Can Game-Based Learning Lead to Education Reform?

Experts to present findings at Serious Play Conference

2012 Serious Play Conference

SEATTLE--()--Can game-based learning lead to education reform? What are the hurdles that are keeping schools, companies and society from using games to their full potential?

Some of the brightest minds evaluating games designed for use in schools will cover recent breakthroughs around the contributions educational tools based inside of game mechanics can make in terms of how students learn. The result has strong implications for educational reform. These breakthroughs will be discussed at the Serious Play Conference Tuesday – Thursday, August 21 – 23, 2012 at DigiPen Institute of Technology just outside of Seattle in Redmond, Wash.

“If you want to understand how games can impact STEM education and early learning programs, as well as training at all levels of corporate, health care and government/military instruction, then join us to hear the leaders in the field,” Clark Aldrich, Conference Director, Serious Play Conference, said. “This is a conference that will give you answers.”

Speakers include:

  • Andrew Miller, Educational Consultant, Edutopia
  • Douglas Whatley, CEO, BreakAway Games
  • Puja Dasari, Digital Learning Manager, California Academy of Sciences
  • Sam Adkins, Chief Research Officer, Ambient Insight
  • Heidi Boisvert, CEO, futurePerfect lab
  • Dan Norton, Creative Director, Filament Games
  • Brendan Noon, ScienceWithMrNoon.com
  • Dr. Chris Haskell, Clinical Assistant Professor, Boise State University
  • Scott Rigby, Founder/President, Immersive

Last Call for Early Bird Discounts for the Conference: www.seriousplayconference.com/register/

Contacts

The Bohle Company
Rob Brown
(310)785 0515 ext. 231
robert@bohle.com

Release Summary

Some of the brightest minds evaluating games designed for use in schools will cover recent breakthroughs in their industry at the Serious Play Conference.

Contacts

The Bohle Company
Rob Brown
(310)785 0515 ext. 231
robert@bohle.com