Announcements - Academic Year 2011 - 2012
"Gamification in Education"
Published in Curriculum
5/22/2012
The paper says educational games in the classroom can excite and motivate students, but also drain teacher resources.
LINK: Inside Higher Ed: Game for a better grade?
TC Games Festival: Featuring Scholar's Quest and Over a Dozen Educational Game Projects.
Theme: Can YOU make a difference with games?
- Stop by to play educational and real-world impact games designed by TC students and faculty
- Opportunities to interact and get involved with game-based research projects
- Enjoy free food and win prizes like a Kindle!
Please join us for the Teachers College Games Festival! Explore a variety of game designs and research projects about language learning, physical chemistry, nutrition, math, climate change, ethics and more. Games include digital, non-digital, mobile and real-world action games. Special guests include Bernard Yee, Bungie Game Developer and Adjunct Professor of Game Production and Design.
Sponsored by the Games Research Lab / Communication, Computing and Technology in Education Program and Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology.
Project Rebirth- new book by Dr. Robin Stern
"Project Rebirth is ultimately a book about the power of the human spirit to rebuild itself— within and among community."
A new book by Dr. Robin Stern and Courtney E. Martin.
For more information, please visit this link.