@pauldarvasi.bsky.social
Gold Bug Interactive * CEO | Serious Play Conference * Executive Director | University of Toronto * Lecturer | Leveraging the power of play and games for a better world 🌎 👾
“play is one way that nature incentivizes our species to learn. children learn through play. it’s a hyper-motivated way for them to engage in practices that are going to prepare them for participation in society.”
- @pauldarvasi.bsky.social
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Humans Are Wired to Learn Through Gaming | U of T Magazine - U of T Magazine
Educators are using everything from Minecraft to Dungeons and Dragons to enhance education for students of all types Read More
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October 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Happy to see that my students got an award at Serious Play for a game they created in my Educational Gaming Lab!
Find more about Serious Play, a great conference about games and learning organized by @pauldarvasi.bsky.social and other great folks - and their awards: seriousplayconf.com/awards-2025/
Find more about Serious Play, a great conference about games and learning organized by @pauldarvasi.bsky.social and other great folks - and their awards: seriousplayconf.com/awards-2025/
October 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Happy to see that my students got an award at Serious Play for a game they created in my Educational Gaming Lab!
Find more about Serious Play, a great conference about games and learning organized by @pauldarvasi.bsky.social and other great folks - and their awards: seriousplayconf.com/awards-2025/
Find more about Serious Play, a great conference about games and learning organized by @pauldarvasi.bsky.social and other great folks - and their awards: seriousplayconf.com/awards-2025/
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In Google Chrome, right click on the tab to choose "Move Tab to Another Window"
I always forget about this feature, but it is actually really helpful.
My goal for this next week is to use this feature enough times that I stop manually dragging Chrome tabs to a different window.
#EduSky
I always forget about this feature, but it is actually really helpful.
My goal for this next week is to use this feature enough times that I stop manually dragging Chrome tabs to a different window.
#EduSky
March 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
In Google Chrome, right click on the tab to choose "Move Tab to Another Window"
I always forget about this feature, but it is actually really helpful.
My goal for this next week is to use this feature enough times that I stop manually dragging Chrome tabs to a different window.
#EduSky
I always forget about this feature, but it is actually really helpful.
My goal for this next week is to use this feature enough times that I stop manually dragging Chrome tabs to a different window.
#EduSky
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Looking forward to this with @bigpuffingames.bsky.social and @stayplayingnick.com
Will I see you there tonight??
#LevelUpEDU #EduSky #gamesineducation
Will I see you there tonight??
#LevelUpEDU #EduSky #gamesineducation
Join me, @edugamergal.bsky.social and @stayplayingnick.com tonight at 7pm EDT to talk about:
🌱 Games that inspire growth and learning
🌸 Fresh starts in design and play
🪴 Nature and seasonal change in game-based learning
#LevelUpEDU #GameBasedLearning #GamesinEducation
🌱 Games that inspire growth and learning
🌸 Fresh starts in design and play
🪴 Nature and seasonal change in game-based learning
#LevelUpEDU #GameBasedLearning #GamesinEducation
March 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Looking forward to this with @bigpuffingames.bsky.social and @stayplayingnick.com
Will I see you there tonight??
#LevelUpEDU #EduSky #gamesineducation
Will I see you there tonight??
#LevelUpEDU #EduSky #gamesineducation
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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
February 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
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📣 Job Opportunity!
The wonderful team at the Center for Black Digital Research @digblk.bsky.social at Penn State University Libraries is looking for a Data Scientist 📊 broadly defined. Come work with us 😃
And you read that correct: You can be remote!
More info: bit.ly/cbdr-ds or 👇
The wonderful team at the Center for Black Digital Research @digblk.bsky.social at Penn State University Libraries is looking for a Data Scientist 📊 broadly defined. Come work with us 😃
And you read that correct: You can be remote!
More info: bit.ly/cbdr-ds or 👇
We're hiring at the @digblk.bsky.social!
Hiring a "Data Scientist" (very broadly defined) to collaborate on the @ccp-org.bsky.social, @douglassday.bsky.social & emerging work on Black archives & AI. Can be remote!
Info: bit.ly/cbdr-ds
We're reviewing apps this month. Help us spread the word?
