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Games4Learning @Games4Learning

Computer gaming in higher ed from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Joined April 2009
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East Coast Game Conference in Raleigh, NC was worth every penny. Put it on your calendar for 2013!
Join forces with students in Africa to invent the future. New game from the World Bank EVOKE 2020. http://www.urgentevoke.com
Go to http://bit.ly/aUUg4y to tell NIH your funding needs. Deadline is TODAY.Suggest research on behavior change with health games.
Final event for ShBANGE today. See shbange.ning.com for final puzzle and solution (if you need it).
Play ShBANGE: solve puzzles, win prizes/pizza, get a t-shirt! Have you checked out Brandon's blog yet? http://moviestar2b.blogspot.com
Oct 27, 2-3:00PM, Toy Lounge (UNC campus): Games4Learning: Digital Storytelling and Collaboration Skills . Free. http://bit.ly/1mRIlG
Games, Learning Society conference at UW-Madison: Next June 2010.
Papers and presentations from NAS meeting on games/simulations in science ed: www.nationalacademies.org/bose
Free event: Games4Learning: Authentic Learning in Virtual Worlds, Tues Oct 6, 3:30-4:30. Register: http://bit.ly/1mRIlG (UNC Campus)
Reminder to UNCers: Finding Funding for Teaching and Learning withTechnology Projects. 9/29, 3:00-5:00, free. Register: http://bit.ly/1mRIlG
Next UNC-CH event: Finding Funding for Teaching and Learning withTechnology Projects. 9/29, 3:00-5:00, free. Register: http://bit.ly/1mRIlG
Free event: Games4Learning: Learner Motivation in Games, Tues 9/22, 1:30PM. Register: http://LearnIT.unc.edu/workshops
NPR OpenMic piece available after 9AM Tues 9/2: interview with HO Wilson (Harvard) and opening statement about games in education. npr.org
The Redistricting Game: http://www.redistrictinggame.org/ (Educates citizens about the issue of political redistricting.)
Anybody played http://www.ars-regendi.com/ ? If so, any opinions? (From an educational point-of-view.) It's a political and econ simulation.
In Chapel Hill? 12:30 today, Bun's , "jam" session on teaching and learning with technology. Informal discussion on your choice of topics.
CFP for special issue of _Cognitive Technology J_ on games for good: http://bit.ly/19taXb
You don't have to hit people over the head with reality to make a serious game. Thought from @Chronicle interview with Sims creator: ...
2D physics puzzle/sandbox game. Makes drawings behave as real physical objects: http://www.crayonphysics.com/
Multiplayer physics game suitable for first year college students: http://www.lunar-quest.org/. Anybody tried it?
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