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Ray Pastore #12 - Interview with Lucas Gillispie, Director of Digital Learning and Media, Surry County Schools Lucas Gillispie is an instructional technologist and public educator working in North Carolina. An avid gamer, he is passionate about the integration of video games into the learning environment and using games as a model for instruction. He is the founder and co-creator of the WoWinSchool Project, a program designed to explore the educational potential of online games like World of Warcraft with middle schoolers and leads one of the largest school-based Minecraft implementations in the world. Though commonly leading iPad and Chromebook workshops with teachers in his district, occasionally, you'll find him engaged in a heated survival games match with his middle schoolers on the district Minecraft server or giving high schoolers roller coaster rides with an Oculus Rift. He shares gaming resources with educators and even makes an occasional blog post at: http://www.edurealms.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rayme-pastore/support
In episode 105 of Games in Schools and Libraries Lucas Gillispe joins Kathleen Mercury to discuss professional development & administrator support for games in school programs Lucas GillispieSurry County Schools Director of Academic and Digital Learning@lucasgillispieedurealms.com Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game GeekKathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.comThe ideas expressed by libraries included in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System.
In this segment, we look at several examples of how Minecraft is being used to powerfully engage students on a variety of academic subjects. Follow: @coolcatteacher @lucasgillispie @bamradionetwork #edtechchat #edchat #edtech Lucas Gillispie is an Instructional Technologist for Pender County Schools in North Carolina. He is the founder of the WoWinSchool Project, a program designed to explore the educational potential of online games like World of Warcraft with middle schoolers and leads one of the largest school-based Minecraft implementations in the world. Lucas is an internationally recognized speaker, and shares his experiences and resources on his blog: http://www.edurealms.com.
This week on EdGamer 117 we are joined by one of our favorite F.O.E.’s (Friend of EdGamer) Lucas Gillispie. Our discussion revolves around classroom setup and the technology we would like to have now and in the future. Lucas has experience with changing classroom environments and this led to a great conversation. Do you want some great ideas on how to overhaul your room? This episode of EdGamer will get you started. Tune-in and level-up!… Read the rest
This week on EdGamer 108 we are thrilled to have one of our favorite F.O.E.s (Friend of EdGamer): Lucas Gillispie. We ‘look’ ahead to the future of 3D gaming with a preview of Oculus Rift. Lucas helps us speculate on the possibility of using a technology like this in the classroom. Finally, we take a trip through the world of learning and gaming to touch on a myriad of subjects from games for the blind to Xbox self-publishing to Schoology badges.… Read the rest
In this segment we talk with an instructional technology leader in a school district that is using Minecraft for game-based learning with some pretty spectacular results. Our guest talks about setting up the program, managing it and how to think creatively about connecting the game to the curriculum. Follow:@petamiller @PCStech @teachthought @bamradionetwork Lucas Gillispie is an Instructional Technologist for Pender County Schools in North Carolina. He is the founder of the WoWinSchool Project, a program designed to explore the educational potential of online games like World of Warcraft with middle schoolers and leads one of the largest school-based Minecraft implemen- tations in the world. Lucas is an internationally recognized speaker, and shares his experiences and resources on his blog: http://www.edurealms.com.
Are violent video games the cause of violent crimes, especially in children? Who is to blame and is there a solution in stopping these tragedies within our schools? Join us this week as guests Joel Levin (The Minecraft Teacher), Lucas Gillispie (Edurealms), Gerry, and Zack try to answer these question and many more on this week’s EdGamer. Tune-in and Level-up. (Video is available on this episode’s page. The audio was pulled from the video recording.)… Read the rest
Luuuuuuuuuke…..we are your followers. This week on EdGamer 67 we welcome back long time friend Lucas Gillispie to chat with us about his new gaming and education initiatives. We dissect SAGA, MOOC and as many other four letter words as we can think of! We are not sure if there is more information or if there are more laughs, but it is another can’t-miss episode of EdGamer.Tune-in and level-up! Show Host: Zack Gilbert Show Contributor: Gerry James Guest: Lucas Gillispie Here’s our Show Notes Contact us with any questions or comments- edgamer@edreach.us… Read the rest
In the 52nd episode of EdGamer, we find ourselves battling the toughest question we have faced: “What is an educational game?” To help us sort out our thoughts on this we contacted a higher power and great friend…no, not Yoda (well, sort of), Lucas Gillispie! Lucas returns to EdGamer to talk about some great new game releases and gives us his professional opinion on what constitutes educational gaming/learning. You do not want to miss his valuable insight…join us for another huge edition of EdGamer!… Read the rest
It’s a packed house on EdGamer 45! This week we welcome back two of our favorite guests: Lucas Gillispie, a gamer, Instructional Technology Coordinator for Pender County Schools and blogger at Edurealms and Justin Roth, a clinical researcher and avid gamer. We only needed two topics to fill the show this week with all this brain power so we chose carefully. First debate the use of Star Wars: The Old Republic and World of Warcraft in the classroom and then we check for an update on the Boise State 3D Game Lab.… Read the rest
We brought back episode 7 guest Lucas Gillispie. He is our resident expert on the use of World of Warcraft within the classroom. Lucas discusses his curriculum and the use of machinima. Machinima is the use of real-time video graphics (from games) and creating a cinematic production. Lucas is finalizing a full year curriculum based on WoW and he has connected these lessons to the common core standards. We also discussed 3D GameLab, new games, and upcoming games, which should be helpful for those who are searching for some fun.… Read the rest
Alternate title that was not used- Kids Know What Real Games Are We’ve done it again! For the second straight week we have a fascinating guest on EdGamer. This week’s episode (Episode 7) finds us chatting with Lucas Gillispie, an Instructional Technology Coordinator for Pender County Schools in southeastern North Carolina. Lucas has a history with gaming and education that eclipses 99 percent of the field. A little about Lucas (from his site http://edurealms.com/) – His current projects include the WoWinSchool Project, a collaborative effort to explore the impact of using World of Warcraft in both an after-school program and as part of the regular instructional program, Minecraft in School, which seeks to explore the use of Minecraft in with elementary learners, and iPod Games for Learning, a program that uses the iPad and iPod Touch as platforms for game-based learning. … Read the rest