Datavisualization.ch Selected Tools. Balsamiq. Will Wright's first TV project unveiled - News at GameSpot. Games 'have arrived as a mass medium' - Al Gore - News at GameSpot. For years, former Vice President Al Gore has been an outspoken advocate for curbing climate change. He has also dabbled in established media, heading up the youth-oriented cable news channel Current TV. Now, the ex-executive is championing a new form of media: games.
Today at the 2011 Games for Change Festival at New York University (as relayed by industry site Gamasutra), Gore delivered a speech, which, contrary to many politicians, celebrated games as a form of expression. "Games have clearly arrived as a mass medium," Gore said. "This is a very large, extremely significant industry with a wildly diverse and rapidly growing audience of players on all kinds of platforms.
We already know the immense power of popular media to illuminate issues that can seem intractable and overly complex, but [through games] can be illuminated and presented to general audiences in a way that invites people to become involved in trying to solve the problems that our society has to solve. " Filed under: Wii U. Lesson Plans & Worksheets for School Teachers | Lesson Planet. Education Innovators Showcase. The Venture Capital in Education Summit will once again hold an Education Innovators Showcase. The Showcase provides a select group of early-stage companies the opportunity to present their companies to the Summit attendees, which will include venture capitalists, strategic investors, and other influential leaders in the education industry.
To qualify for the Showcase, companies were selected through an application process judged by representatives from the Summit’s host organizations, Education Growth Advisors and Startl. Companies are pre-Series A enterprises that have demonstrated market traction and are deploying innovative technology-enabled solutions for enhancing learning or improving operational performance of education institutions. BrainscapeBrainscape is a web and mobile platform that helps students study more efficiently by using an adaptive smart flashcard algorithm. EngradeEngrade is a better way to educate through a suite of easy-to-use web-based classroom tools. Curriculum & Instruction. Educational Games – Free Kids Educational Games at Knowledge Adventure.