Spotlight on Digital Media And Learning

7.23.07 | Launched concurrently with the Games, Learning and Society conference in Madison, this themed session on Spotlight focuses on games and learning.  Here’s the index:

• big picture intro: James Paul Gee on getting young people to think like game designers
• Katie Salen‘s overview of this series and Gamestar Mechanic (FAQ part I)
• Katie Salen‘s FAQ Part II
• Betty Hayes on assessment and curricular models
• Betty Hayes on evaluating ‘design learning’
• Alex Games on the power of game design to engage young people.
• Alex Games (Part II) continues the discussion of the social nature of game design.
• Robert Torres on the workshops conducted in NYC this March
• Robert Torres (Part II) shares student voices about their games, and discusses the potential of design-literacies
• Greg Trefry concludes with reflections on the shared learning process