We design educational games to connect research with the public, then use those games to study how learning takes place @UWMadison @wcer led by @djgagnon

Wisconsin, USA
Joined November 2014
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Hiring a project manager with expertise in research infrastructure to build a system to use game data to study thinking and learning. Help us find our match! jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/field-day…
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Congrats to @suerobinsonUW and @fielddaylab for winning two @G4C Awards! Their team won Best in Learning and Best in Civics for Headlines and High Water, which teaches media literacy skills by allowing students to step into the shoes of a young journalist. festival.gamesforchange.org/…
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Drum roll please, the Best in Civics goes to Headlines and High Water by @fielddaylab! Players take on the role of a young journalist in the town of Twin Lakes, where a catastrophic flood throws the annual Cherry Festival into chaos. Congrats! 🏆
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🧠 Ready to learn something new? The Best in Learning award goes to Headlines and High Water by @fielddaylab! Congratulations on your 2nd award! 🏆
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🧠 Best in Learning Outbreak READY 2!: Thisland in Crisis - @&ranj Give As We Grow - FableVision Headlines and High Water - Field Day Lab
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💥 Best in Impact Headlines and High Water - Field Day Lab Stay Alive, My Son Chapter 1 & 2 - UME Studios American Arcadia - @outbluegames
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🌍 Best in Environmental Impact @loddlenaut - Moon Lagoon Wake: Tales from the Aqualab - Field Day Lab The Plastic Pipeline - @FVStudioBoston
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🏛️ Best in Civics We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe - @ActZeroGames Sibel's Journey - Food for Thought Media Headlines and High Water - @fielddaylab
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7k lines of script later, Wake is now in Spanish! We've gone well beyond translation and have created a story about a multilingual Latine character coming into their own as a researcher. Give it a try with your students. fielddaylab.wisc.edu/play/wa… @WCER_UW @CADREK12 @UWMadEducation
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Wake: Tales from the Aqualab had it's biggest month to date with over 22k players! Try it out with your science classroom. fielddaylab.wisc.edu/play/wa…
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We are thrilled to rejuvenate the collaboration with @WisconsinDPI, specifically @WisDPIpubLibDev to co-develop learning games with educators. This year we are making a game about the @NSF @uw_icecube instrument in the South Pole. See dpi.wi.gov/news/dpi-connecte… @WCER_UW @uw_wipac
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Applications are now open for the 2024 James Paul GEE! Learning Game Awards. geeawards.com
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We're gonna play Headlines in High Water this thursday! 1pm PT / 4pm ET @fielddaylab
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Last week, our scientists met with a select group of state teachers and librarians, and @WCER_UW 's @fielddaylab to help develop a new astrophysics-themed video game based on current WIPAC research. Read more about the workshop and the project ➡️ wipac.wisc.edu/wipac-scienti…
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WCER's @fielddaylab will host a select group of state teachers & librarians Friday to help create a new educational computer game that will take young learners to the furthest reaches of space based on latest @uw_wipac research. Media welcome. @djgagnon go.wisc.edu/9gf616
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It's National News Literacy Week and Sarah Gagnon was on the news today talking about our Journalism Game, Headlines and High Water. The world is having an emergency of epistemology - hopefully we are part of the solution. nbc26.com/news/local-news/te… @WCER_UW @suerobinsonUW
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Tales from the Aqualab. Play it and then leave a review at the Science Game Center, so other's can find it! @fielddaylab sciencegamecenter.org/games/…
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