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I'm Speaking at SxSW Interactive

David Nunez

01 Mar 2004

Some exciting news (I can't believe I didn't blog this yet.)

I'm speaking at SxSWi in the "Edutainment" panel on March 14.

"Are students more apt to pay attention when gaming technology is introduced into the classroom? Does paying attening to a new-fangled lesson plan equate to better learning? Is edutainment a cure-all or a compromise?"

I'll be presenting some case studies from my work with the Future Media Institute (the partnership between the Digital Media Collaboratory at the IC2 Institute and The Capital Area Training Foundation).

If I do say so myself, I give kick-ass presentations. Hope you can make it.

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