25 Sep 2012 |
Vote for us to speak at SXSWedu
Care to learn more about closing achievement gaps through games?
We’ve put together a proposal to speak at SXSWedu 2013, and we need your help. You may remember that we spoke on a Microsoft Education panel last year, focused on interactive gaming and student achievement. This year, our CEO Victoria Van Voorhis and Professor David Simkins of the School of Interactive Games and Media at RIT have proposed to present Closing Achievement Gaps Through Games. We will discuss…
21 Mar 2012 |
Learning in San Francisco (GDC)
I had the pleasure of attending the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco a few weeks ago, soaking in session after session, learning so much, and gaining inspiration from so many places. It was a hectic week!
The first two days of the conference were for all-day summits and tutorials. Tuesday featured the very popular Unity Developers Day. Unity is a product that we at Second Avenue regularly use. It allows for high-end, 3D accelerated graphics in a browser as…
9 Mar 2012 |
SXSWedu: Gaming and Student Achievement
This week I had the honor of appearing as a panelist at the SXSWedu Conference in Austin, TX. Our topic was “Interactive Gaming and Student Achievement,” and I spoke alongside Steve Jacobs of RIT and Just Press Play, and Lisa Perez, Library Coordinator for Chicago Public Schools. Our discussion ran the gamut from using games to increase student engagement, to the transformative impact Chicago has seen with using…
7 Mar 2012 |
At GDC? Stop by the Learning and Education Games IGDA SIG
If you are at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco this week, there’s an event that you don’t want to miss.
Today, March 7th from 2-3 pm PST marks the inaugural meeting and social gathering of the newly created Learning and Education Games IGDA SIG. Rochester Institute of Technology Game Design and Development Professor Stephen Jacobs is the Chair of this exciting new SIG. Our own CEO Victoria Van…
20 Jun 2011 |
We’re in NYC at the Games For Change Festival!
The 2011 Games for Change Festival is currently underway at New York University. Hosted by the Games For Learning Institute, the three day festival features speakers, panel discussions and workshops– bringing together some of the best minds in the business. A couple of our team members made the trip down to the City and are fully immersed in the action. Follow us on twitter @2ndAveLearning as we live tweet over the next three days– engage in a dialogue…
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