CUNY Academic Commons | Marguerite Maria Rivas | Friends Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/mmrivas/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Marguerite Maria Rivas's friends. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 eb0e7640851605a289ef1c11446508a6 Carlos Hernandez (he/him)'s profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/955358/ Mon, 13 Nov 2023 18:57:58 -0500 fef6ca5d87fe4b69ba341d8384d9f2a2 Joe Bisz's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/869277/ Tue, 18 Oct 2022 01:11:59 -0400 a19497169294847eb884948a59dbca9d Joe Bisz started the topic Event: Game Workshop on Zoom this Fri 4/23 - CUNY SPS in the forum CUNY Games Network https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/games-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/event-game-workshop-on-zoom-this-fri-4-23-cuny-sps/ Tue, 20 Apr 2021 23:01:01 -0400 ZOOM WORKSHOP THIS WEEK

Making Online Activities More Playful and Game-like:

This Friday, April 23 (1:15-2:45pm EST via Zoom) I’ll be one of two guest speakers for CUNY SPS’s Faculty Development Day. I’ll discuss (and we’ll play with) many new interactive exercise ideas and playful design strategies I’ve been studying for the online space.…[Read more]

]]> 9cd963bff5bfabb113ac10c3dbfb56c8 Joe Bisz changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/758296/ Tue, 20 Apr 2021 22:50:53 -0400 6466a4f3b32566881f44ee78d18132a9 Joe Bisz's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/758295/ Tue, 20 Apr 2021 22:49:45 -0400 4692a20ab6c5a8e643bd249ba136f42f Geoff Klock joined the group Creative Commons & Copyright: Resources for Teaching Faculty https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/501492/ Thu, 03 May 2018 17:25:23 -0400 274a7436269073708f3c4c2a1ea7fcb9 Geoff Klock's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/501489/ Thu, 03 May 2018 17:21:44 -0400 7e2f881ad9b719a544fede83c3ac9e89 Elizabeth Berlinger Daniels's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/465717/ Thu, 29 Jun 2017 04:31:16 -0400 84b82f833d4c58ac535f8cca7efb4121 Carlos Hernandez edited the blog post Encyclopedia of Mechanics in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/01/20/encyclopedia-of-mechanics/ Wed, 17 Aug 2016 00:24:25 -0400

Let me begin by saying thank you to all the presenters, participants, and attendees of the inaugural CUNY Games Festival! We’re pretty darn pleased with how it turned out and hope to see you at the next one.

I received a few questions from educators during the conference about game mechanics–specifically, how to learn more about them. It’s…[Read more]

]]> e50bef647914fabf1611d1682e65d4bd Francesco Crocco changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/436615/ Fri, 24 Jun 2016 16:42:31 -0400 b676a418dbf70c8fe9d4bad1d617a3a1 Carlos Hernandez edited the blog post Are You Really Going to Argue That Reality ISN'T Broken? in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/07/26/are-you-really-going-to-argue-that-reality-isnt-broken/ Fri, 14 Aug 2015 16:21:04 -0400 I’ve been noticing some backlash against Jane McGonigal’s book Reality is Broken. Interestingly, many of the jeremiads launched against it, and the idea of “gamifying” reality that it proffers, have come from game designers, game theories, and avid game players. Outsiders seem to be able to take McGonigal’s claims with the requisite…[Read more]

]]> efb78a4e207cd6ba77e4a600e6104e08 Carlos Hernandez (he/him) commented on the post, This Week in Digital Humanities and Pedagogy, on the site The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy http://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/this-week-in-digital-humanities-and-pedagogy-5/#comment-1298 Thu, 07 May 2015 13:44:15 -0400 As a follow-up: Apple Watch games! Here’s a review of a game that is made specifically to play with the watch:

http://boingboing.net/2015/05/07/lifeline-astronaut-game.html

]]> 8b255b26d03a9a49a3424026d243a814 Joe Bisz's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/303514/ Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:10:17 -0400 7031e6779f209195a0b3d6612a48424e Carlos Hernandez (he/him) joined the group Latina/o Studies at CUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/302993/ Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:34:28 -0400 ea4a3446d23386cb54cee21e675503c9 Francesco Crocco joined the group Utopian and Speculative Fiction Studies https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/301554/ Thu, 04 Sep 2014 18:14:56 -0400 1fdacc5833167635e05044b66ebdd0b6 Joe Bisz joined the group Higher Education Certificate Program at Baruch https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/301293/ Thu, 04 Sep 2014 02:08:09 -0400 0b675ce561965a45217b401ff70ebfde Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post Games Can Advance Education: A Conversation With James Paul Gee in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/07/04/games-can-advance-education-a-conversation-with-james-paul-gee/ Fri, 04 Jul 2014 09:39:03 -0400 Thumbnail
“In the following conversation with Gee, we discuss literacy, systems thinking, education, socio-economic inequality, and, of course, video games.”

