Josh Sheldon

Biography

Josh Sheldon is a project manager and game designer at MIT’s Scheller Teacher Education Program. His work focuses on developing games for students that make use of handheld computers and working with students to develop their own games. A former high school and middle school science teacher, Sheldon has an extensive background in developing curricular materials in the sciences and various forms of new media for science learning. In addition to freelance web and curriculum development, he worked at the JASON Foundation for Education, where he developed expedition-based science supplementary materials for middle school students.

Sessions

• Mobile Games and Education: Extending the Boundaries
  Wednesday, June, 9

  3:30–4:30

  Inn Wisconsin
• UbiqGames – Ubiquitous Games for Promoting Science Learning and Understanding
  Wednesday, June, 9

  5:00–7:00

  Great Hall Foyer
• MIT Augmented Reality (MITAR): Multiplayer Game Worlds, User-Generated Content, and Flow Visualization
  Thursday, June 10

  11:00–12:30

  Play Circle Theater
• Community Science Investigators: Using Augmented Reality to Build Community Connections
  Thursday, June 10

  3:30–4:30

  Old Madison