Game On – Science Museum Events in December
Discussions on gamings impact on health, science, medicine and technology.
If you have still to visit the Science Museum’s amazing Game On exhibition then you might want to combine your trip with attending one of the free gaming-themed discussions in December at the rather pleasant café-bar in the museum’s Dana Centre.
The series of events involves a number of expert speakers ‘interacting directly with the audience’ discussing a range of subjects relating to video gaming and its culture.
‘Interacting directly’ basically means that you will have a chance to catch up with the speakers at the events in informal round-table discussion groups.
The first event, on the 5th December, entitled Virtual Worlds And Cyber Friends examines on-line videogaming, with input from key figures in the field including writer Tim Guest and academic and excitable Guardian scribe, Aleks Krotoski. The event will be presented by none other than TV’s Gareth Jones (Gaz Top!). The plan is to look at a range of subjects including, ‘online avatars, anonymity and personal identity’, ‘new communities and ways of forming relationships’, ‘the effect of virtual worlds on the people that play them’ and ‘the future for those worlds as technology continues to progress’.
The second event on the 7th December looks at the contentious subject of videogames and education and features a panel of expert speakers including Stephen Heppell, government advisor on technology in schools, and Adrian Hall, director of Mobile Learning at Steljes Ltd, which specialises in developing “new technologies to facilitate learning for children and the use of videogames in an educational context”.
The discussions will look at a number of issues surrounding gaming and education including:
Tickets to both events are free. Yes FREE! Just email tickets@danacentre.org.uk to get involved. SPOnG will hopefully catch up with you there.
And do not go along with the intention of heckling the experts. Just, don’t.
The series of events involves a number of expert speakers ‘interacting directly with the audience’ discussing a range of subjects relating to video gaming and its culture.
‘Interacting directly’ basically means that you will have a chance to catch up with the speakers at the events in informal round-table discussion groups.
The first event, on the 5th December, entitled Virtual Worlds And Cyber Friends examines on-line videogaming, with input from key figures in the field including writer Tim Guest and academic and excitable Guardian scribe, Aleks Krotoski. The event will be presented by none other than TV’s Gareth Jones (Gaz Top!). The plan is to look at a range of subjects including, ‘online avatars, anonymity and personal identity’, ‘new communities and ways of forming relationships’, ‘the effect of virtual worlds on the people that play them’ and ‘the future for those worlds as technology continues to progress’.
The second event on the 7th December looks at the contentious subject of videogames and education and features a panel of expert speakers including Stephen Heppell, government advisor on technology in schools, and Adrian Hall, director of Mobile Learning at Steljes Ltd, which specialises in developing “new technologies to facilitate learning for children and the use of videogames in an educational context”.
The discussions will look at a number of issues surrounding gaming and education including:
• What educational benefits can be derived from video games?
• How video games can be tailored to meet differing educational needs
• The future for games in increasingly technology-based classrooms
• Issues arising from the use of games in education – do they affect child development in other areas?
• How video games can be tailored to meet differing educational needs
• The future for games in increasingly technology-based classrooms
• Issues arising from the use of games in education – do they affect child development in other areas?
Tickets to both events are free. Yes FREE! Just email tickets@danacentre.org.uk to get involved. SPOnG will hopefully catch up with you there.
And do not go along with the intention of heckling the experts. Just, don’t.