Inevitable Betrayal
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Curse Your Sudden But Inevitable Betrayal
Inevitable Betrayal is a modest yet mighty guild of educators!
Voted Best Educators' Guild by the readers of ISTE's Virtual Education Journal! ![]() Orgrimmar Full Moon by Center4EduPunx, on Flickr We are an educators' gaming guild providing guides for other educators' in MMORPGs and virtual worlds. Our focus is educational exploration in virtual worlds, endgame content in MMORPGs, building in sandbox genre games and investigating mobile games. Live Keys We run live keys, Torgast and whatever else we feel like on Saturday and Sunday (7 pm server time). Monday is finishing up on Keys and weeklys, and Wednesday 8 pm server time is casual and discussions come on if you want. Research and Events 2022 Metaverse Tour in Fantasy Faire on May 7 at 7 pm MT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z70QmwSk7wo&t=12s Currently we're doing research in 2 areas. 1) Social Metacognition in Virtual Groups through studying the metagame and theorycraft of live events with the Mythic Dungeon International in World of Warcraft. 2) Digital Sovereignty and Data Justice in the Metaverse 2020 -2021 Metagame Book Club and Community Virtual Library collaboratively did a book club on Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson https://sites.google.com/site/metagamebookclub/spring-2021 Immersive Learning Network Conference Tours We're doing World of Warcraft social tours at the ILRN conference. Feel free to join us - Sunday June 21 at 9 am, Noon and 6 PT. You can lurk in Discord or join us inworld. We'll be on US Server - Feathermoon, Horde at the Orc starting area. If you have any questions let us know. All info https://bit.ly/woweventjun21 Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education (VWBPE) March - April 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrvDlIjTr7k&feature=youtu.be Metagame Book Club April 4 - 6, 2019 Algorithms of Oppression May 29 - June 26, 2019 Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education (VWBPE) April 4 - 6, 2019 Exhibit Site 502 METAGAME: Immerse Yourself in the Future https://vwbpe.org/conference/exhibit-map Guild members will be staffing the Metagame Book Club exhibition site. Come visit us! ![]() Saturday August 11 at 1 pm MT We hosted an immersive event & discussion of learning in a multiuser virtual environment (MUVE). We did a blended reality session featuring a live stream from the World of Warcraft (WoW) as we explore educational opportunities in a massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). You can participate 3 ways. We have a YouTube live stream, a Discord channel for voice discussion, and the immersive event in WoW. ![]() https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AuYGL42Vus&feature=youtu.be YouTube Livestream that started at 1 pm MT. Games and Ethics Monthly Webinar with Sherry Jones Each 4th Sunday of the Month Next Webinar on August 19 at 7 pm ET/5 pm MT Ethics & Games Monthly with Sherry Jones Sunday August 19 at 5 pm MT Sherry will be discussing Observer. https://store.steampowered.com/app/514900/observer/ Observer is a cyberpunk and dark dystopian game set in the year 2084, when biohacking and neural hacking become legal. Detective Dan Lazarski (voiced by Rutger Hauer) has been employed by the government to hack people's brains as part of his investigation methods. Lazarski encounters a series of horrific events while neural hacking suspects for an investigation of a possible murder. Google Hangout https://youtu.be/sgGHgB-Qg5M Last Webinars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgGHgB-Qg5M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1viumRbQZg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOdeW9GXTPg ![]() Ready Player One with the Metagame Book Club March 12 - April 8 #Metagame Ready Player One was paired with readings from Connected Learning Research and Agenda https://dmlhub.net/wp-content/uploads/files/Connected_Learning_report.pdf and a lot of discussion on the metagame. Each Wednesday, we did a Hangout at 8 pm ET on the Games MOOC YouTube channel. You can watch the livestream and jump in the text discussion channel or email gamesmooc@gmail if you’d like to jump in a discussant on webcam ![]() Games and Ethics Monthly Webinar with Sherry Jones Each 4th Sunday of the Month Next Webinar on Sunday March 25 at 7 pm ET/5 pm MT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOzQlD7QHwU&feature=youtu.be Sherry Jones @autnes did her inaugural Ethics and Games webcast on Fallout Shelter. ![]() Fallout Shelter http://www.falloutshelter.com/ #FalloutShelter Hangout link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVPQTq6mgU8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVPQTq6mgU8 This series will be in-depth discussions that offer in-depth analysis of 1 game's narrative/aesthetics/mechanics level by level, Explain how the game's design imparts and/or promotes certain ethical values and Introduce 1 or more ethical theory that demonstrates or counters the game's ethical values (ex. discuss whether the game's imparted ethical values are regressive or progressive for the betterment of society. Past Educational Events Wednesday January 17, 2018 Intro Session - Intro to Games & Sims and AR/VR/MR Recording of the Games and Sims Network Intro and Overview of what we mean when we talk, teach and design games, simulations, AR/VR/MR for education in the year 2018. https://youtu.be/_rV36HuChtk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rV36HuChtk&feature=youtu.be Designing Rapid Response in these Turbulent Times Discussing Net Neutrality on December 1 December 1 Hangout link https://youtu.be/CkUD707b3WY What does Federal Communications Commission’s plan mean for us as educators who teach online and/or use the Internet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkUD707b3WY ![]() OpenSimulator Community Conference Preview November 30 at 8 pm ET/6 pm MT The fifth annual Open Simulator (OpenSim) conference will be taking place on Saturday December 9th and Sunday December 10th! We are lucky enough to have the OpenSim conference organizer, Dr. Cynthia Calongne who is also part of the Games & Sims Network leadership give us a preview of the OpenSimulator Community Conference Preview November 30 at 8 pm ET. