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Heading to FETC in Orlando this week?  Our very own Dr. Kari Stubbs has collaborated with a superstar team to present #Edgames #Edlearning #EdAssessment.  She’ll be joining Brian Alspach (E-Line Media), Scot Osterweil (MIT), Naomi Greenfield (Fablevision), and Betsy Peisach (Maryland Public Television) to discuss the hot topic of games in learning and how it’s becoming more than a trend.  This panel of experts will be exploring games as consumption, creation, their intersection with digital content, research, challenges, and the critical dimension of professional development and teacher support.  New to games in the classroom?  No problem!  Attendees will leave the session with a collection of educational games and teaching resources so you can get started as soon as you return to your classroom. Don’t miss this exciting session on Wednesday, January 30 from 10-11 am in room South 320H of the convention hall. We’re everywhere this week! In addition to FETC, we’re exhibiting at BETT in London. Read what the BrainPOP UK team has in store for the show and follow @BrainPOP_UK for the latest overseas news.

Wednesday, April 11 4:30PM ET: Play Seriously II: The MIT Education Arcade We welcome the MIT Education Arcade back for another webinar to extend our discussion on the objectives of educational gaming and its value in the classroom. We’ll take a more in-depth look into the Lure of the Labyrinth Challenge and further explore the Lure of the Labyrinth math games featured on BrainPOP’s GameUp. You can join this webinar whether or not you participated in the initial BrainPOP/Education Arcade webinar last month. If you didn’t catch that initial webinar, you can check it out any time in our archives.

Perhaps the coolest camp ever, I recently had the opportunity to visit Learning Games Network’s summer program, Design Corps Boot Camp, at MIT. The camp offers middle school teachers and students the opportunity to work with professionals in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and more. It’s a bit late for this year, but definitely something to keep an eye out for next summer. Are you using game design with your students? How? We’d love to hear about it!