SESSION TYPE: Featured Speaker SESSION TITLE: Euclid's Elements as a Videogame! You're kidding, right? STRAND: STEM DAY: Saturday TIME: 11:15 - 12:15 pm LOCATION: Sutton Parlor North, 2nd floor

Many educators have suggested that videogames can enhance mathematics learning. Their arguments generally focus on two factors: (a) almost all school-aged children play videogames regularly, so why not get some mathematics learning in there; (b) videogames generate intense levels of engagement, resulting in huge amounts of “time on task,” which could be channeled to mathematics learning. But these reasons miss the point. For everyday, practical mathematics, videogames are the ideal medium. (The worst possible medium? The textbook.)

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BIOGRAPHY

Mathematician Dr. Keith Devlin is the executive director and a co-founder of Stanford University’s H-STAR Institute. He is a World Economic Forum Fellow, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the current chair of the Mathematics Division of the AAAS. His current research is focused on the use of different media to teach and communicate mathematics to diverse audiences. His 28 books have won him numerous awards. He is “the Math Guy” on National Public Radio.