Read more here…

Games Can Advance Education: A […]

]]> 65e0c9f423f6ee3b8727402fc252eef8 Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post The CUNY Games Network Gets on CUNY TV! in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/04/02/the-cuny-games-network-gets-on-cuny-tv/ Thu, 03 Apr 2014 01:48:40 -0400 Study With the Best: Geek Subculture Through the CUNY Lens – YouTube.

Recently, CUNY TV requested to interview members of the CUNY Games Network. The segment below aired on Sunday, March 30, 2014. Fast-forward […]

]]> 1e4f268fa4a3b7b9b02a2aca013be2c0 Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post Call for Papers: Book on RPGs and Society in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/03/13/call-for-papers-book-on-rpgs-and-society/ Thu, 13 Mar 2014 23:18:23 -0400 Call for Papers: Edited Collection on the Cultural Influences of Role-Playing Games
 

Since its initial publication in 1974, the iconic role-playing game (RPG) Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) has spawned hundreds of […]

]]> ddc843b7ebbaa072aaa900b3ab7d7720 Carlos Hernandez started the forum topic Volunteering to Help with the CUNY Games Festival in the group Digital Humanities Initiative http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/digital-humanities-initiative/forum/topic/volunteering-to-help-with-the-cuny-games-festival/ Tue, 07 Jan 2014 17:58:30 -0500 The CUNY Games Festival is looking for a few volunteers to help us keep the event running smoothly. We need help only for part of the day on January 17: personing the registration desk, providing information to […]

]]> f03bafff4a9a6a3eac8fa889d878f883 Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post Thin Layer vs Deep Level Gamification in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/01/05/thin-layer-vs-deep-level-gamification/ Sun, 05 Jan 2014 14:16:51 -0500 Thumbnail 

Reposted from Andrzej’s blog…
Thin Layer vs Deep Level Gamification – Andrzejs Blog.

]]> 324106659b72e719310cb6cfa83f2059 Francesco Crocco edited the blog post 12.10.13 Book Discussion: Ahmed Khaled Towfik's Utopia (2009) in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/12/03/12-10-13-book-discussion-ahmed-khaled-towfiks-utopia-2009/ Wed, 04 Dec 2013 01:27:49 -0500 Thumbnail
Next in line as part of the CUNY Graduate Center’s Utopian Studies Seminar on utopia and games is Ahmed Khaled Towfik’s Utopia (2009). Set in the near future in Egypt, the book explores what happens when bored […]

]]> f1e167a992a69e3acfc91c019843355e Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post Caltech uses popular computer game ‘Minecraft’ as educational tool in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/12/03/caltech-uses-popular-computer-game-minecraft-as-educational-tool/ Wed, 04 Dec 2013 00:54:39 -0500 Thumbnail
“A team of Caltech researchers has mined pop culture to create a new computer game that connects with youngsters who put up a wall between them and learning quantum mechanics.The researchers joined game […]

]]> dc43eac7ed96078717fb486ff41cd221 Carlos Hernandez edited the blog post Does Practice Make Perfect (Games)? Last Week's Practice Conference @ NYU in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/11/23/does-practice-make-perfect-games-last-weeks-practice-conference-nyu/ Sun, 24 Nov 2013 01:31:41 -0500 ThumbnailTl;dr–if you’re at all interested in game design and can attend only one conference a year, make Practice that conference.

The Practice conference began as all conferences should. With […]

]]> 7d7a907b2d5d5937af3a0be02b25c1ed Joe Bisz commented on the post, Does Practice Make Perfect (Games)? Last Week's Practice Conference @ NYU, on the site CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/11/23/does-practice-make-perfect-games-last-weeks-practice-conference-nyu/#comment-988 Sun, 24 Nov 2013 01:20:27 -0500 Superb post, Carlos, that really lets us see the details that make Practice great. I guess I should go back!

