With some help from the kind people of FETC, here are the sessions on game-based learning at FETC this year.
Please pass this on to whomever you know is interested in GBL.
Also, don't forget to visit the Game-Based Learning Pavilion, right next to the poster sessions on the exhibit hall floor.
| Title | Description | Speakers | Where/When |
| Tuesday, January 23 | |||
| Game Makers | During this interactive workshop, you will be challenged to use creative, innovative thinking and technology to make the best game. | Jaime Donally, Hoonuit | ARVRinEDU; Rachelle Dene Poth, Riverview High School | 1:30PM, Hyatt Regency, Bayhill 18 |
| 11 Projects Implementing Technology to Develop Critical Thinking | Discover how to teach your students that mistakes and failures are not disasters, but rather an opportunity to learn something new. | Howie DiBlasi, Digital Journey | 1:30PM, Hyatt Regency, Bayhill 20 |
| Digital Games Help Develop Students' Literacy, Life and Career Skills | This workshop showcases free digital learning games produced by Classroom Inc. (CI). Led by two CI staff members and one to two middle school educators who use the digital learning games in their classrooms, this workshop will connect the story of creating a game-based curriculum guided by educational research with the story of how the games are used in the classroom to develop critical 21st century skills. | Hee Jin Bang, Ph.D, Classroom, Inc.; Kwamara Thompson, Classroom, Inc. | 1:30PM, Hyatt Regency, Bayhill 23 & 24 |
| Wednesday, January 24 | |||
| MIE Teacher Academy -- Minecraft: Education Edition | During this one-day, in-person Teacher Academy, you will: learn about Minecraft: Education Edition, its place in learning, and unique features suited for teaching and learning with immersive games. | Mary Williams, Microsoft; Zia Hassan, | 8:30AM, Orange County Convention Center, North 220C |
| Break Out of Your Box and Break into Breakout EDU! | Come experience Breakout EDU games for yourself, then begin developing your own breakouts to re-energize yourself as a teacher and students of all ages as learners! | Lynne Herr, Educational Service Unit 6 | 10:30AM, Hyatt Regency, Bayhill 21 |
| Using Scratch with Elementary Students | Never used Scratch before? Want to learn how to create using the program and discover ways to incorporate coding into your classroom? | Jason Rushing, Wysong Elementary (Neb.); Susan Prabulos, Meadow Lane Elementary (Neb.) | 4:00PM, Orange County Convention Center, Booth 1100 |
| Thursday, January 25 | |||
| CETL: Up Your Game With the National Certification for IT Leaders | For K-12 education technology leaders, earning the Certified Educational Technology Leader program certification demonstrates to your staff, superintendent and other stakeholders that you have mastered the skills needed to define and successfully build 21st-century learning environments in your school district. | Tom Ingram, Escambia County School District (Fla.); Diane Doersch, Green Bay Area Public Schools (Wis.) | 8:00AM, Hyatt Regency, Bayhill 21 |
| Game On: Using Digital Games for Teaching, Learning and Assessment | This presentation is designed for PK-12 teachers and curriculum specialists to: find, critique, and evaluate digital games using search and evaluation strategies to determine if they are suitable for instructionm integrate a wide range of digital games into the curriculum utilizing academic standards, and explore instructional and assessment strategies essential to make a game- based learning experience a success for students. | Ryan Schaaf, Notre Dame of Maryland University | 10:00AM, Orange County Convention Center, North 220E |
| Bringing Hands-On Coding And STEAM Into Your District Or Classroom | Are you planning to enhance STEAM and Coding programs in your district, school, or makerspace? Join this session for a fun, hands-on experience with littleBits Code Kit: a complete computer science solution that teaches students how to build their own mini-computer or game console. | Azadeh (Azi) Jamalian, littleBits; Azadeh (Azi) Jamalian, littleBits | 10:00AM, Orange County Convention Center, Booth 1159 |
| 30 Game Tools to Engage Every Class | This fast paced session will demonstrate 30 free and simple-to-use games, that can be integrated into any classroom, no matter what grade level or content area. Participants will walk away with game based technologies and examples of how they can be used in classrooms the very next day. | Jeff Ertzberger, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Salena Rabidoux, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Amy Rottmann, Lenoir-Rhyne University | 12:00 noon, Orange County Convention Center, North 220E |
| Gameshow Classroom: Formative Assessment That ROCKS | The best features of game shows can be used to review and teach in the classroom. Play with Kahoot!, Quizizz, Quizalize and Quizlet Live, learn about their best features and see how they can bring game show magic to your own classroom. | Matt Miller, Ditch That Textbook | 12:00 noon, Orange County Convention Center, North 320AB |
