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NY1 Coverage of Our New Video Gaming Exhibition

This past weekend, as I just posted, we launched our new pop-up called Video Games: The Great Connector. This morning NY1 aired this fantastic piece covering the important role it has to play in the city.

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Video Games – The Great Connector: behind the scenes on (one of) my proudest achievements

Those who know my work over these past three decades know that my professional work contains multitudes: youth development, racial and gender equity, informal learning, digital learning, games-based learning, experience design, museum design, writing, and evidence-based decision making. I am … Continue reading

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Virtual Visits to the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum Now Live

Wish you could visit the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum from the comfort of your own home? Thanks to an amazing group of graduate student interns, now you can. The best way to experience the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum is in person. But … Continue reading

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Back in the Classroom (NYU)

Last year you might recall how thrilled I was to start teaching as an adjunct professor at NYU, in their Educational Communication and Technology department’s Learning Technology and Experience Design program (formerly known as DMDL). Drawing inspiration from my new … Continue reading

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The CUNY Games Conference 10.0

This week I was excited to be part of The CUNY Games Conference 10.0. The CUNY Games Network is an organization dedicated to encouraging research, scholarship and teaching in the developing field of games-based learning. They connect educators from every … Continue reading

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2023: A Year At Work and Play

Mark Twain once said: “Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.” Twain, clearly, never worked with me! My favorite part of running my own consultancy is … Continue reading

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Amazing Video From NYU on Brooklyn Seltzer Museum

As you might know, I recently founded the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum with Alex Gomberg and his family. We developed many of the exhibits with graduate students from New York University and Columbia University Teachers College. Below is a fantastic video … Continue reading

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Preaching the Gospel of Games For Change

For twenty years, as one of its co-founders, I have been preaching the gospel of Games For Change. But what, exactly, is that gospel? At the recent 20th Anniversary of Games For Change, I was given the opportunity to clarify. … Continue reading

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Teaser for Video Game Exhibit in Harlem: The Great Connector

How do youth use games to form connections with themselves, their communities, and their future? This is the topic of a new video game exhibit I am co-curating which will open in winter of 2024 at the Harlem School of … Continue reading

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Shall We Play A Game? How to Teach the Basics of Generative AI

Shall we play a game? Okay, I’ll start. “Peanut butter and…”? What came to mind? Did you think “Jelly”? Well, that’s right! That’s the answer. But… I never told you the rules.  I guess you could tell you were supposed … Continue reading

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