simulations

Registration for the MIT App Inventor Summit is now open. The MIT App Inventor Summit is the annual gathering of the world-wide App Inventor community. Hosted by the MIT Center for Mobile Learning and the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), this summit brings together a diverse range of individuals, including: research scientists; educators from formal and informal settings; NGO staff members; computer scientists; representatives from industry; entrepreneurs; and others. The intimate size, exhilarating program, and accomplished attendees make the MIT App Inventor Summit the ideal opportunity to share current work, form new collaborations, and stay abreast of the latest developments within the MIT App Inventor community. REGISTER TODAY
 

Our App Inventor, Taleblazer and StarLogo teams are heading to New York City this weekend for a special Saturday session of the Scratch Meet Up. If you are in New York CIty and are interested in learning about how these blocks-based programming tools might complement the work you are already doing with Scratch, please join us at the Flat Iron School at 10 AM. Learn More!
 

The Scheller Teacher Education Program (STEP) at MIT will host both week-long and day-long summer workshops using the new online version of StarLogo, StarLogo Nova.  The August 11-15, 2014 week-long session will allow teachers to use StarLogo Nova to create scientific simulations, programming activities, mathematical models, content-focused games, or other activities speifically designed to suppport their own instructional objectives.  Several day-long sessions (7/7, 7/19, 8/1 and 8/6) will provide teachers and/or parents with an introduction to programming using StarLogo Nova.  Back by popular demand, the 7/19 session is a family friendly session. Learn more and register today!
 

Media Literacy Conference 2013: Playful Learning Boston invites K-12 teachers, whether seasoned experts or new to using technology in the classroom to join their colleagues in exploring what is inherently playful about learning. Our own Daniel Wendel and Wendy Huang will be presenting about the use of 3D Games and Simulations.  In addition, the Radix team will be showing off our new multi-player online game for secondary STEM instruction.  The event will take place at the MIT Media Lab on Saturday, November 2, 2013 from 8 to 5.  Learn more and register today!

The Education Arcade and the Scheller Teacher Education Program have always shared a similar philosophy with respect to using games and simulations in educational settings.  Now, all of the rich content of the Education Arcade is available here including two prominent papers by co-authored by STEP and Education Arcade directors, Eric Klopfer and Scot Osterweil. Download both today:
 

• Moving learning games forward: opportunities, obstacles and openness
• Using the technology of today, in the classroom today: The instructional power of digital games, social networks and simulations and how teachers can leverage them

The Scheller Teacher Education Program (STEP) at MIT will host both week- and day- summer workshops using the new online version of StarLogo TNG.  The August 5-9, 2013 week-long session will allow teachers to identify opportunities for incorporating models and simulations into their instruction. Using our new online version of StarLogo TNG, participants will create and share 3D games and simulations aligned with their classroom goals.  Several day-long sessions (6/28, 7/8, and 8/2) will provide teacher participants with an introduction to programming using the new online version of StarLogo TNG.  A bonus day-long intro to programming family session is scheduled for Friday, 7/19. Learn more and register today!
 

The Next STEP For more than 15 years the Scheller Teacher Education Program has been training MIT undergraduates to become secondary school science and math teachers. During that time there have been many changes, as the program has grown and expanded its reach. Nearly a dozen staff, plus undergraduates and masters students from computer science and Comparative Media Studies work on the many research and development projects going on in the lab. These research projects include design, development, implementation, and research around new ways of teaching math and science through games and simulations. The expansion of the STEP program has led us to new quarters in the Media Lab Complex (our building is known as E15, or the Weisner, building on campus), which we felt in turn deserved a new web site. This blog marks the launch of that site, with a new design and a pipeline for more frequent updates and information from and about the lab.