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OpenDocLab Lunch Series: Vince Brown
Brown will present an animated map that explores the spatial dynamics of the Jamaican slave revolt of 1760-1761.
Find out more »Meaningful Gamification: Motivating through Play Instead of Manipulating through Rewards
Scott Nicholson discussing how meaningful gamification is the use of design concepts from games and play to help people find personal connections to a real-world setting.
Find out more »Push Button: Examining the Culture, Platforms, and Design of the Arcade
The lecture series is also paired with a Game Dev Challenge for students – to make games for the cabinets installed at the MIT Museum and in CMS/W.
Find out more »Visual Literacy: Strategies for Incorporating Classroom Critical Thinking in the Visual Representation of Research
Presentation and hands-on exercises addressing the too often ignored component of communication: the visual expression of data and concepts.
Find out more »From Assignment to Revision: How Instruction and Feedback Shape Student Writing
Participants will learn to provide the kinds of comments and strategies that will help students understand how to improve both their specific texts and their abilities as writers.
Find out more »Thinking and Talking: Oral Communication in the Classroom
This workshop will examine the rich variety of forms that classroom oral presentations can take, both as a way to scaffold thinking and as a way to assess students’ conceptual understanding.
Find out more »In-Class Debates: Another Option for an Oral Communication Assignment
This workshop will cover the basics of putting together assignments involving in-class debates.
Find out more »Sandbox Summit@MIT, “Innovation by Design: Inspirations for Playful Learning”
Sandbox Summit@MIT 2014 will present some of the minds behind—and in front of—today’s evolutionary ideas, platforms, places and products. From toys and games to schools, museums, media and marketing, presenters will delve into the purposeful designs that power playful learning.
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