By Joliz This morning the Hive NYC Network came to Global Kids Headquarters for the launch of the public development of the Hive NYC Badge System. Check out the photos below!
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By Joliz Cedeño Andrew Gardner posted a great write up on the presentation on Playing for Peace led by Barry Joseph and Global Kids Leaders Ednica and Kendell. Check out the post below!
Game nights have been bringing people together for generations, and recently BrainPOPcollaborated with our friends from YouPD to host our very own! The evening included game play, of course, and presentations from NewVisions, the MIT Education Arcade and Global Kids, to more than 50 teachers, administrators, non-profits employees. First, Scot Osterweil, Creative Director at the MIT Education Arcade, shared how play is at the root of human nature and learning, yet it’s not honored within the US educational system. He continued by describing how play is at the root of many well designed educational games including his own Lure of the Labyrinth which we played collaboratively with the entire group! Grand Theft Calculus it was not Next Barry Joseph, Online Leadership Director at Global Kids, along with two youth leaders, Ednica and Kendell, presented on the process of designing games in their after school class, specifically “Playing for Peace” with Gamestar Mechanic. They are currently challenging young game designers to create games with social impact about the causes and effects of war around the world. Get your students involved by clicking the link above. Next Hsing Wei from NewVisions showed off Hackasaurus from Mozilla, demonstrating how the thoughtful “x-ray goggles” tool allows students to see and remix code from various websites to make instant realtime mashups. She illustrated the ease of mixing code from the google logo and a cat, and the results were hilarious. YouPD has also created a challenge to create a lesson for your students using these tools. Click the link to share your ideas, or read about ideas from other educators. Mashups have never been so educational! Finally we broke into small groups to play on our xbox 360 kinect, to survey the games on GameUp, and to enjoy the company of educators who are excited about the possibilities of using games in the classroom. If you’re in NYC and would like more information about future NewVisions and YouPD Blender events, check out their website, and tell ‘em BrainPOP sent ya! See original post at BrainPOP! By Joliz Cedeño A junior at Benjamin Banneker Academy in Brooklyn, Kendell Francis originally joined GK's Playing 4 Keeps (P4K) program as a way to gain community service credit while practicing an activity he already loved: video games. However, since joining P4K, Kedell say his perspective has changed. "P4K is helping me think about how I view the world. It's helping me re-evaluate my relationship with media. Now I think about what I can do to affect the media and teach others." With the support of Global Kids trainers, he has even begun to look at collegiate programs in game design. Kendell says his goal is "to focus on building more realistic games that address everyday issues." Playing 4 Keeps emphasizes social impact game design as a tool for exploring issues such as resource management, conflict and the influence of media on youth.
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