WORKSHOP:
Game Design Essentials

Eric Zimmerman & Nick Fortugno

Alice Robison, Chair

INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS:
Games & Science Learning

The Value of Looks versus Health: Observations of Children’s Economic Interactions During a Virtual Epidemic-
— Yasmin Kafai

Bionia, an MMORPG, Facilitates Student Understanding of Human Immunology Through Social Interactions
— Suna Ryu

On Location Learning - Assessing Success in Applied Science with Networked Augmented Realities — Eric Klopfer

Marjee Chmiel, Respondent
 

SYMPOSIUM:
Media Literacy & Gaming Literacy

James Paul Gee, Kurt Squire, Constance Steinkuehler, Elisabeth Hayes,
David Shaffer
& Rich Halverson

James Paul Gee, Chair

DATA ANALYSIS WORKSHOP: Understanding the Nature of Avatar-Mediated Interaction in MMOGs

Robert Moore Nicolas Ducheneaut, Eric Nickell & Nicholas Yee

Marjee Chmiel, Chair

INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS:
Historical Thinking & Games

World History Simulation Games in Secondary Classrooms
— Jeremy McCall

Lessons Learned: Implementing Historical Games in Classrooms
— Nick deKanter

Digital Publics: A Research Project on Role-Playing Games & Virtual Museums for History Education
— Kevin Kee

Kurt Squire, Discussant

INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS:
Learning & Simulations of Complex Systems

Games as Social Systems Theory Testing: Games for Instructional Leadership
— Richard Halverson & Thomas Christopherson

Building a Wrong Model: Developing the Learning Affordances of 3D Environments
— Ken Hay

CO2FX: A Case Study in Integrating Instructional and Game Design
— Michael Hillinger
& Charles Kinzer

Jay Lemke, Respondent
 

WORKSHOP:
Augmented Reality Games

Matthew Slaats, Eric Klopfer, Mark Wagler & Jim Mathews

John Martin, Chair

SYMPOSIUM:
Epistemic Games

David Shaffer, Gina Svarovsky, David Hatfield, Alecia Magnifico & Elizabeth Sowatzke

James Paul Gee, Chair

SYMPOSIUM:
Collaborative & Experiential Learning in the User-Created World of Second Life

Bryan Carter, Jen Caruso, Aline Click & Pathfinder Linden

Elisabeth Hayes, Chair
 

WIKI WORKSHOP:
How Do I Get in the Game? The Papers, Projects, & Practices of Teaching Educational Games

Brett Shelton, David Wiley, Anthony Betrus, Jason Underwood & Brian Winn

Drew Davidson, Chair

SYMPOSIUM:
Videogames as Designed Experiences

Kurt Squire, Ben DeVane, Levi Giovanetto & Shree Durga

Dan White, Chair
 

INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS:
Interactivity & Choice in Games

Understanding Interactivity: Relevance, Surprise, and Initiative, or Are Computer Games More Interactive than Your Grandmother?
— Jay Lemke

The Perils of Choice: The Sometimes Dire Consequences of Freedom in Games
— Nathan McKenzie

Sasha Barab, Respondent