Morning Session
gamebasedlearning 2009 – March 20th, The Brewery – www.gamebasedlearning.co.uk
Opening Address – Andrew Pinder, Chairman, Becta (bio)
Steven Berlin Johnson, Cultural Critic & Writer (bio)
lots of game mentions, lots of pictochatting, flash coughing, etc
sleeper curve
Danah Boyd, Social Media Scientist (watch vid)
nice hat, young people do the unexpected, bedroom culture, social grooming, having fun, information persistant, not as much predation online as we think, age/social barriers when kids told not to trust adults…
Laurie O’Donnell, Director of Learning and Technology, Learning & Teaching Scotland (bio)
very interesting, audience interactivity midflow
Lunch: meeting chatroom B buddies Schumi & Lia
Porter Tun: Hepper, Keri
Mike Sharples
Gaming breakout session
End of day social, free bubbly, more pictochatting