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2017 Games for Change Festival

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Nkomo Morris

Quest to Learn
Teacher, Peer Mediation Coordinator
Greater New York City Area

8th Grade Humanities and SpEd Teacher
Coached 2016 Winners of the NYC Games for Change Student Challenge
Interested in gamified (and FUN!) humanities learning and using games to develop empathy and IRL social skills.

9:00am EDT

Welcome and Opening Remarks Tishman Auditorium

9:15am EDT

Keynote - with Michael D. Gallagher Tishman Auditorium

9:45am EDT

Keynote - Ten Important Findings from the Research on Games for Impact: A Look Back Over the Last Decade of Research with Constance Steinkuehler Tishman Auditorium

11:00am EDT

Roll for Learning – Games in the Core Classrooms Room 104

11:45am EDT

Panel - Building a Bigger Tent: How to Make Media that Includes All Kids Room 105

12:00pm EDT

Designing with Purpose: Creating Games for Global Competency Room 104

1:45pm EDT

English learning via Alphabear Tishman Auditorium Panel - The Youth-to-Industry Pipeline: How Challenges & Game Jams Create Career Pathways Starr Foundation

2:15pm EDT

Panel - Brain Training Games: Fact, Fiction, or Somewhere in Between? Room 105

3:00pm EDT

Speed Networking Rooms 204 and 205

4:00pm EDT

Come out and Vote: How Play and Fun Improves Voter Participation Room 105 Mini-Talk Series - Developing Games for Informal Learning Spaces Room 104

5:15pm EDT

Keynote - 3 Big Things We Got Wrong: How Humans Decide; How to Change Minds; and How to Craft Narratives that Fire Neurons with Chris Graves Tishman Auditorium

5:45pm EDT

Keynote - Games of Life: Exploring the Arts and Humanities Through Play with Tracy Fullerton Tishman Auditorium

9:15am EDT

Keynote - Gaming the System: The Political Potential of Play with Colleen Macklin Tishman Auditorium

10:15am EDT

Keynote - The Case for Evidence-Based Design with Mary Flanagan Tishman Auditorium

11:00am EDT

Mini-Talk Series - Highlights from the Latest Game-Based Learning Research Room 105

11:15am EDT

The Secret Process for Making Games that Matter Starr Foundation

12:00pm EDT

Games on a Budget: Change for Change Starr Foundation

1:45pm EDT

Panel - From Player to Maker: Lessons Learned from Young Creators Starr Foundation

2:00pm EDT

Leveling Up Demographics: A Data Dive into Who Plays What Games and Why to Broaden Your Audience and Empower Your Impact Room 104

2:15pm EDT

Panel - All of the Above: Building Learning Games for Both Home and School Room 105

2:30pm EDT

VR Hacking:  from Innovation to Preservation Room 104

3:00pm EDT

Axon - A Social Media Showdown in Space, A Live VR Game Starr Foundation

4:10pm EDT

How Uncertainty can be Used to Improve Learning Room 104

4:15pm EDT

After 'Reality' - Can a Game About Media-Making Save Democracy? Room 105

4:30pm EDT

The 5 Rules of Virtual Humans Room 104

4:50pm EDT

Exploring the Feasibility of Video Games for Cognitive Assessment Room 104

11:10am EDT

Intimacy over Empathy: The Future of VR Tishman Auditorium

2:00pm EDT

How High School Students Are Learning to Build VR Content for the Web Room 105

2:15pm EDT

Panel - Teleporting Audiences to Distant Horizons Tishman Auditorium

3:00pm EDT

A Call for Collaboration in Education with Seth Andrew Tishman Auditorium

4:00pm EDT

Revitalizing Education with Hands-on-Learning in VR Room 105 Seeing the Future in the Past: Exploring and Designing History in VR Cafeteria

5:45pm EDT

Keynote - Representing the Pain of Others with Gabo Arora Tishman Auditorium