19th-20th March The Brewery, Barbican, London
Video Games, Social Media and Learning. Among the speakers
learn through play, 99% of boys and a97%People of girls age 12-17 play video games b BBC FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
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The power of collaboration between the games industry and the world of education has the potential not only to raise the bar but to move the game industry into an area that is more financially secure LORD DAVID PUTTNUM
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integrate games within learning across the curriculum a If we can we can make education the proper competition for our children’s minds b
2009
NOLAN BUSHNELL, FATHER OF THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY
Tom Watson MP Minister for Transformational Government
Our best teachers can look at children a playing games and can draw out of it a whole lot of learning outcomes and that’s what’s happening. b
Nolan Bushnell Father of the video game industry Ian Livingstone Co-founder of Eidos
PROFESSOR STEPHEN HEPPELL
Do not miss the opportunity to attend the inaugural Game Based Learning Conference being held in London at The Brewery, EC1 on March 19th-20th.
Game Based Learning Conference 2009
Here you will join other thought leaders, policy makers, innovators, key practitioners, developers and publishers from the worlds of education, entertainment software and consumer electronics in a vital conversation about how video games and social media are having a profound impact on the quality of learning and teaching practice whilst creating a whole new marketplace.
www.GameBasedLearning2009.com
Terry Deary Author, Horrible Histories Derek Robertson Learning & Teaching Scotland Sean Dromgoole CEO, Some Research
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