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Spectrum is excited to help kick-off Digital Capital Week, by hosting "Games for Change & Health Workshop: Brainstorming and Game Design Jam for HIV/AIDS" on Monday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at our K Street office. 

Video games are said to be extremely effective when designed to address a specific problem or teach a certain skill, where clear objectives can be stated and when deployed selectively within a context relevant to the learning activity and goal.

This workshop will give attendees knowledge about HIV/AIDS and "edu-gaming" - creating video games for an educational purpose - and attendees will work together to conceptualize video games which could help a variety of audiences better understand HIV/AIDS in Washington, D.C. and around the world. 

To register to attend this free workshop, click here.

Let the gaming begin!

Tags: AIDS, DC Week, Digital, Digital Capital Week, Gaming, health, HIV, Online Games, Serious Games, Social media, Video Games

This entry was posted by Maggie Schmerin on Friday, June 11th, 2010 at 1:07 pm and is filed under Disease Awareness, Health 2.0, Infectious Disease, New Media, Social Media. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

2 Responses to “Spectrum To Host Free DC Week Event: Games for Change & Health - Brainstorming and Game Design Jam for HIV/AIDS”

1. David J McClelland says:

   June 14, 2010 at 1:23 pm

   Would have loved to attend if possible. I follow on twitter, is there a mailing list? I work for a company that develops eLearning solutions for Med Device Mfgrs, including simulations and games.
2. Maggie says:

   June 15, 2010 at 6:12 pm

   Hi David - if you join the Meet Up group, Games Gateway, you can stay in touch with us as we work to build a serious game for HIV/AIDS.

   http://www.meetup.com/gamedev-175/