| Exploring the World of Game Based Learning | During this session, we'll explore the world of Game Based Learning and try out a variety of games and gaming techniques that provide opportunities for students to make connections to learning objectives, standards, and beyond in the classroom. Make sure to bring any type of device pre-loaded with your favorite game to share with others. | Brandon Petersen, mindSpark Learning | 1:00PM, Orange County Convention Center, North 220E |
| Makerfication! | Makerfication is a look into how Google suites can bring gamification and the maker movement together to help enhance engagement in the classroom and increase excitement in PBL. | Rick Funes, Gulliver Schools (Fla.); Andrés Joubert, Gulliver Schools (Fla.) | 1:00PM, Orange County Convention Center, South 330AB |
| Direct from Finland: Deep Learning Using Games, 3D, and AR | What do the developers of classroom blockbuster MinecraftEdu and a group of cutting-edge 3D and augmented reality engineers have in common? They're both from Finland, home to the best education system in the world, and incredibly passionate about innovative learning. Santeri Koivisto from TeacherGaming and Jussi Kajala from 3DBear will take to the stage to deliver insights on how teachers can take a page from Finland, embrace uncommon teaching methods, and deliver learning experiences their students will never forget. | Santeri Koivisto, TeacherGaming; Santeri Koivisto, TeacherGaming; Jussi Kajala, 3DBear | 1:00PM, Orange County Convention Center, Booth 1159 |
| Breaking The Mold With BreakoutEDU | This session will share a hands-on gaming platform called Breakout EDU. Modeled after escape rooms, Breakout EDU challenges students and/or staff to think critically about content, problem solve, troubleshoot, and work as a team. | Edie Erickson, Bay College | 2:30PM, Orange County Convention Center, Booth 965 |
| BreakoutEDU for K - 2 | Come visit this poster session to explore how Breakout EDU can specifically be used with Kindergarten through second grade students! | Cutia Blunt, The Galloway School | 2:30PM, Orange County Convention Center, Booth 965 |
| Battle of the Books Gets H.O.T. With FSA Standards | Battle of the Books and web based gaming software is transforming the way our students read in Pinellas County School District. We use higher order thinking, textually complex questions in our games played across the county using technology in a virtual gaming world. Student collaborate with the books in teams to compete. | Laura Woods, Pinellas County Schools Library Media Department; Peggy Duncan, Curlew Creek Elementary | 2:30PM, Orange County Convention Center, Booth 965 |
| Don't Flip Your Lid - FlipQuiz | Come and learn how you, too, can use FlipQuiz to create quiz board games for your students. Students are motivated, engaged, and above all learning! | Kimberly Dawn Albury, Horace O'Bryant School | 2:30PM, Orange County Convention Center, Booth 965 |
| Breakout EDU with OneNote | Participants will learn about Breakout EDU and how to create virtual locks using OneNote. Ideas and tips will be shared for creating your own Breakout games, as well as exploring and modifying existing Breakout games. In this session participants will also play a Breakout game! | Freda Williams, Cherokee County School District | 2:30PM, Orange County Convention Center, Booth 965 |
| ¿Hablas Minecraft? Minecraft in the World Language Classroom | Experience Minecraft in the second language classroom! From gamification to game-based learning we will explore how you can start using Minecraft in your classroom immediately! | Glen Irvin, Wabasha-Kellogg School District | 2:30PM, Orange County Convention Center, Booth 965 |
| Middle School English: Let's BreakOut Before We Stress Out | You can take students to the next level with their learning and critical thinking skills while fostering communication. BreakOut EDU boxes are applicable to all subjects, but in my session, I focus on effective strategies for implementing BreakOut EDU boxes into English and Social Studies curriculums. Your students will have a blast learning how to BreakOut instead of stressing out. | Betsy Wengler, St. Edward's School | 2:30PM, Orange County Convention Center, Booth 965 |
| Make Learning Come Alive in the Gamified Classroom! | The gamified classroom is an adventure at any level or content area. This session will describe how to layer the most motivational techniques of gameplay over your curriculum to increase student collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and creativity. | Tisha Richmond, -- Please Choose (Starts With A) -- | 2:30PM, Orange County Convention Center, Booth 965 |
| Stemming Attrition in STEM and Promoting Durable Conceptual Change | In this session, we share the game design principles that proved to promote a high level of engagement, interest, and learning as well as the kind of ‘durable conceptual change’ that benefits all students, especially girls and students from low SES. | Victoria Van Voorhis, Second Avenue Learning | 2:30PM, Orange County Convention Center, Booth 2305 |