]]> 3656e3e79e19434fd4b0dd87487a5f0d Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post Video Game Creators Are Using Apps To Teach Empathy in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/11/22/video-game-creators-are-using-apps-to-teach-empathy/ Sat, 23 Nov 2013 02:57:11 -0500 Thumbnail
“Trip Hawkins founded Electronic Arts, the company behind the Madden NFL video game. His latest venture is heading in a very different direction: using the advances in gaming technology to teach children […]

]]> 7b12e2e1b340640e30d9529b9fd789a8 Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post Nintendo Reportedly Working on an Android Tablet for Education in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/11/22/nintendo-reportedly-working-on-an-android-tablet-for-education/ Sat, 23 Nov 2013 02:52:49 -0500 Thumbnail
“Nintendo has gone and built a slate intended for schools. The unreleased tablet runs Android and is designed for play educational games…”

via Nintendo Reportedly Working on an Android Tablet for Education […]

]]> 6e60016540e93a80d63cdde62f50f42d Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post Gaming to educate doctors in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/11/22/gaming-to-educate-doctors/ Sat, 23 Nov 2013 02:38:00 -0500 Thumbnail
“Interactive games are set to be the new frontier in education for healthcare professionals HCPs according to a leading expert in e-learning.”

via Gaming to educate doctors – PMLiVE.

]]> 5ac33525eb571e6a4e0696819aebdd14 Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post The Slow Gamification of K-12 Classrooms in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/11/19/the-slow-gamification-of-k-12-classrooms/ Wed, 20 Nov 2013 01:47:21 -0500 “A report by the market research group Ambient Insight found that edtech in the forms of learning games is not making its way into classrooms. Instead of educators making learning game purchases, marketers target […]

]]> 8f0bf6631c2213ae0a110ea355c7be51 Carlos Hernandez replied to the forum topic Game Development Vendors In/Near NYC? in the group CUNY Games Network http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/games-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/game-development-vendors-innear-nyc/#post-15478 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:18:40 -0400 Hi Jill–

I have been working with Sortasoft Games for years, and I can tell you that Joshua DeBonis (founder) is one of the finest game creators I’ve ever met. He has tons of experience working with clients […]

]]> 5f035a4979f8ccf3445df3d7dbb17056 Joe Bisz replied to the forum topic Game Development Vendors In/Near NYC? in the group CUNY Games Network http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/games-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/game-development-vendors-innear-nyc/?topic_page=1#post-15475 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 03:30:30 -0400 Hello Jill,
I’ve worked with Neuronic Games, an educational software and games company in midtown, as their pedagogy/learning objectives expert (http://www.neuronicgames.com). They’ve done applications from […]

]]> cdb141a5a7721e2dd5affe04a6ed6a7d Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post ‘Video Games and Learning’ pilot MOOC launches Oct. 3, 2013 in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/10/04/video-games-and-learning-pilot-mooc-launches-oct-3-2013/ Sat, 05 Oct 2013 01:52:30 -0400 Thumbnail
“Squire, a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, along with Constance Steinkuehler, an associate professor of digital media in the department, will teach a MOOC — Video […]

]]> ee7b96d730ff2ae7957355a28f50d910 Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post Researchers to Develop Educational Game That Uses Architectural Design to Teach Math Skills in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/10/04/researchers-to-develop-educational-game-that-uses-architectural-design-to-teach-math-skills/ Sat, 05 Oct 2013 01:31:43 -0400 Thumbnail
“Florida State University College of Education’s Fengfeng Ke, an assistant professor in the Educational Psychology and Learning Systems department, is creating a computer game called Earthquake Rebuild that […]

]]> 488f8fa347f8246b8327ea809cc4a303 Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post Serious Games And The Future Of Education in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/09/13/serious-games-and-the-future-of-education/ Sat, 14 Sep 2013 03:24:30 -0400 Thumbnail
“Are serious games the classroom tool of the future? Is the future already here?  The tablet classroom may have once been the stuff of science fiction, but modern developments in technology and brain science may […]

]]> 23f1a8f858bf4b42a97e1f3d59dafdd5 Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post Video game training found to improve older brains in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/09/08/video-game-training-found-to-improve-older-brains/ Sun, 08 Sep 2013 18:52:15 -0400 Thumbnail
“Some video games are designed to foster a fun experience, while others are meant to educate. One 3D video game, which was at the center of a recent University of California, San Francisco study, was specially […]

]]> 08465fd5cc844f3a0cc29248a2b4adb0 Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post Video games becoming required coursework in schools in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/09/05/video-games-becoming-required-coursework-in-schools/ Thu, 05 Sep 2013 14:22:22 -0400 Thumbnail
“Starting this fall, in order to graduate, every student at Olds College in Olds, Alta., will have to complete an iPad game in which they open a virtual lemonade stand and gradually build it into a business […]

]]> dffdb62fb752932b7829bcb5f92b04f6 Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post iCubis to Release a 3D English Learning Kids App Easy & Ellys FRUIT in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/09/05/icubis-to-release-a-3d-english-learning-kids-app-easy-ellys-fruit/ Thu, 05 Sep 2013 14:18:41 -0400 “SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, September 04, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ — An educational app that will engage childrens eyes and ears with a combination of 3D animal characters, animation and games will be released. iCubis […]

