Games in Education 2016

The Teacher Pioneers panel presents four teachers who teach different subjects at different levels and use games/technology in very different ways, and were brought together by a forthcoming book that highlights their accomplishments: Teacher Pioneers: Visions from the Edge of the Map. Each teacher focused on designing games (digital and non-digital) for use in the classroom, or using other types of technology in innovative ways. Steve Isaacs teaches video game development and design in middle school, and founded the #edtechbridge chat on Twitter. Laini Kavaloski teaches English and digital studies at SUNY-Canton, asking students to create collaborative, literary placed-based digital games and stories. John Fallon teaches English in middle school, and develops alternate reality games that immerse his students in the past and the future. Paul Darvasi is a high school English and media studies teacher who uses augmented reality and video games to teach his students about understanding and experiencing stories. This panel will be moderated by the book's editor, Caro Williams-Pierce, who teaches about video games and learning at the University at Albany, SUNY, and designs math learning games.