This program is tentative and subject to change. Download a PDF version of the program. Last updated 6/12/05
SYMPOSIUM Playing Culture
Jesper Juul & Eric Zimmerman
Henry Jenkins Respondent
INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONSLearning Through Designing
Magy Seif El-Nasr & Brian Smith Learning through Game Modding
Peter Border Teaching Physics by Designing Games
Kristen Pilner Blair & Daniel Schwartz Guided Discovery Games with Teachable Agents
David Shaffer Respondent
WORKSHOP
Robert Moore, Nicholas Ducheneaut, & Eric Nickell Leveraging Virtual Omniscience: Mixed Methodologies for Studying Social Life in Persistent Online Worlds
Constance Steinkuehler Session Chair
SYMPOSIUM Simulating Schooling
Kurt Squire & Levi Giovanetto Apolyton University: The Higher Education of Gaming
Rich Halverson Games for Leadership, Leadership for Games
James Paul Gee Respondent
INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS 'Effects' of Games
Dmitri Williams The Social Impact of MMOG Play
Jack Kuo, Will Huang, & Jeffrey Wilkins Exploring the Diagnosis and Treatment of Online Gaming Addiction
Constance Steinkuehler Respondent
Sasha Barab The Quest Atlantis Project: A Socially Responsive Play Space for Learning
David Shaffer Session Chair
SYMPOSIUM A Conversation Across Generations of Media Scholars
Henry Jenkins & Kurt Squire
David Bordwell & Jonathan Frome
Jay Lemke Moderator
INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS: Students as Gamers
Maya Kadakia Using Morrowind to Teach Characterization, Cause & Effect and Storyline
Samantha Blackmon Racing Toward Representation: An Understanding of Racial Representation in GTA Vice City
Elizabeth Hayes Respondent
TWO PART WORKSHOP Designing Player Perspectives
Benjamin Stokes Combining Play with Service Learning
Tom Crawford Unholy Union: Innovation by Mixing Unnatural Things
James Paul Gee Session Chair
INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS Designing Games
Robin Hunicke The Case for Dynamic Assessment
Doug Church Games and Improvisation
John Seely Brown Respondent
INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS The Regulation of Play in MMOGs
T. L. Taylor Beyond Management: Considering Participatory Design and Governance in Player Culture
Constance A. Steinkuehler The Mangle of Play
Dan Hunter & Greg Lastowka The Jurisdiction of Play
Margaret Chmiel Respondent
SYMPOSIUM: Games for Thought: The Future of Education & How We Can Get There
Kelly L. Beckett, David Hatfield, Alecia Magnifico & Gina N. Svarovsky
= Recommended especially for teachers.
= Session will be available for webcast courtesy of Sonic Foundry.