Games in Education Conference 2004

Posted October 31st, 2005 by Anonymous


Sunday, 9 May 2004  
3:00-7:00pm Registration (Los Angeles Convention Center, outside room 411)
5:00-7:00pm Welcome Reception (Room 408)

Monday, 10 May 2004		  
7:30-9:00am Registration and Continental Breakfast (Los Angeles Convention Center)
9:00-9:15am

Welcome and Opening Remarks (Room 411)
Henry Jenkins III, MIT Comparative Media Studies
9:15-11:00am

Opening Plenary: Are Games Educational? (Room 411)
James Paul Gee, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Warren Spector, Ion Storm
Brenda Laurel, Game Designer
W. James Au, Salon
Moderated by Henry Jenkins III, MIT Comparative Media Studies
11:00-11:15am Break
11:15am-12:30pm

Session: From Simulation to Interaction (Room 411)
Amy Bruckman, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ben Sawyer, Serious Games Initiative
Scott Fisher, University of Southern California
Andrew Court, Dateline NBC
Moderated by Kurt Squire, University of Wisconsin-Madison
12:30-1:30pm Lunch: Roundtable Discussions on Educational, Technical, Creative, and
Market Issues (Room 408)
1:30-2:00pm Rapid Roundtable Reports: Luncheon Discussion Summaries (Room 408) [ video | audio ]
2:00-3:00pm Case Studies: Commercial and Educational Successes (Room 411)
Moderated by Jinny Gudmundsen
3:00-3:15pm Break
3:15-4:30pm

Session: Building Partnerships among Universities, Industry, and
Public Institutions (Room 411)
Bonnie Bracey, LucasArts Foundation
Todd Logan, Stanford Media X
Celia Pearce, University of California-Irvine
Johnny Wilson, Author of High Score!
Chris Weaver, Media Technology Ltd
Tom Piper, Royal Shakespeare Company
Moderated by Alex Chisholm, LeapFrog Enterprises
4:30-5:30pm Open Microphone with Questions and Answers (Room 411)
Moderated by Alex Chisholm and Eric Klopfer

Tuesday, 11 May 2004		  
7:30-9:00am Continental Breakfast (Los Angeles Convention Center)
9:00-10:00am Keynote Address (Room 411)
Tom Kalinske, Leapfrog Enterprises
10:00-11:30am Session: Making Tools for Making Games (Kentia Hall, Room 411)
Steven Drucker, Microsoft Research
Mark Mine, Walt Disney Internet Group
Tom McCormack, Muzzy Lane Software
Philip Tan, MIT Comparative Media Studies
Moderated by Eric Klopfer, MIT Teacher Education Program
11:30-11:45am Break
11:45am-1:00pm

Session: Fostering Games Literacy (Room 411)
David Buckingham, University of London
Jessica Irish, Wellesley College, Boston
Gerard Jones, Author of Killing Monsters
Eric Zimmerman, GameLab
Moderated by Henry Jenkins III, MIT Comparative Media Studies
1:00-2:00pm Lunch
2:00-3:00pm Case Studies: Commercial and Educational Successes (Room 411)
James Oppenheim, The Oppenheim Toy Portfolio
Robin Raskin, The Internet Mom
Moderated by Warren Buckleitner, Children's Software and New Media Revue
3:00-3:15pm Break
3:15-4:00pm Session: New Collaborators: Making the Next Move (Room 411)
Doug Lowenstein, Entertainment Software Association
Henry Jenkins III, MIT Comparative Media Studies
4:00-5:00pm Session: Pop Quiz with Will Wright (Room 411)
Will Wright, Creator of The Sims
Henry Jenkins III, MIT Comparative Media Studies