptualize educational opportunities for teaching and learning. He received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests include “new literacies” and opportunities within virtual worlds and games for research and practice.

Sessions

• Educated by Design: Lit to Quit — A Mobile Game for Smoking Reduction
  Wednesday, June, 9

  5:00–7:00

  Great Hall
• Toward a Universal Game Design Assessment Tool: Establishing a Game Design Patterns Rubric
  Thursday, June 10

  11:00–12:30

  Inn Wisconsin
• Narrative Format, Design and Understanding: Are Games the Best Way to Tell a Story?
  Thursday, June 10

  3:30–4:30

  Beefeater