| Designing Games in Scratch | What do students love more than playing games? Making games! Come and learn how to use Scratch to code a variety of games. | Susan Prabulos, Meadow Lane Elementary (Neb.); Jason Rushing, Wysong Elementary (Neb.) | 3:20PM, Orange County Convention Center, North 220E |
| How to Design Effective Starters for Strong Classes | We'll look at several ways that teachers can get their classes going in the right gear with technology, including approaches to using images, discussion tools, games, and short videos. | Rushton Hurley, NextVista.org | 3:30PM, Orange County Convention Center, Booth 1805 |
| Breakout EDU : Learning Inside the Box | Breakout EDU is the immersive learning game platform. Come and learn about how to create and share Breakout EDU games with your students and see how easy it is to increase the critical thinking and collaboration in your classroom. | Adam Bellow, Breakout EDU | 4:20PM, Orange County Convention Center, North 320AB |
| Friday, January 26 | |||
| Using Digital Games for Teaching, Learning and Assessment | Robert will make sure you experience the full potential of game-based learning through a selection of titles hosted on BrainPOP's GameUP portal. Bring your own laptop/device … if you're game! | Robert Miller, BrainPOP | 10:00AM, Orange County Convention Center, North 220E |
| Hands-On STEM: Coding Robots | This session will showcase a variety of robots and products that allow students to learn and apply coding and robotics concepts. Participants will learn about classroom use of Dash and Dot, Parrot Mini-Drones, Ozobots, a coding game called Puzzlets, Bloxels Video Game Creator, and a Kano Computer Kit. | Lauren Wade, Ocean Palms Elementary School | 10:45AM, Orange County Convention Center, Booth 2305 |
| Virtual DC Documentary | Through this project, my 5th grade students learned about the history associated with landmarks they'll be seeing this summer on their Safety Patrol trip to Washington, DC. My 5th grade students did the research, script-writing, green screen setup, and producing prior to being able to "walk the red carpet" as the stars of the movie they produced. | Caryl OSteen, Bronson Elementary School | 11:00AM, Orange County Convention Center, Booth 965 |
| Google CS First Clubs | Technology Instructor, Kelly McNeil, will demonstrate samples, lessons and tips from her 6th grade classroom Digital Storytelling and Art Clubs.The teacher dashboard, printed materials and question and answer time will be provided from a tried in the classroom perspective. An overview of the themes will be presented: Storytelling, Friends, Fashion and Design, Art, Social Media, Sports, Music and Sound, Game Design and Animation. | Kelly McNeil, All Saints Academy | 11:00AM, Orange County Convention Center, Booth 1100 |
| Next Level Technology Clubs: Creating Divergent Thinkers Through Inquiry-Based Learning | We have created a culture of divergent thinkers through the promotion of student exploration, collaboration, and innovation without the need for specialized staff. Students choose an individualized learning path from choices such as coding, robotics, 3-D printing, invention, and video game design. | Michael West, Elyria City Schools; Cindy Tobel, Elyria City Schools; Brian Kokai, Elyria City Schools | 11:00AM, Orange County Convention Center, Booth 1100 |
| Scratch with Elementary Students | Scratch is a visual program that can be used to explore content and create in a range of media formats (games, digital storytelling, animation, etc), making it engaging for young people with various learning styles and interests and languages. | Regina Schaffer, Middletown Township School District | 11:00AM, Orange County Convention Center, Booth 1100 |
| The Power of PBL | My high school programming students designed and created a game to help our lower school students practice their mouse skills. Participants will discover all of the steps necessary to bring the project from an idea to an actual product that was played and tested by our first grade students, including feedback and iterative design strategies. | Cristy McCloskey, Sewickley Academy | 11:00AM, Orange County Convention Center, Booth 2405 |
| Become Makers: Don't Play Games, Make Them! | Teachers and students can make or augment games for learning classroom material. Learn why Alice programming was created and why it is supported by computer science professors at Duke, Stanford, Carnegie Melon, Georgia Tech and more. | Chari Distler, North Broward Preparatory School (Fla.) | 12:00 noon, Orange County Convention Center, North 220E |
| Builders, Miners and Geeks: Why Minecrafters Need School IT | In this session, Scott, Mitchell, and Daniel will share their journey and introduce school IT leaders to several solutions that address common problems when using Minecraft for educational purposes at home and in school. | Scott Vrablik, Carmel Catholic High School (Ill.); Clean Minecraft Videos; Mitchell Brown, Carmel Catholic High School (Ill.); Clean Minecraft Videos; Daniel Rezac, Tynker & Quest Academy | 12:00 noon, Orange County Convention Center, South 330H |