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Registration is Open for THATCamp Games!
This year’s THATCamp Games hosts at Case Western Reserve University have sent along more details about the upcoming THATCamp Games (see flier below). Registration is open now, so head over to the website and sign up! What is THATCamp Games? In the organizers’ own words: In keeping with the spirit of the original, THATCamp Games [...]
Continue reading...Interview with Dr. Joe Bisz about Game-based Learning
27. February 2013
Our very own Joe Bisz of the CUNY Games Network (pictured above) was also interviewed by Daily Edventures about his thoughts on game-based learning, the game-based learning management system he designed called College Quest, and the need for colleges to commit to more faculty development. Follow the link for the full article: http://dailyedventures.com/index.php/2013/02/09/joe/ [...]
Continue reading...What’s Better than One THATCamp about Gaming?
21. December 2012
Two, that’s right, two THATCamps about games and gaming! Both are coming up in the spring — here are some details: THATCamp Games II April 19-21, 2013 Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio THATCamp Epic Play May 24-25, 2013 University of Washington, Seattle And what is a THATCamp, you say? The Humanities and Technology Camps [...]
Continue reading...BMCC Students to Display Games about Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on Dec. 17
11. December 2012
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On Monday, December 17, 11:00am-12:00pm in the Richard Harris Terrace at BMCC, Prof. Tali Noimann’s English 201 students will present their group projects. They have been working on original board games based on the R.L. Stevenson novella Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Please come to support their hard work and play six incredibly creative games. (Two of them are [...]
Continue reading...CUNY Games Network @ the CUNY IT Conference
27. November 2012
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Headed to the CUNY IT Conference this week? Come see CUNY Games Network members discuss games-based learning! Thursday, November 29, 2:15-3:15pm: College Quest: A Game-based LMS and Social Network This session will showcase College Quest (CQ), a new web-based application developed for CUNY. CQ combines the features of a learning management system (LMS) with a [...]
Continue reading...CUNY Graduate Center Seminar: The Hunger Games and the Instrumentalization of Play
7. September 2012
CUNY Graduate Center Seminars in the Humanities Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures Seminar The Hunger Games and the Instrumentalization of Play Francesco Crocco Thursday, September 13, 4:15pm Room 8301 Can play be involuntary? Can it contribute to alienation? Can it be the basis for dystopia? Join Francesco Crocco (Assistant Professor of English at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY) to [...]
Continue reading...Come Out and Play Festival, July 13-14th
11. July 2012
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The Come Out and Play Festival is an annual festival of games that turns NYC into an outdoor playground. The main event will take place on Governor’s Island this July 14th, but there is an additional night of games during After Dark at South Street Seaport on July 13th. The festival takes place via partnership [...]
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We connect educators from every campus and discipline at CUNY who are interested in games, simulations, and other forms of interactive teaching. We seek to facilitate the pedagogical uses of both digital and non-digital games, improve student success, and encourage research and scholarship in the developing field of games-based learning.
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