[conf] The Future Is Invading! at this year's GLS 4.0
Global Kids own Barry Joseph will be speaking at the upcoming Games Learning & Society Conference 4.0, July 10-11. This admittedly engaging and fun conference is about real-life people playing real-life video games, and what they learn from doing that. The attendees are always a great mix of academics, educators & designers all interested in games and how they can enhance learning, culture, and education.
Info on Barry's panel:
The Future Is Invading! or Games as Youth Media: A 6 Year ReviewIn 2002, Global Kids (GK) in New York City first began its efforts treating games as a form of youth media. Rather than treat games strictly as a tool for developing technical or workplace skills, GK sought to determine if both gameplay and game design could be used to develop the skills necessary for youth to become empowered and impassioned global citizens and community leaders.
This interactive session will look back at the past 6 years of the program, sharing best practices and revealing embarrassing gaffes, while situating this reflective overview within the larger social and cultural context of both society's response to games and the emergence of this latest games-based learning pedagogy. Play games. Watch late night TV. Hear from youth. (p4k.globalkids.org)
SPECIAL BONUS: Join the official launch of the latest game to emerge from Global Kids — Hurricane Katrina: Tempest in Crescent City.
GLS 4.0 will be a great conference and not to be missed! (Where else can you play Rock Band while listening to amazing panelists speak.) There is still time to register to attend and there is also a waiting list for PK-16 educators to receive scholarships to attend for free.
