Tuesday, March 25

10:35am to 12:05pm

New Perspectives on Learning Through (Game) Design:

Location: Hilton New York, Gramercy Suite A, 2nd Floor

Chair: Elisabeth R. Hayes (Arizona State University)

A Constructionist Approach to Learning Through Designing Games: What Videogame Making Can Teach Us About Literacy and Learning

• Kylie A. Peppler (University of California - Los Angeles)
• Yasmin B. Kafai (University of California - Los Angeles)

Using School-Based Game Design Projects to Engage Girls in Game Design

• Nichole D. Pinkard (The University of Chicago)

StarLogo TNG: Making Content-Centered Game and Simulation Development Accessible to Students and Teachers

• Eric D. Klopfer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• Hal Scheintaub (Governor Dummer Academy)

Collaborative Game Design:
Analysis From a Middle School Programming Project

• Wanda Eugene (Auburn University)
• Shaundra Bryant Daily (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• Brigid J.S. Barron (Stanford University)
• Karin S. Forssell (Stanford University)
• Maryanna Rogers (Stanford University)
• Lori Takeuchi (Stanford University)

Discussant: Eric Zimmerman (Gamelab)
The Importance of Design in Learning Through Game Design

• Ivan A. Games (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
• Robert J. Torres (New York University)
• Elisabeth R. Hayes (Arizona State University)

12:25pm to 1:55pm

Learning, Meaning, and Civic Engagement in the Digital Age:
The MacArthur Digital Media Initiative

Location: Hilton New York, Room: Sutton Complex, Sutton South, 2nd Floor

Participant: Henry Jenkins (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Participant: Howard E. Gardner (Harvard University)
Participant: James Paul Gee (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Participant: Nichole D. Pinkard (The University of Chicago)
Chair: Constance Yowell (J.D. & C.T. MacArthur Foundation)

4:05pm - 5:35pm

The Future of Learning: New Paradigms for the 21st Century

Location: Hilton New York, Sutton Complex, Regent Parlor, 2nd Floor

The Shift From Consumption and Transfer to Participatory Learning in a Networked Society

• Mizuko Ito

From Proprietary to Open Resources:
Transforming the Production, Distribution, and Use of Knowledge

• Marshall S. Smith (William and Flora Hewlett Foundation)

Virtual Worlds:
A New Infrastructure for Learning Environments and Collaboration

• Daniel Atkins (National Science Foundation)

Discussant: John Seely Brown (Xerox PARC)
Chair: Constance Yowell (J.D. & C.T. MacArthur Foundation)

6:15 - 8:15pm

Reception
Sutton Complex, Beekman Parlor/Sutton North, 2nd Floor

Wednesday, March 26

8:15am to 9:45am

Epistemic Games

Location: Hilton New York, Room: East Suite, 4th Floor

Urban Science: Civic Engagement to Civic Science
Elizabeth Anne Sowatzke (University of Wisconsin - Madison)

Digital Zoo: Sodaconstructing the Next Generation of Engineers
Aran Nulty (University of Wisconsin - Madison)

Authentic Game Play
lecia Marie Magnifico (University of Wisconsin - Madison)

Epistemic Game Engines
David Hatfield (University of Wisconsin - Madison)

“It’s Soooo Helpful to Have a Design Advisor…”:
Training Mentors for Epistemic Games
Padraig Nash (University of Wisconsin - Madison)

Discussant: James Paul Gee (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Chair: David Hatfield (University of Wisconsin - Madison)

10:35am to 12:05pm

Digital Literacies and the Future of Schools

Location: Hilton New York, Room: Sutton Complex, Sutton South, 2nd Floor

Discussant: Richard R. Halverson (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Participant: Erica Halverson (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Participant: Allan M. Collins (Northwestern University)
Participant: Katie Salen (Parsons School of Design)
Participant: Lauren B. Resnick (University of Pittsburgh)
Participant: Louis M. Gomez (Northwestern University)
Participant: Anthony S. Bryk (Stanford University)
Chair: Richard R. Halverson (University of Wisconsin - Madison)

12:25pm to 1:55pm (Multiple Panels)

Fantasy Sports as Participatory Media Spaces:
Early Research on New Learning Environments

Location: Hilton New York, Room: Green Room, 4th Floor

Participant: Erica Halverson (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Participant: Brian K. Smith (The Pennsylvania State University)
Participant: Kyu Yon Lim (The Pennsylvania State University)
Chair: Richard R. Halverson (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Discussant: Na'Ilah Suad Nasir (Stanford University)

Location: Hilton New York, Room: Murray Hill Suite A, 2nd Floor

Participant: Constance A. Steinkuehler (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Participant: Kurt D. Squire (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Participant: Sasha A. Barab (Indiana University - Bloomington)
Participant: Douglas Thomas (University of Southern California)
Discussant: Kylie A. Peppler (University of California - Los Angeles)
Discussant: Eric D. Klopfer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Location: New York Marriott Marquis Times Square, Room: Shubert Complex, Royale Room, 6th Floor

Chair: Alice J. Robison (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Participant: Carrie James (Harvard University)
Participant: Henry Jenkins (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Participant: Howard E. Gardner (Harvard University)

Thursday, March 27

12:25pm to 1:55pm

21st-Century Curriculum:
Reflexive Play Spaces and the Quest Atlantis Project

Location: New York Marriott Marquis Times Square, Room: Marquis Ballroom, Salon C, 9th Floor

Participant: Sasha A. Barab (Indiana University - Bloomington)
Participant: Daniel T. Hickey (Indiana University - Bloomington)
Participant: Melissa Sommefeld Gresalfi (Indiana University - Bloomington)
Participant: Adam Ingram-Goble (Indiana University - Bloomington)
Participant: Tyler Dodge (Indiana University - Bloomington)
Participant: Steven J. Zuiker (National Institute of Education - Singapore)
Participant: Sinem Siyahhan (Indiana University - Bloomington)
Participant: Timothy Reilly (Indiana University - Bloomington)
Participant: Kenneth E. Hay (Indiana University - Bloomington)
Discussant: Michael F. Young (University of Connecticut)
Discussant: Linda G. Polin (Pepperdine University)

Friday, March 28

8:15am to 9:45am

New Media Literacies:
Methodological Approaches and Theoretical Perspectives

Location: Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers, Room: Executive Conference Center, Conference Room H, Lower Lobby

Remixing Media:
What Fans’ Anime Music Videos Have to Teach Us About New Literacies

• Michele Knobel (Montclair State University)

New Literacies in Old Literacy Skins

• Kevin M. Leander (Vanderbilt University)
• Gail M. Boldt (The University of Iowa)

Amateur Cultural Production and Peer-to-Peer Learning

• Mizuko Ito

Instructional Environments Designed to Increase Quality of Access to Technology and Expertise in the New Social Futures

• Kimberley Gomez (University of Illinois - Chicago)
• Kimberly Austin (The University of Chicago)
• Jolene Zywica (TERC)
• Paula K. Hooper (TERC)
• Nichole D. Pinkard (The University of Chicago)

Taking Up and Transforming Opportunities for Learning:
An Examination of the Role of Social Learning Networks
and Resources for Imagination

• Brigid J.S. Barron (Stanford University)
• Maryanna Rogers (Stanford University)
• Caitlin Kennedy Martin (Stanford University)

Discussant: Allan M. Collins (Northwestern University)