Games and Simulations Network

Check out the discussion in the Games & Sims Network! Dr. Len Scrogan is sharing news, information and resources with us in his short VR Grab Bag Items.

here is a free digital report from the University of Tampere in Finland titled Hybrid Playful Experiences: Playing Between Material and Digital on hybrid experiences in play. By hybrid experiences, the report look at playful experiences and design in 3D printing, miniaturization of technology, the Internet of Things and the maker movement. You might not have time, especially with the school year starting to read the full 118 page report but might like to save the link for future references.

The Virtual Education Journal (VEJ) invites Games & Sims to contribute each issue. While the focus generally is on virtual worlds, video games, AR and VR they have always been very open to anything game related we have submitted. We have also put in articles about coding.  This is a practitioner journal. It is not peer reviewed. It is also open to anything that your students may have written also. I have had undergrads submit write-ups of their projects. I know some other people have had their k-12 students write about Minecraft. It’s a place for you to highlight projects, professional development and even book reviews. They also love screenshots and pictures.

If you want to submit anything, email as a word doc or docx single spaced to Roxie Vojtek  rvojtek@edovation.com  Include pictures as .png or .jpg in the highest resolution possible.

Here’s last year’s issue that came out before last year’s ISTE conference

Summer 2016 https://issuu.com/edovation/docs/vej_summer_2016_denver