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		<!-- END ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.7 (WP) -->{"id":308,"date":"2009-05-11T12:56:17","date_gmt":"2009-05-11T12:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slewth.wordpress.com\/?p=308"},"modified":"2009-05-11T12:56:17","modified_gmt":"2009-05-11T12:56:17","slug":"interactive-technologies-and-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slewth.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/05\/11\/interactive-technologies-and-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Interactive Technologies and Games Conference: Education, Health and Disability"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\t\t<!-- BEGIN ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.7 (WP) -->\r\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\">\r\n\t\t<!--\r\n\t\t\/\/ ODIOGO_START:do_NOT_remove_this_comment\r\n\t\tshowOdiogoReadNowButton (\"687068\", \"Interactive Technologies and Games Conference: Education, Health and Disability\", \"308\", 290, 55);\r\n\t\t\/\/ -->\r\n\t\t<\/script>\r\n\t\t<br\/>\r\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\">\r\n\t\t<!--\r\n\t\tshowInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (\"687068\", \"308\", 290, 0);\r\n\t\t\/\/ ODIOGO_END:do_NOT_remove_this_comment\r\n\t\t\/\/ -->\r\n\t\t<\/script>\r\n\t\t<!-- END ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.7 (WP) -->\r\n\t\t\n<p>Last year I was part of the organisational committee for the first <em>Interactive Technologies: Education, Rehabilitation and Disability<\/em> conference at <a title=\"Nottingham Trent University\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ntu.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nottingham  Trent University<\/a>. The conference now enters its second year, with strengthening ties to the <a title=\"Game City\" href=\"http:\/\/gamecity.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Game City<\/a> festival and a view to a special edition of <a title=\"Computers and Education Journal\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/wps\/find\/journaldescription.cws_home\/347\/description#description\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Computers and Education<\/em><\/a> in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>The conference aims to bring together academics and practitioners to showcase practice and to show how research ideas and outcomes can be mainstreamed. It will introduce a wider audience to key findings and products from research and will illustrate how practice feeds back into and informs research. Joint academic-practitioner papers are welcomed; the conference will create a forum for two-way communication between the academic and practitioner communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This years\u2019 conference, titled \u2018Interactive Technologies and Games: Education, Health and Disability\u2019 will be held at NTU in Nottingham on 27<sup>th<\/sup> October 2009. \u00a0If you\u2019re interested in attending, exhibiting or presenting at the conference, the important dates have been released with the call for papers. This is a Word Document and opens in a new window.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Interactive Tech conference call for papers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slewth.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/interactive-technologies-and-games-call-2009-final.doc\" target=\"_blank\">Interactive Technologies and Games: Call for papers<\/a> (35KB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The deadline for submissions is Friday 26<sup>th<\/sup> June 2009.\u00a0 There is a conference fee of \u00a360 (concessions \u00a330). I&#8217;ll add details of the Conference website as these are confirmed. For those specifically interested in the Disability Strand, topics to be covered (but not limited to) include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Approaches to making Virtual Environments (VE), computer and video games accessible by all<\/li>\n<li>Assistive technologies for people with disabilities and elderly people<\/li>\n<li>Practical applications of VE and serious games for the education of people with disabilities and elderly people (in e.g. work preparation, travel training)<\/li>\n<li>Location based services for navigation and reconnection of people with disabilities<\/li>\n<li>Art and music rehabilitation in 3D multisensory environments<\/li>\n<li>The engagement potential of serious games for young people at risk of social exclusion (e.g., offenders, those with learning disabilities)<\/li>\n<li>Design for All<\/li>\n<li>Including people with disabilities in the design of serious games, assistive technologies and VE.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\r\n\t\t<!-- BEGIN ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.7 (WP) -->\r\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\">\r\n\t\t<!--\r\n\t\t\/\/ ODIOGO_START:do_NOT_remove_this_comment\r\n\t\tshowOdiogoReadNowButton (\"687068\", \"Interactive Technologies and Games Conference: Education, Health and Disability\", \"308\", 290, 55);\r\n\t\t\/\/ -->\r\n\t\t<\/script>\r\n\t\t<br\/>\r\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\">\r\n\t\t<!--\r\n\t\tshowInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (\"687068\", \"308\", 290, 0);\r\n\t\t\/\/ ODIOGO_END:do_NOT_remove_this_comment\r\n\t\t\/\/ -->\r\n\t\t<\/script>\r\n\t\t<!-- END ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.7 (WP) -->\r\n\t\t\n<p>Last year I was part of the organisational committee for the first Interactive Technologies: Education, Rehabilitation and Disability conference at Nottingham Trent University. 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