It's conference season for the field of education, and with conferences come poster sessions. I really enjoy this one on one time with authors to ask questions and look for research studies in gaming. The design of the poster is a HUGE influence which posters I choose. If I can't discern the topic of the research at a glance, I'm probably going to pass it by. This is unfortunate, since I may be missing out on some really great research.

Students in my Foundations of Game-based Learning course this semester are required to create a research poster. To help them along, I created this FREE TEMPLATE that focuses on audience interaction.  You could add:

• YouTube videos
• AR interactions using Zappar, Augment, or Blippar
• Polls and quizzes
• social media feeds
• links to publications and more!

Leave a comment and let me know if you used this template and how your audience "interacted"!

We are very excited to see you at SITE 2018 in Washington, DC. Here are some important items for review:

• Our SIG meeting will be held on Tuesday during lunch, from 12:45pm to 1:45pm.
• Have you been participating in the development of our Game-based Learning Syllabus? It's not to late to share your favorite topics and readings: https://www.researchgate.net/project/Game-based-Learning-Syllabus
• Want to join the SIG leadership team? It is a rewarding activity where you will get to connect with your peers, guide the games and simulations presentations for SITE 2019/2020, and choose special projects for the SIG. We will be holding an election for co-chair, a 2-year position. Send Larysa Nadolny (lnadolny@iastate.edu) or Jana Willis (willis@uhcl.edu) a paragraph about yourself, your experience with SITE, your current position and your reason for wanting to be a co-chair. We will collect the nominations and have a digital vote during the SIG meeting.

I had a wonderful time in Savannah Georgia last week during a Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) conference.  The audience and I had a good time 'playing' my keynote presentation with choices, voting, and interaction. I had a chance to get to know a smaller group of conference attendees at my post-keynote session, where we share our own game-based learning stories and lessons learned.