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I have just been alerted to this conference:

Hand to Eye conference: ‘What do we learn from games?’

Videogames are changing the way we teach and learn so as part of GameCity the annual interactive entertainment festival in Nottingham, we would like to invite you to the Hand to Eye conference.

The conference will be held on Thursday 26th and Friday 27th October and will host some of the leading speakers from the videogames, academic and creative industries. It aims to explore some of the subtleties, opportunities and truths about player’s experiences of videogames and interactive entertainment used specifically in the learning environment, Hand to Eye offers

â–ª Specific examples of the implicit learning strategies in commercial gameplay.
â–ª Examples of commercial videogames being used and adapted in the classroom.
▪ Blue sky projections – learning in and with videogames.

Hand to Eye is for

â–ª IT leads in RDAs, local councils and government who understand how the new generation of school leavers will change the face of the workforce forever
â–ª Educators interested in learning how the classroom techniques utilising videogame technology
â–ª Games industry professionals who can engage directly with the core of these new markets.

To learn more about how you and your organisation can benefit, come to GameCity, the only event of its kind in Europe. For more details on the conference package, go to www.handtoeye.net.