Wk 4 Publishing_Leadership Project

There are two technology conferences that I would love to present my AR project at.  My first choice is the Games + Learning + Society (GLS) Conference.  Their website has a "call for papers" that specifically "encourages the submission of . . . innovative talk formats which focus on game design, game culture, and games’ potential for learning and society more broadly." I chose this conference because it is all about reinventing learning through games and simulations. The fact that they are looking for presentations on the potential for games in learning and society makes it a perfect fit for my AR project. 

My second choice is International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference.  I chose this conference because it is an international technology conference that is well respected in the education community. This year marks their 32nd annual conference. They boast to be one of the world's premiere education technology events, which is part of the reason being heard for my research in that type of forum would be a dream come true.

Publishing/Leadership Thinking Outloud Blog #1

Publishing/Leadership Thinking Outloud Blog #2

http://levonda.com/AR/Vickery LeVonda PubLeadProject.pptx

Wk3 Publishing_Leadership project part 2 of 2: Publish or Present

There are more places to present than I initially thought on using gaming in education, but some of the conferences or symposiums that I think my project would make a real impact at are:

Games in Education Symposium  

Games+Learning+Society (GLS) Conference
 

New Media Consortium [NMC] Conference

Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference 

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference 

  

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) Virtual Presentations

PodCamp

I am sure that there are possibly other sources out there that I am unaware of that would allow me to present my Action Research on learning social skills through gaming, but I am still searching for those.  I could also see this making a powerful Podcast after our look this week into podcasts. Even sharing it with other educators on SlideShare is another alternative, but actually being a part of a conference or symposium would be great.  At any rate, I still feel that creating a presentation versus writing an article is the best choice for presenting my research and after looking at all of the above choice for conferences to present at I have chosen the Games+Learning+Society (GLS) Conference.   

Wk2 Publishing_Leadership project part 1 of 2: article or presentation

I have been going back and forth over the past two weeks on whether or not I wanted to write an article or make a presentation of my Action Research project.  I am not much on standing up in front of people and presenting, but I feel that the best way to really showcase my project to the education world is through a presentation. Since my Action Research is based on teaching social skills through the use of the MMORPG, Guild Wars, I do feel that a presentation would showcase the work much better than a paper could.  With that decision under my belt I have been looking at where I could make such a presentation. Stay tuned for the next post on that discussion.