[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 4 | February 17, 2014]
About the talk
“How can I have the greatest impact?” After some years working in education reform, Robert Torres realized that the impact was minimum. Then, he thought “why not pay attention to what children were doing?” The answer to his question was video games. Since then, his research has focused on the games based learning field. He co-founded Quest to Learn, a games based school in New York City, and now is a Senior Program Officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He leads two portfolios, one focused on Games for Learning and Assessment and another focused on Competency-Based Education/Anytime, Anywhere.
His talk is about the history of video games and their impact on learning. Don’t miss all his experiences and enjoy the latest examples of educational video games. Games that not only engage and create deep learning environments but also that are able to asses learning.