July 26 2009 at 11:00
Our Courts: Learning Civics through Games

Eric Keylor

Since the beginning of video games, there has always been interest in using video games for learning. Now, a perfect storm of technology, social media, and learning science is making the development of video games for deep learning more feasible than ever. During this talk, we will explore the learning principles behind good video games, and we will discuss the design, development, and future vision of Guardian of Law, a game to teach civics to middle school students that was initiated by Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor as part of the Our Courts project (www.ourcourts.org).

Eric Keylor is a Ph.D. student in Educational Technology at Arizona State University and is currently on the Our Courts design and development team. He studied music at Yale University and has a Master’s of Entertainment Technology from the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University.

While at Carnegie Mellon, he was on the development team for PeaceMaker, a turn-based strategy game about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. PeaceMaker won the University of Southern California’s Public Diplomacy Games contest and won the Games for Change Annual context. In late 2007, the Peres Center for Peace distributed 100,000 copies of PeaceMaker in Israel and the Palestinian territories and committed to providing teacher support for the use of PeaceMaker in Israeli and Palestinian schools.

August 2 2009 at 11:00
Transforming Turmoil into a New Economy

John Perkins

For the first time in human history every human being faces the same crisis, including climate change, diminishing resources, and economic turmoil. Because of the internet and cell phones, we all know that the old approaches have failed. It is time, Perkins says, to develop a model that takes us out of war-based, exploitative economies into ones committed to creating a world that future generations will want to inherit. Every major crisis can be traced to corporate goals of maximizing profits regardless of the social and environmental costs. By recognizing that the market place is a democratic voting booth, we, the people, have the power to demand new goals, ones focused on generating a sustainable, just, and peaceful world.

Economist and New York Times Bestselling Author

As Chief Economist at a major international consulting firm, John Perkins advised the World Bank, United Nations, IMF, U.S. Treasury Department, Fortune 500 corporations, and countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. He worked directly with heads of state and CEOs of major companies.

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