hand to eye
Thursday 26 - Friday 27 October 2006 Nottingham UK
Hand to Eye – What Do We Learn From Games, is an annual conference event held during the GameCity festival. This year it will be hosted by Nottingham Trent University in partnership with New College Nottingham, Djanogly City Academy and Broadway Cinema, and is supported by the Department for Education and Skills.
Interactive entertainment and videogames are ubiquitous but poorly understood. While our schools create “digital natives”, the world of work is unequipped to fully utilise their new talents. With a media profile that barely registers beyond “trivial” and is usually just “bad”, and an industry defence strategy of repeating the sentiment that videogames “have some good aspects”, the truth, as ever, is more complicated. This two-day conference takes the first exploratory steps towards explaining the subtleties, opportunities and truths involved with playing videogames.
Hand to Eye will feature leading edge teaching practice, games industry experts and discussion of how the skills required to play commercial videogames have taken on educational and cognitive aspects worthy of note and understanding.
Speakers and subjects
- Specific examples of the implicit learning strategies in commercial videogames.
- Examples of commercial videogames being used and adapted in the classroom.
- Blue sky projections – learning in and with videogames
Audience and related professions
- Educators interested in learning how the classroom techniques utilising videogame technology.
- Games industry professionals can engage directly with the core of these new markets.
- IT leads in RDAs, local councils and government who need to understand how the new generation of school leavers will change the face of the workforce forever.
In this launch year, Hand to Eye makes no claim to be providing answers, but aspires to be asking and exploring the best possible questions.
Conference Details
Registration
The standard registration fee includes:
Attendance at all conference sessions during the day
Conference pack
New Statesman Supplement
Refreshments and buffet lunch on both days
Breakfast on Friday
hand to eye conference dinner on Thursday evening.
There will be an opportunity for conference delegates to attend the official launch of the GameCity Festival and the Into the Pixel Exhibition. Spaces are limited so this will be by invitation only, so please register your interest in attending on the registration form. Attendance at the New Statesman Roundtable Event will incur an additional charge. Please see the schedule for more information on the conference evening programme.
Accommodation and travel are not included in the registration fees.
Please register as soon as possible to ensure your place in the key speaker and workshop sessions. Online registration closes on Monday 16th October 2006. If for any reason you cannot register online please contact .
See How to Register for more details.
The Venues
The conference will take place in the Broadway Cinema, New College Nottingham in the City Centre and Djanogly City Academy which is located just north of the City. Transport will be provided between venues outside of the city centre.
Travel, Meals & Accommodation
For information about local eating facilities and independent booking of local accommodations see the venues page.
