WORKSHOP:
Making Games Persuasive

Ian Bogost & Eric Zimmerman

INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS:
Lessons Learned

Using Videogames as a Strategy for Teaching Complex Concepts
— Robert Brown

Serious Games by Serious Instructional Designers
— Jaime Henderson & Valerie Hainley

Educational Game Design: Confidential
— Meagan Rothschild & Javier Elizondo

Games & Schools — A Marriage Made in Heaven or Hell?
— Angela McFarlane

Howard Phillips, Respondent

SYMPOSIUM:
Converging Identities at Play

Henry Jenkins, Harvey Smith, & Alice Robison

Alice Robison, Chair

FIRESIDE CHAT:
The Guilt of Guild Leadership

Andrew Phelps & Constance Steinkuehler

Rich Halverson, host

CHAT ’N’ FRAG:
Teacher’s Arcade

Moses Wolfenstein

WORKSHOP:
Transactive Play Spaces: A 21st Century Perspective

Sasha Barab

INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS:
Participatory Culture

The Wider World of Sports: Competitive Fandom as Participatory Culture
— Erica Halverson & Rich Halverson

Fan Fiction, Learning, & Literacy
— Rebecca Black

How Wikipedia Is Like a Multiplayer Game
— Elonka Dunin

Henry Jenkins, Respondent

CONVERSATION:
Families Who Game Together…

Elizabeth Lawley, Lane Lawley, Barbara Johnson, & Anya Johnson

Elizabeth King & Josh King, moderators

FIRESIDE CHAT:
Storytelling in Games

Charles Herold

James Paul Gee, host

CHAT ’N’ FRAG:
GameLog: Supporting Reflective Gameplaying Practices in the Context of Learning Games

Jose Zagal

Informal Luncheon Discussion:
Gaming Requirements for Non-Kinetic Warfare
— Frank Polster

INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS:
MMOs and Learning

Science Literacy in Virtual Worlds
— Constance Steinkuehler, Sean Duncan, David Simkins, Barbara Johnson, & Elizabeth King

Online Gamers & the Development of 21st Century Skills
— Lisa Galarneau

Cultural Capital & Community Development in the Pursuit of Dragon Slaying
— David White

Douglas Thomas, Respondent

INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS:
Narrative, Contingency, & Humor

Narrative Engagement: Games as Mnemonic Devices for Process Learning
— Jay Laird & Ann McDonald

Anything but Routine: Games & Bureaucracy in the Digital Age
— Thomas Malaby

Importance of Humor in Gaming Culture
— Shawna Kelly

Eric Zimmerman, Respondent

SYMPOSIUM:
Can Students Learn Math or Reading From a Videogame? An Overview of the Federal Star Schools Projects

Javier Elizondo, Tim Best, Scott Wilson, Scot Osterweil, & Brian Lekander

Brian Lekander, Chair

FIRESIDE CHAT:
Learning in a Participatory Age

Henry Jenkins & Kurt Squire

CHAT ’N’ FRAG:
Simulation as a Serious Game in the Health Sciences Curricula

Eric Bauman, Scott Hagen, & Christian Stevens

INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS:
Cultural Representations in Games

Reading & Writing Islamic Culture Across Gaming & Media Spaces
— Michael Thomas & Erica Halverson

"Why are Newbies White?": Discussing & Designing Race in a Teen Virtual World
— Yasmin Kafai, Melissa Cook, & Deborah Fields

Making Sense of Videogames: Exploring the Methods of Meaning-making of a Group of Chinese Immigrant Gamers in NYC
— Aaron Chia-Yuan Hung

Pixels, Princesses, & PMS: Reading Womanhood in Videogames
— Samantha Blackmon

Elisabeth Hayes, Respondent

INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS:
Gaming Literacy

Immersion Versus Learning — Why Some Good Games Might Not Teach us Anything at All
— Michael Wagner

What Videogame Making Can Teach Us About Literacy & Learning: Alternative Pathways into Participatory Culture
— Kylie Peppler & Yasmin Kafai

Using Player Breakdown as a Lens for Understanding the Development of Literacy in Videogames
— Will Ryan & Jeffrey Bardzell

Kurt Squire, Respondent

INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS:
Game Design Giants

Developing Civilizations
— Jeff Briggs

Five Key Moments: A Litmus Test for Game Design
— Katie Salen

Beyond Games: The Rise of Learning-Based Metaverses
— Robert Gehorsam

James Paul Gee, Respondent

FIRESIDE CHAT:
Boring

Edward Castronova

Thomas Malaby, host

CHAT ’N’ FRAG:
Reflecting on Early Lessons from the Star Schools Projects

Javier Elizondo, Tim Best, Scott Wilson, Scot Osterweil, & Brian Lekander