Hiring a "Data Scientist" (very broadly defined) to collaborate on the @ccp-org.bsky.social, @douglassday.bsky.social & emerging work on Black archives & AI. Can be remote!
Info: bit.ly/cbdr-ds
We're reviewing apps this month. Help us spread the word?
February 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
📣 Job Opportunity!
The wonderful team at the Center for Black Digital Research @digblk.bsky.social at Penn State University Libraries is looking for a Data Scientist 📊 broadly defined. Come work with us 😃
And you read that correct: You can be remote!
More info: bit.ly/cbdr-ds or 👇
The wonderful team at the Center for Black Digital Research @digblk.bsky.social at Penn State University Libraries is looking for a Data Scientist 📊 broadly defined. Come work with us 😃
And you read that correct: You can be remote!
More info: bit.ly/cbdr-ds or 👇
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Excited to be sharing the CFP for #connectedlearning2025, rebooted after a 1 year pause with all the good stuff (Rising Scholars, research papers, showcases, workshops, keynotes, plenaries, topical meetups) + a new hybrid and org level participation model
📣 Announcing the Call for Proposals for the 2025 Connected Learning Summit, happening October 5-10! Research Paper and Showcase submissions open March 6th: clsummit.news/cfp-2025
#ConnectedLearning2025 #ConnectedLearning
#ConnectedLearning2025 #ConnectedLearning
January 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Excited to be sharing the CFP for #connectedlearning2025, rebooted after a 1 year pause with all the good stuff (Rising Scholars, research papers, showcases, workshops, keynotes, plenaries, topical meetups) + a new hybrid and org level participation model
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It’s important we tell our own stories if no one else does. Here is my memory of the Unisys ICON and some ICON games, a computer that only Xennials from Ontario would have used. They were almost all destroyed and no archives or emulators exist. True lost media.
postgamecontent.com/post/7717260...
postgamecontent.com/post/7717260...
The Unisys Icon: One Canadian Xennial's Memories of Ontario's Obscure Computer
One topic that often comes up in retro gaming circles is how aspects of gaming history not part of the American story don't get enough attention. I personally feel it's mostly up to the people to whom...
postgamecontent.com
January 4, 2025 at 7:25 AM
It’s important we tell our own stories if no one else does. Here is my memory of the Unisys ICON and some ICON games, a computer that only Xennials from Ontario would have used. They were almost all destroyed and no archives or emulators exist. True lost media.
postgamecontent.com/post/7717260...
postgamecontent.com/post/7717260...
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I have seen positive impact by in this area through game based learning. Students will connect differently while playing games, and then they have a relationship that leads to empathy during difficult conversations. #GBL #LaterChat
Time for Question 1 :) #EduSkyChat @karlymoura.com @catetolnai.bsky.social @scandela9.bsky.social @alicekeeler.com
December 14, 2024 at 3:24 PM
I have seen positive impact by in this area through game based learning. Students will connect differently while playing games, and then they have a relationship that leads to empathy during difficult conversations. #GBL #LaterChat
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Good morning BlueSky! I’m so tired. This is my own fault with my terrible habits. But guess what? There’s #gamification for that! Finally set up my #Pokémon sleep with my Pokemon go plus I’ve had forever. I’ll sleep better now! (Go to bed on time) 😂 gotta catch ‘em all!
#LevelUpEDU #gbl
#LevelUpEDU #gbl
December 17, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Good morning BlueSky! I’m so tired. This is my own fault with my terrible habits. But guess what? There’s #gamification for that! Finally set up my #Pokémon sleep with my Pokemon go plus I’ve had forever. I’ll sleep better now! (Go to bed on time) 😂 gotta catch ‘em all!
#LevelUpEDU #gbl
#LevelUpEDU #gbl
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Submissions are now open for the 2025 International Serious Play Awards, recognizing the best in serious games for education and training. #seriousgames #conference #2025 exdq5.r.ag.d.sendibm3.com/mk/mr/sh/7nV...
Serious Game Competition Entry Deadline
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December 17, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Submissions are now open for the 2025 International Serious Play Awards, recognizing the best in serious games for education and training. #seriousgames #conference #2025 exdq5.r.ag.d.sendibm3.com/mk/mr/sh/7nV...