Presentations and Publications

2013 4 CALL and Spotlight Conferences - Athens

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:19:04 -0400

Getting to know the new University culture a bit this week. As we wrap up the semester, OU hosted two conferences.

At CALL,I conducted a workshop to help folks build their own mobile games.

At Spotlight I presented a slightly new take on Games and Learning - that games were on the path to take over learning across contexts.

Quicktime versions of the slides are to the right.

2013 3 SITE Conference - New Orleans

Wed, 3 Apr 2013 09:33:06 -0400

This was my first time to SITE and was well attended by the OU crowd.

I presented once on case examples from the Mobile Media Learning book. Second, I conducted a workshop to help folks build their own mobile games. Finally, I presented a summary of findings from a cross-case analysis of the MML cases - or principles of mobile game design.

Quicktime versions of the slides are to the right.

2013 2 Dr. King's Class UW-Whitewater

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:36:07 -0500

E-mail me at dikkers@ohio.edu with any questions or comments.

2013 E-Tech Ohio

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:13:23 -0500

E-mail me at dikkers@ohio.edu with any questions or comments.

2012 EdCamps

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:05:34 -0500

The first talk is a panel discussion on Place-Based Learning. The second was a general Q&A discussion, but we focused on ongoing research on Minecraft for learning and observations and tips from classroom.

2012 12 TIES - Relevant Games

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:43:19 -0500

Based on the talk given to Administrators, this session also outlines ‘Obvious’, ‘Not so obvious’ games, and Game design principals that are relevant to transformative education.

2012 12 TIES - How Games Shaped My Classroom

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:43:13 -0500

This talk outlines my own journey to being convinced that games were useful for my classroom design, but also notes the importance that games have had in shaping award winning teacher’s classrooms around the country.

2012 12 TIES - Administration Special Sessions

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:42:53 -0500

In addition to the normal sessions at the conference, Marla Davenport invited me to join a group of MN principals and superintendents for lunch.

TECHNOLOGY FOR LEADERSHIP
In the first session I argue that there are a variety of types of technology that school administrators should be considering as they make decisions around technology - including the availability of technology in the teacher’s homes. Also, there are informal uses of technology that show promise for teacher PD. I suggest that principals seek out technology that 1) Offers new affordances, 2) Encourages student production, over consumption, and 3) is designed well and intuitively.

GAMES FOR RELEVANT LEARNING
The second session was more typically an introduction to interesting and relevant games for educational use. We reviewed examples of Obvious, Not so Obvious, and Designs for education based on gaming media.

2012 12 TIES Mobile Workshop

Sun, 9 Dec 2012 12:43:10 -0500

This session quickly introduces the use of mobile games for learning and then we took time building a basic mobile game using the ARIS editor. The second half was open for teachers to build mobile games in GPS Mission, ARIS, or FreshAir.

2012 10 Great Lakes Behavior Summit Keynote

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:47:35 -0400

David Perrodin and team invited me to both introduce the potential of games for learning, but also suggest that Special Education services can be a rich field to plant new pedagogical approaches within. This session attempts to do so and was a chance to share in detail the changes we made to our SpEd program in Norther Minnesota that had some wonderful results. Afterwards, I met with small groups to discuss in more detail the ways and specifics of rethinking learning as a game.

Thanks for the wonderful time and people! This was an energetic and welcoming community of adults that are passionate about serving youth every day.

Below are two documents that were requested after the session. Also, below is a requested sound clip that presents schools as a ‘game’.