[game_edu] Early Bird Discount for GDC ends today

[S. Gold]

This is just a reminder, today is the last day to get a 30% discount for
GDC. You need to do it before 11:59PM PST tonight on your pass.

I am really excited about the various session we are having at the summit,
here is what we have planned:

   
DAY 1     
SESSION 1 Track A   Outcomes of Successful  Game Programs
Magy Seif El-Nasr  
Takeaway: What defines a  successful program and consequently a successful
game student? This session  will analyze the outcomes of successful game
programs and how they achieve  these outcomes
 
SESSION 1 Track B  First Year  Experiences
Brian Winn   
Takeaway: Recent graduates will  discuss what there transition from college
into gaming and first year of  employment were like. Panel would consist of
approximately five recent  graduates (about one year of full time
employment)   

SESSION 2 Track A Faculty Submitted Course  Critiques
Derric Clark      
Takeaway: Developing courses is a  daunting and difficult task. Based on
discipline, groups will display and  critique their ideas and concepts for
game courses with the goal of an  improved experience and outcome for the
student. This session may cross over  to some individuals in the existing
game programs track.

SESSION 2 Track B  Session: Cross Institution  Projects
Stephen Jacobs   
Takeaway: A frustration of many  institutions is how to create a complete
game project in a program that does  not address all of the elements of a
complete game work. Building  relationships between game education
institutions would allow students to  work with other institutions to fill
in the facets of a complete game they  may not have access to. For example
institution one may provide some design  and art based expertise and
institution two may provide programming  expertise. Pairing these two groups
up on a single project boosts the overall  work as well as the teamwork
aspects of game development.

SESSION 3 Track A Qualified Instructors and  Accrediting Bodies
Toby Barnes  Audience: Educators,  Administrators
Takeaway: Finding qualified  instructors is a challenge for all
institutions. How do you justify the  credentials, when they may not be
typical academic credentialed individuals,  of your game faculty to
administration and accrediting bodies?

SESSION 3  Track B The Internship
Jesse Schell 
Takeaway: A candid discussion on  game industry internships. Included in
this discussion are the philosophy,  feasibility and execution of a game
industry internship emphasizing the  benefits to both industry and academia.
     
     
DAY 2     
SESSION 1 Track A  Reaching out to Industry
Ann DeMarle    
Takeaway: Industry/education  relationships have always been difficult but
the growing trend is to bridge  this gap and work together. This session
will concentrate on building a  relationship with industry, a relationship
being defined as a mutually  beneficial partnership. The goal here is to
present education as an asset to  industry and not as a needy group looking
for help.   

SESSION 1 Track B Industry Veterans as  Educators
Brenda Braithwaite
Takeaway: A case study of current  working industry vets and their
experience teaching in a game program on an  adjunct or part time basis. The
goal of this session is to improve  communication between these two
constituents and make academic institutions  aware of the issues involved in
this endeavor.   
 
SESSION 2 Track A/B   Post Mortems of Student  IGF Groups
Peter Raad, Tracy Fullerton
Takeaway: Short post mortems of  the challenges of student projects who
entered and made the finals of the  student IGF competition. This will allow
instructors to help design classes  for and guide students to successful
completed works. programs track.

SESSION 3 Track A Gaming as a Course of Study
Jim Whitehead  Audience: Educators,  Administrators
Takeaway: A challenge of  developing a game program is the legitimacy of
gaming as an academic field of  study. There are those that may not see it
as an academic pursuit and this  can hinder the creation and ability to
resource a game program. Being able to  legitimize your program in the eyes
of decision makers will help to build and  resource a program so that it has
the highest chance of being successful.
 
SESSION 3 Track B Case Blasts
Mary Flanagan  Audience: Educators,  Administrators
Takeaway: Case studies based on  successful curricular endeavors. Examples
would be things like running a  project class, engaging students, how to
develop course materials and  activities, etcŠ

We have working lunch planned as well as a poster session. The summit is
scheduled for Monday & Tuesday February 18-19, 2008.

In addition we have secured discount hotel rooms through Personality Hotels.
They have extended the dates of offering the discount, please contact them
directly and request the IGDA Education SIG discount.

Sincerely,

Susan
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Susan Gold
goldfile at gmail.com

³In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom!² - J. G. Ballard

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