Navigating the Edutainment Deluge: Selection, Application, and Archiving of Educational Video Games in the App Store Context

• In Event: SMT - Technology Integration Using Gaming, Simulation, Telecommunications and Video

Short Description

This panel discussion will host a dialogue among interdisciplinary fields from Teacher Education, Instructional Technology, and Library Science to discuss best practices in handling the deluge in educational and pseudo-educational material brought about by digital distribution. Thanks to now-ubiquitous app stores, teachers and parents have thousands of software applications to choose from that have been labeled as educational. App stores do not just change the model for getting games; they change the model for their archiving and use. The final goal of this panel is to seek out Instructional Technology based solutions for parents and teachers looking for digital tools to enhance learning.

Authors

• Edward Francis Schneider, University of South Florida

• Anthony K. Betrus, SUNY Potsdam

• Yadi Ziaee, Athens State University, Athens, AL.

• Bryan Hoey, Indiana University, Bloomington

• Glenn Gordon Smith, University of South Florida