Games for Learning Summit

Apr 21, 2015
The U.S. Department of Education and Games for Change, with the support of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) hosted on April 21 the first-ever Games for Learning Summit where commercial game developers, publishers, expert educators, students, government officials, and other stakeholders identified strategies for the broader creation and use of high-quality video games in the classroom and beyond. The summit was in direct response to President Barack Obama's ConnectED, an initiative that aims to empower educators with the best technology and digital content to enrich the learning experience for students. It was an amazing experience to run a workshop about "Empowering Students to Design" with Shannon Sullivan (VP, Product & Technology, Globaloria), Scott Larner (Director, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards), Andrea Chaves (Spanish & Technology Educator, The Young Women's Leadership School of Astoria) and her students, Daniela, Margot and Gabriela, who spoke about their experiences learning STEM and computing through designing their own games for change. Here are some tweets from the event!

Join our session: Empowering Learners thru Game Design #G4L15 featuring @globaloria students & educators @usedgov pic.twitter.com/xingrrBAG5

— Idit Harel (@Idit) April 21, 2015

It's @aburak of @G4C welcoming 1st annual Games4Learning Summit, co-hosted by @usedgov @OfficeofEdTech #G4L15 pic.twitter.com/JHweGQU22O

— Idit Harel (@Idit) April 21, 2015

Can't we connect nation's 55M kids faster? @rec54: @OfficeofEdTech @usedgov connect 70,000 schools 2highspeed #G4L15 pic.twitter.com/Uq2kDqqT36

— Idit Harel (@Idit) April 21, 2015

Agree @RafranzDavis "Students play games4learning & students make games4learning r 2 key paths" Join @globaloria workshop at 10:40am #G4L15

— Idit Harel (@Idit) April 21, 2015

Educator @RafranzDavis gave a great presentation just now on role of games in mathematics learning and thinking! #G4L15

— Idit Harel (@Idit) April 21, 2015

THX @ESAGovAffairs & @ESA_Foundation 4ur 7yr support in growing our field & cultivating talent in gaming&learning in K-16 education #G4L15

— Idit Harel (@Idit) April 21, 2015

"The role of teachers is so important in using games4learning in schools" says @RafranzDavis on panel w @rec54 & @ESAGovAffairs #G4L15

— Idit Harel (@Idit) April 21, 2015

Latina women are the rising workforce in America. They can access the high quality programming & STEM jobs. #g4l15 @globaloria @Idit

— Marie Bjerede (@mbjerede) April 21, 2015

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