Tabula Digita

I went to a session which was a panel discussion on digital content. The session was fantastic and everyone made real valid points. I was very impressed with one panelist, Ntiedo Etuk (NT), who is the Chief Executive Officer at Tabula Digita.

For those of you at the closing session will remember that they announced that next year at NECC there would be a gaming tournament. They showed a movie previewing the game - one of the taglines was "Learn math or die trying." It is a very interactive game focusing on algebra. The game is from Tabula Digita called Dimenxion. There is a demo version on their site.

Of course they have had a challenge integrating into the school systems so have been focusing on after school programs to introduce their game. They do have some research data from a summer program in addition to some white papers on games and learning.

I noticed that Marc Prensky will be the keynote speaker at the NYSCATE Summer Leadership Summit. If you saw Marc Prensky last year at NECC, you know that he is a promoter of game-based learning in education. Games for learning is a really hot topic in education right now.

Check out Dimenxion and share it with your teachers and students - who knows maybe the tournament champion will be from one of our schools!