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May 5 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
In three hours I'm very excited to host a brilliant game designer, who will speak with us about how to create fine educational games.

A couple of things you should know about this:

#FTTE
First, @continuities just built a game for Google. It teaches players about how quantum computers work. It's a lot of fun, offers a lot of cutting-edge knowledge, and is hard to stop playing:
quantumai.google/education/theq…

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@continuities Second, @continuities also created A Dark Room, one of my favorite browser games of all time.

It's easy to start, mysterious as heck, and a masterpiece of clever design for storytelling.

I might not see you for a while if you click on it:
adarkroom.doublespeakgames.com

#FTTE
@continuities Third, Michael spoke to my @gu_ldt students about educational gaming and was *brilliant*. He took my students' questions very seriously and deeply, and shared design insights with flair and passion.

Seriously, join us at 2 pm EDT today.

#FTTE

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In 20 minutes join the Future Trends Forum community as we host @TheTechRabbi to explore:

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Starting in 16 minutes: how did higher education become so financialized? And how might that change?

Join professor Charlie Eaton on the Future Trends Forum today to explore:

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Here's the new Education Secretary's speech about his priorities.

A few preliminary notes on the higher ed section:
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Wants to increase enrollment+address debt anxiety:

"too many talented Americans are choosing against enrolling in higher education due to the fear of debt and the feeling that college is out of reach. "

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