Next in line as part of the CUNY Graduate Center’s Utopian Studies Seminar on utopia and games is Ahmed Khaled Towfik’s Utopia (2009). Set in the near future in Egypt, the book explores what happens when bored rich kids living in a heavily-guarded gated community called “Utopia” decide to have some fun among the plebs! It’s a fast read and well worth it.
The book discussion is scheduled for Tuesday, December 10, at 4:15 in Rm. 6417 at the Graduate Center. Francesco Crocco will be leading the discussion.
“A team of Caltech researchers has mined pop culture to create a new computer game that connects with youngsters who put up a wall between them and learning quantum mechanics.The researchers joined game developers from E-Line Media and MineCraftEdu to develope “qCraft.” The Google-funded project takes the world of the popular game “Minecraft” and injects it with lessons on quantum mechanics, the physics that governs the behavior of matter and light at both the atomic and subatomic scale….”
“Trip Hawkins founded Electronic Arts, the company behind the Madden NFL video game. His latest venture is heading in a very different direction: using the advances in gaming technology to teach children emotional intelligence…”
Educators coming together to explore how the principles of games promote learning
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