2008 Schedule

Tuesday, August 19th

9:30am – Breakfast Reception & Registration

10:00am – Welcome & Opening Remarks

Tobi Saulnier, CEO, 1st Playable Productions
Kerry Orlyk, Executive Director, Schenectady Museum & Planetarium

10:15am – Panel: A New Approach to Games in the Classroom

Brock Dubbels, Teacher and Teacher Educator
Peggy Sheehy, Instructional Technology Facilitator & Media Specialist, Suffern Middle School
Alex Games, Senior Doctoral Student, Dept of Curriculum & Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison

11:15am – Panel: Playing Pretend

Peggy Sheehy, Instructional Technology Facilitator & Media Specialist, Suffern Middle School (Teen Second Life)
Shawna Rosenzweig, Online Leadership Program Associate & Online Educator, Global Kids, Inc. (Teen Second Life)

12:15pm – Lunch & Networking

1:00pm – Keynote: The Right Circumstances for Games in Education

Bill MacKenty, Instructional Designer, Hunter College Campus Schools

2:00pm – 4:00pm – Workshop Session: Game Maker

Jorge Diaz, Game Designer, 1st Playable Productions

2:00pm – 3:30pm – Workshop Session: GameStar Mechanic

Alex Games, Senior Doctoral Student, Dept of Curriculum & Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison

3:30pm – 5:00pm – Workshop Session: Activities for Integrating COTS Games

Dennis Charksy, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept of Strategic Communication, Ithaca College

Wednesday, August 20th

9:00am – 12:00pm – Workshop Session: Video Games as Learning Tools – An Introduction to Teach with Games and Play

Brock Dubbels, Teacher and Teacher Educator, The Center for Cognitive Sciences, the University of Minnesota; and Technologist, Minneapolis Public Schools

10:00am – 11:00pm – Workshop Session: Quest

Jeff Howard, Lecturer, University of Texas, Austin

10:00am – 12:00pm – Workshop Session: Ramapo Islands – A New Dimension in Learning

Peggy Sheehy, Instructional Technology Facilitator & Media Specialist, Suffern Middle School
Marianne Malmstrom

12:00pm – Lunch & Networking

1:00pm – Panel: Use the Game, Be the Game

Bill MacKenty, Instructional Designer, Hunter College Campus Schools
Rick Kelsey, IT Director, McKinley Technology High School, Washington DC
Ciara Belle, Recent Graduate, McKinley Technology High School, Washington DC

2:00pm – Panel: Learning Outcomes with Games

Dennis Charsky, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept of Strategic Communication, Ithaca College
Jeff Howard, Lecturer, University of Texas, Austin
Henry Kaplan, Chairman & CEO, Mentor Interactive, Inc.

3:00pm – Networking & Hands On Arcade

4:00pm – Planetarium Show!