Game for Social Impact
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April 30 - May 28, 2022
The Game for Social Impact (GaSI) Bootcamp is free game development and analysis training event organized by the Geek Girls Collaborative, on the design and analysis of digital games for social impact.
GaSI 2022 (Virtual) is organized in collaboration with researchers from Nigeria and United States to empower senior secondary/high school and undergraduate students on the fundamentals of design thinking, game design, and analysis using StudyCrafter, a free engine for creating, playing, sharing, and analyzing gamified projects. In recognition of Women's History Month, and International Women's Day (IWD) 2022, the theme for GaSI 2022 is #BreakTheBias. Every Saturday, for 4 weeks, participants will learn design thinking, game design, and data analysis by working collaboratively in teams to create social impact games on a topic of interest to address the challenges of women's empowerment and equity in Africa. All participants will receive free mobile data (up to 10gb internet plan) if they successfully complete the program Program highlights: - Learn the fundamentals of design thinking, game design, and analysis - Learn how to create social impact games using Study Crafter - Join a team and learn collaboration skills - Pick a topic of interest - Gamify your idea by creating a social impact game - Publish your game for playtesting and data collection - Conduct experiments by analyzing your game data - work under the guidance of a GGC Mentor through the program Participation is free but space is limited. Only shortlisted candidates will be invited to participate Application deadline: April 21, 2022 at 11:59pm, Nigeria time For inquiries, please email yetunde@acm.org |
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Facilitators
Geek Girls Collaborative Team
Tinuola Popoola
Federal Medical Center / Automation Bay, Nigeria
StudyCrafter Research Team
Mash NasriNortheastern University, USA
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Fey SonbudakNortheastern University, USA
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Dejarelle Gaines New York university, USA
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Salem OthmanWentworth Institute of Technology, USA
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Emmanuel Amaechi New York university, USA
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