February 11, 2014 Steve Peters A forum for everyone -- parents, business community, educators, legislators, government officials, community leaders

TEDx - 16 year old Jonathan Schenker – Gaming The Educational System - How video games might actually help us learn! You Have to See This Video

About Today  Meet incredible AZ Gamification professionals Panel and audience  Learn about Gamification - what it is, and how it is being used in education and the workplace  Discover who's doing research and what the research is showing  Find resources to support your initiatives  Network with colleagues

Agenda  Video – “Gaming The Educational System"  Welcome  Pima County Joint Technical Education District - JTED Introduction and Virtual Tour  Panel 1: Dr. Sasha Barab & Dr. Anna Arici  Get Moving With GoNoodle Break  Panel 2: Dr. Kristen DiCerbo & Ben Reichert  Reception, Networking, Exhibits

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So, you think that digital games are just for kids, and just for fun. Well we have news for you! Gamification is a Game Changer

From game segments in educational programs, to fully immersive experiences, games are going mainstream  Education, eLearning, STEM  Corporate training  Sales and marketing  Innovation  Lots more About Gamification

Games In Industry Games are showing up everywhere  Retail  Military  Bio Science  IT Training  Innovation

Is Gamification Important? Millions in government and foundation funding to research the impact of games in education  DARPA, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency invested $12 million in games research for STEM and military training

Is It Important  ASU Center for Games And Impact  The Games Learning and Assessment Lab  Lots More

Interesting Stats  50% of corporate innovation will be “gamified” by 2015 (Gartner)  70% of 2,000 global organizations will use gamified applications by 2014 (Gartner)  Deloitte, identified gamification as one of its Top 10 Technology Trends for 2012

Interesting Stats  Gamification market is forecast to hit $5 billion annually by 2018 (Markets and Markets)  The market for video game advertising will reach $1 billion by 2014 (Massive Incorporated)

Is It Effective? Do games really work for business and education? You will hear lots about that from the panel This Is Amazing Gamers playing a protein-folding game called Foldit helped unlock the structure of an AIDS- related enzyme, in just 3 weeks, that the scientific community had been unable to unlock for a decade

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Intro and Virtual Tour - David Fuller  A public high school district that offers tuition- free Career and Technical Education programs  Animation, game design, graphic and web design, computer maintenance, digital photography, and network technologies are among the many programs offered by JTED. Pima County Joint Technical Education District

On With The Program

 GazeL Board Member  Manager of Herberger Online (ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts)  Founder of Blue Mantis Solutions Moderator Rowan de Faria

 Dr. Sasha Barab, Director of the ASU Center For Games and Impact Getting Started  Dr. Anna Arici, Learning Scientist, Director of Quest2Teach 3D Game Curricula & Research, ASU Center for Games & Impact

Lori Howard, Regional Vice President  Short bursts of physical activity during the school day stimulates learning  GoNoodle interactive physical activity breaks are designed to improve student engagement, behavior and performance. Get Moving With GoNoodle

Back To Our Program  Dr. Kristen DiCerbo, Principal Research Scientist at Pearson and a Distinguished Learning Games Scientist with GlassLab (Games Learning and Assessment Lab)  Ben Reichert, CEO at Game CoLab and Abeona Games, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Advancing Technology

After The Forum Be sure to stay after the Forum for the Reception

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