]]> 3fa61a9e50938bb18741822673c6ffee Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post Gamification Expert Joey Lee Receives TCs Strage Prize in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/09/04/gamification-expert-joey-lee-receives-tcs-strage-prize/ Wed, 04 Sep 2013 18:14:31 -0400 Thumbnail

“Joey Lee, Assistant Professor of Communication, Computing and Technology in Education, is the recipient of the 2012 Strage Junior Faculty Prize. Created in 2009, the prize supports the production of a short […]

]]> 03f5a6fbfd3fbe966c97ea960dad6aaf Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post New Haven students bolster math and science skills with video games in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/08/28/new-haven-students-bolster-math-and-science-skills-with-video-games/ Wed, 28 Aug 2013 15:14:51 -0400 Thumbnail
“Students spent five weeks of the summer playing video games and then showed up at Monday’s Board of Education meeting to boast about it. The video games were part of a math and science camp attended by 120 […]

]]> c32c203947fa701094fe210abc255ec5 Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post Game on? The use of gamification in e-learning. in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/08/18/game-on-the-use-of-gamification-in-e-learning/ Sun, 18 Aug 2013 12:44:13 -0400 “Many HR and L&D professionals face the problem of ensuring that their training and learning programmes maintain learner engagement and motivation. Gamification has been regularly recognised as an opportunity to […]

]]> 5d450d58561524f4c980cabd19b18125 Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post The Pros and Cons of Gamification in the Classroom in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/07/25/the-pros-and-cons-of-gamification-in-the-classroom/ Thu, 25 Jul 2013 19:29:53 -0400 Thumbnail
A short piece in EdTech Magazine summarizing some of the pros and cons of gamifying learning.

 

The Pros and Cons of Gamification in the Classroom | EdTech Magazine.

]]> cec939db3fc1c861a14fb1ae61385fe8 Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post Are Kids Who Make Their Own Video Games Better Prepared For The Digital Future? in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/07/09/are-kids-who-make-their-own-video-games-better-prepared-for-the-digital-future/ Wed, 10 Jul 2013 03:00:30 -0400 Thumbnail
Studies show that students engaged in project-based learning by making video games display increased levels of intrinsic motivation, deep learning, and content retention. Read more here:

Are Kids Who Make […]

]]> bf4bed3fb8f8fc8275e9d11d97b280eb Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post Why Gaming is Working in Higher Ed in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/06/28/why-gaming-is-working-in-higher-ed/ Sat, 29 Jun 2013 01:49:24 -0400 Thumbnail
Kaplan University teams up with Badgeville to gamify online learning in higher education.

Why Gaming is Working in Higher Ed.

]]> bc7d7e05f5a854eea38f793d8949202d Francesco Crocco joined the group Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/209333/ Tue, 11 Jun 2013 01:57:46 -0400 963860535f9519254e83781440493cb5 Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post Pointless and Badgeless Gamification in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/06/10/pointless-and-badgeless-gamification/ Tue, 11 Jun 2013 01:50:32 -0400 Thumbnail
Steve Bocska addresses the perils and pitfalls of points and badges. Read on here…

Pointless and Badgeless Gamification | Gamification Co.

]]> ab21fcbcbadff36876f7b460bfcf633e Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post Games Win Big in Education Grants Competition in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/05/16/games-win-big-in-education-grants-competition/ Fri, 17 May 2013 00:38:15 -0400 Thumbnail
Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced the final winners of this year’s Small Business Innovation Research SBIR contract awards—funds that are reserved for entrepreneurial small businesses using […]

]]> d181494a5f40559b3e3c3ac98e341687 Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post Connecticut Video Game Education on the Rise in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/04/29/connecticut-video-game-education-on-the-rise/ Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:12:01 -0400 “The global video game market is projected to exceed $80 billion by 2017.

Connecticut’s portion of gaming industry revenues currently amounts to nearly $50 million a year according to the most recent study, […]

]]> 53d57f6812c1e0e0314d340d85bc3637 Francesco Crocco wrote a new blog post US Department of State launches educational game about American English language and culture in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/04/05/us-department-of-state-launches-educational-game-about-american-english-language-and-culture/ Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:34:41 -0400 Thumbnail
The U.S. Department of State has partnered with The SuperGroup marketing group to launch Trace Effects, an educational video game aimed at teenagers to promote learning of the English language and American […]

]]> 23bfd78ca393a045a7628bb04fab3a55 Carlos Hernandez (he/him) joined the group The Group for Group Admins https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/197929/ Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:41:25 -0400 38dc6b94ac1be8abbd6081ff71190fc6 Elizabeth Berlinger Daniels and Jason Schneiderman are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/194861/ Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:11:52 -0400