A short documentary on Foldit by Johnny Mahinay is a semi-finalist for the FOCUS FORWARD Filmmaker Competition!
Treefrog Treasure debuts on Kongregate
Treefrog Treasure is now available for free on Kongregate. Feel free to share, rate, and enjoy!
AIIDE keynote
The AIIDE12 main conference kicks off with a keynote by Zoran Popović on Wednesday, Oct 10!
Education Nation
Director Zoran Popović spoke at NBC News’ Education Nation today about the potential for games to transform education. Watch Popović full discussion with NBC’s Tamron Hall below:
Game-based learning has the ability to fundamentally change education. Imagine a world whree students poured their energy into a game that helped teach them math and they actually enjoyed it. At the Education Nation Summit, we’ll witness the power and potential of gaming to provide exciting tools for teachers to help personalize learning, engage students in fun new ways, and adapt in real-time to improve student learning. The session will include a fun demonstration and crowd-sourcing exercise in which Summit delegates will help create a new game for the nation’s classrooms.
Foldit’s Scientific Breakthrough
Nature paper on Foldit players’ solution to an AIDS-related protein published!
Selected press coverage: MSNBC, King 5 News, CNN, New Day NW, Happening Now, NPR