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Just sharing what we just finished up yesterday at our in-house Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference To warm-up educators, we had a opening sessions on Makers, Hackers and Gamers, explaining that they are more dangerous than zombies. Makers, Hackers and Gamers http://www.slideshare.net/center4edupunx/zombies-makers-hackers-and-gamers-513  Then after concurrent session on games, badges and hackathons, the closing day we did a 3 hour game camp. But no technology past scissors and glue. The winner was a card/board game that has you competing… Read More

Summer Games MOOC EduPunxers are now starting to focus on the design of the Summer 2013 Games MOOC. Come join us! It's a connectivism MOOC, so no .....it's not suppose to look like a replica of Coursera. It was designed using the connectivism learning theory, gaming guild culture and informed by the Gamer Disposition. The Summer Games MOOC is divided into two parts. Each part  is designed to be a standalone MOOC, so  you can sign up for one part or both. Part I will focus on exploring collaboration, cross-functional teams and multi-player game based learning. We will… Read More

Thursday February 21 at 7 pm MT will be the seventh installment of the G.A.M.E. "It Takes A Guild - A Guild of Educators" webinar series. We will be interviewing Tanya Martin, Chris Luchs, Kae Novak and Vasili Giannoutous on livestreaming game play, Machinima and the 2013 Machinima Fest at the ISTE Annual Conference in San Antonio. http://g.a.m.e.shivtr.com/pages/episode7 Read More

The winter issue of the Virtual Education Journal will be all about Games! Virtual Education Journal http://virtualeducationjournal.com/ Deadline is January 15th and they are looking for educators to tell their stories. This is from the Editor - Rosie Vjotek GOT GAME? LET'S PLAY! The Winter 2013 issue of VEJ is coming out soon and we want to hear about your favorite games for fun, the joy of learning, and your how you are using games in education to actively engage students of all ages learning. Please submit your stories about the work you are doing in second life or any virtual world/online game.… Read More

This week, another discussion on how to take Minecraft into the classroom seemed a little......rudimentary?   So this week, between G.A.M.E. and the Games MOOC, we're hoping not to do a "Everything You Ever Need to Know to Integrate a Game in Your Class" 45 minute session. Instead Knowclue Kidd is joining us on Thursday… Read More

In our livestreaming on Saturday for the Games Based Learning MOOC we were able to record Grid and Izzy first battle grounds. We were in week 2 of the Games MOOC with the topic being - fun, flow and fiero in games. The battle grounds did not disappoint! We started with an Arathi Basin - were we won at the last minute by 10 points. All four of us earned the "We Had It Along'* Cough"Achievement. The next two battlegrounds we entered were both Warsong Gulch. The first Warsong Gulch had us easily demonstrating the vocabulary word "gank." As in being killed repeatedly by players with BOA (Bind on Account) equipment. The second battle ground was the… Read More

John Carter McKnight - SL: Kaseido Quandry has been teaching and researching virtual worlds. At VWBPE, he presented Space Makes You Bitter. He gave us a raincheck on a tour of EVE Online. This Saturday, April 14 - he's taking us into the EVE Online sandbox. It may be a little scary - but please come join us! 6pm SLT - EveOnline Overview: Rally Point in Second Life - Front Range… Read More

GAMER VOCABULARY Cheat (noun)- In a Virtual World or a video game, a code (whether secret or published) or a series of movements (whether intentionally programmed, a glitch or coded by the player) that can enhance one's abilities, unlock hidden easter… Read More

EduPunxers will be facilitating the next 2 weeks in P2P U 's "A Virtual Worlds, Games and Education" Tour http://p2pu.org/en/groups/a-virtual-worlds-games-and-education-tour/ This week will be mapped to the ISTE NETS for Teachers   Week… Read More