Author Archives: Kavon

This is year 10 for the Edublog Awards! As an advocate for game based learning, that’s the arena where most of my nominations live, I’ve pulled from massively multi-player online games and virtual worlds. Best individual blog Gridjumper’s Blog http://gridjumper.net/ … Continue reading →

Fall 2013 Virtual Education Journal (VEJ) “Out Of This World” Submissions Due December 1, 2013 Please submit articles about the work you are doing in second life, minecraft, or any virtual world/online game. We want to share the exciting work … Continue reading →

The UnSymposium will be in December this year! Friday December 6 and Saturday Decemeber 7 For now, we’re looking at the Minecraft and More! If you have any questions, please contact Kae at gamesmooc@gmail.com  

The winter issue of the Virtual Education Journal will be all about Games! Virtual Education Journal http://virtualeducationjournal.com/ Deadline is January 15th and they are looking for educators to tell their stories. This is from the Editor – Rosie Vjotek GOT … Continue reading →

The UnSymposium is evolving! Here’s what we have so far… Most of the sessions will be livestreamed over the Games MOOC YouTube Channel Sessions will take place in Second Life, TERAOnline and World of Warcraft Friday November 2 5 pm … Continue reading →

Zombies….. Ninjas…. And Pirates…. No it’s not the Apocalypse. But, it will be disruptive. There will be rogue teachers. Games, Virtual Worlds. MMORPGs and Machinima MOOCs, OOCs, Badges & Gamification Think of this disruption ….Play as Professional Development So come … Continue reading →

If you’d like to register early feel free …. We will be contacting you with more information! Online event registration for Virtual Worlds & Games UnSymposium powered by Eventbrite

Zombie invasion! intro – ie BRIEF etymology and history of zombification and zombies in popular culture b. informal introduction to Zombies, necromancers, and liches c. why are the undead so interesting? A couple of reasons why we gravitate to zombie … Continue reading →

The last two years, we haven’t had a design theme but for this year – we had a request. In fact we have had a few requests. So this year will be pirate, zombie and ninja! We will also be … Continue reading →

The Department of Education has declared the month of August to be Connected Educator Month! So we’re connecting! Please save the dates of November 2nd and 3rd for the Virtual Worlds & Games UnSymposium! We’ll be working with a number … Continue reading →