In the spirit of James Paul Gee’s scholarship, the Gee! Learning Game Awards were created to recognize the best educational video games in the world. Along with receiving a GEE! Award Winner badge and having their game featured on the GEE! Award website, winners were also given the opportunity to talk about their game during a dedicated hybrid session at the 2022 Play Make Learn Conference.
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We are excited to announce the 2022 Play Make Learn Conference Keynote Speakers Jesse Schell and Cassidy Puckett
Jesse Schell is the CEO of Schell Games, a team of more than one hundred thirty people who strive to make truly great games, both for the purposes of entertainment and education, including award-winning VR …
We are excited to announce the 2022 Play Make Learn Conference Keynote Speakers Jesse Schell and Cassidy Puckett
Jesse Schell is the CEO of Schell Games, a team of more than one hundred thirty people who strive to make truly great games, both for the purposes of entertainment and education, including award-winning VR …
James Paul Gee Learning Games Award Winners Announced at 2021 Play Make Learn Conference
The 2021 James Paul Gee Learning Games Award winners were announced at this year’s Play Make Learn Conference on August 5. In the spirit of James Paul Gee, Emeritus Professor at Arizona State University and …
What is an instructional coach?
Introduction If you are a teacher or administrator in a K-12 school, then you are probably familiar with coaches. No, we’re not talking about the person with the whistle who leads the basketball team. We’re …
UW–Madison Community Arts Collaboratory receives grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
The UW–Madison Community Arts Collaboratory is receiving an NEA Research Lab award to support a new study examining the value of community arts education initiatives. The UW–Madison Community Arts Collaboratory—or Arts Collab—is housed in the …
Play Make Learn Announces Benjamin Stokes as the 2021 Conference Keynote Speaker
The Play Make Learn Conference will host keynote speaker Benjamin Stokes during the virtual event held August 5–6, 2021. Stokes, author of “Locally Played: Real-World Games for Stronger Places and Communities,” is an assistant professor …
You Can’t Be What You Can’t See: Mentorship, Networks, and Women’s Leadership in Education
Perhaps you’ve heard the phrase, “You can’t be what you can’t see.” While many K-16 women educators do the physical and emotional work of leading, a disproportionately small number of them are recognized for it. …
Tools for Teaching Mathematical Language to Multilingual Learners
With the right strategies, teachers can help students understand mathematical language to clearly and concisely explain how they worked out a math equation.
Actionable Strategies to Eliminate School Discipline Inequities
The process of reshaping discipline in schools is a holistic one, requiring everyone to make the effort to reduce disparities.