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz8BGr_sNME Saturday July 29 at 8 am ET Session focuses on creating rapid responses to national and global events. How do you address current events and create and curate new content in the age of Fake New, Alts Facts, Hacking, Global Communication and a Connected World? We'll look at social media, the participatory culture and how even games can help students understand global events and perspectives. VIDEO CHAT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoV9BfEthl8&feature=youtu.be at EdChange Global http://edcampglobal.wixsite.com/edcamp/schedule Hashtag #ECG2017 #Metagame Book Club May Madness just ended on May 31 Ender's Game and Education Google Hangout Live on each Wednesday in May ![]() Games & Social Issues Series On Friday, February 10 we did a Google Hangout on Use Games as Prompts for Discussion on Fake News and Alt Facts. Click on the link http://bit.ly/feb11gbl ![]() On Friday, February 3 we did a Google Hangout on Games & Multiculturalism. We discussed the affective domain and interactive fiction for raising students' awareness of multiculturalism. The focus was on the immigrant and refugee experience. Japanese Internment Interactive Fiction The Migrant Interactive Fiction Papers Please Game Based Learning, Social Issues and Multiculturalism Hangout Fri Feb 3 at 8 pm http://bit.ly/feb3gbl Hashtag to follow #gbl #NoBanNoWall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssdmV5TYuHw Who Do You Love? January and February Poll http://bit.ly/elccwhodoyoulove Who's your favorite educational theorist and your favorite educational theory? October through November 15 we participated in the 2016 IF Comp as judges. We encourage all educators to join us next year in 2017. All it required is that you play 5 games (2 hours each) and score them! Recording from OCTOBER 12 from ISTE Games & Sims Network Introduction to Interactive Fiction and Participating in IF COMP 16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APF7BbngYys Recent Educational Events WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 12 ISTE Games & Sims Network Fall 2016 ISTE Professional Learning Series Coding Clubs for Elementary Students Link to recording http://iste.adobeconnect.com/p1vfeatomcy/ Thinking about starting a coding club at your elementary school? Join us as we talk about grade appropriate programs your students can get started on and how you can up the ante for the 4th and 5th graders to challenge and engage them. We continue collecting and curating Pokémon GO articles and blog posts on this Google doc http://bit.ly/pokemongointro. Our Pokémon GO Back to School Hangout was on Wednesday, August 24 at 8 pm ET. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gzDmYu6Jgs Recent Educational Projects The book, Blockchain Revolution by Don Tapscott (author of Grown Up Digital) and Alex Tapscott came out on May 10! http://www.amazon.com/Blockchain-Revolution-Technology-Changing-Business/dp/1101980133 The #Metagame Book Club gave an introduction to the book on June 1st! We’ll be reading the book through the end of July. Excerpt from the book https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/05/06/the-blockchain-revolution-an-excerpt-from-don-and-alex-tapscotts-upcoming-book.html MARCH MADNESS never really ends. For the Month of March, we picked GAME: Lifeline by 3 Minute Games available on Apple and Android Read Boing Boing Review BOOK: The Martian by Andrew Weir Listen to NPR’s "Martian Started as A Self-Published Book" Feel free to share your thoughts or any related or tangential in the Metagame Book Club! Let us know if you find any articles on interactive fiction, NASA, STEM, or the Maker Movement. For social media use the hashtag #metagame or #gbl (game based learning). We do encourage you to take a picture of the book or do a Periscope on Wednesday for #shelfiewednesday Here's what we did during Fall 2015 Metagame Book Club Track 1 Games & Psychology Track 2 You (the Novel) Art of Game Design by Jesse Schell October Connected Educator Month - Recent Events October 12 - Pervasive Games & the Aris Jam Christopher Holden Link to livestream and padlet bit.ly/gsnlivestream October 19 - Ingress and ARGs Michael Anderson, Ninatic Projects and Michael Flood, ISTE Mobile Learning Network Link to livestream and padlet bit.ly/gsnlivestream ARIS Game Jam October 23 & 24 Link to livestream and padlet bit.ly/gsnlivestream Hearthstone Hangout October 26 Link to livestream and padlet bit.ly/gsnlivestream Recorded March and April Events Metagame Book Club Games & Sims Network and Inevitable Instructors Games 4 Change Conference Recap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw1JsCXeYPg Multiplayer Classroom Hangout with Matthew Miller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fdy3BYJNAI Gnimmargorp Introduction to Programming Class http://gnimmargorp.com/ Course Game website http://www.coursegame.com/ Mike Skocko's Game On Wordpress http://maclab.guhsd.net/game-on/ Material for Multiplayer Classroom Week 1 http://bit.ly/multiplayerwk1 Building an Elementary School Coding Club: One Teacher’s Experience Inevitable Betrayal Officer: Trish Cloud EdWeb Webinar Recording Link Games, Girls and Coding ISTE Webinar organized by Inevitable Betrayal Officer: Tanya Martin http://bit.ly/istegamesgirlscoderecording Saturday March 21 Intro to the Metagame Book Club Google Hangout Recording Recorded February Events Wednesday February 11 Bootstrap World - Using Coding to Teach Algebra ISTE Games & Sims Network http://youtu.be/ttRP9cUTYhM Wednesday February 26 What Makes A Game Good ISTE Games & Sims Network Inevitable Instructors http://youtu.be/HaeFZoMADgE |
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