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Serious Play Conference Speakers Preview: David Conover

CROSS - POSTING FROM SERIOUS GAME MARKET BLOG David Conover , an innovative high school at risk teacher, engages his students -- and stimulates an interest in a career in technology - by having the students build games and simulations for young patients at Dell Children's Hospital in Austin, Texas. In one of first projects, Conover's class created a simulation around infectious diseases for use with Minecraft, a popular software that lets kids program. Next, he took on helping them use AI and simple robotics to create games that help patients learn why medicines are important and how to do things like have better discussions with their doctors about their medical issues.  Join David to see how teachers can use available tools like IBM's Watson AI to learn 20th Century skills.  David will give his webinar Thursday, April 17 at 10 a.m. PST, 1 p.m. EST.  For more information on Serious Play Conference, an annual gathering of thought leaders in the serious ga