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Town Hall - October
2018-10-04 15:00 UTC | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Student currently enrolled in the MAGIC program, or a
MAGIC faculty or staff member will have the chance to
voice their opinions, concerns or suggestions with the
goal of improving MAGIC.

This special session will be moderated by MAGIC Lab Manager, Phil Ferretti.

Art of Tech - Animation Show of Shows
2018-10-24 11:00 - 13:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Miami Dade College Foundation and
Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex
cordially invite you to
Art of Tech
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Program times:
Skype Session: 11:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Screening: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Skype Q&A: 1:00 – 1:30 p.m.

The Animation Show of Shows is a feature-length collection of contemporary animated shorts curated from around the globe and we would like to bring the program to the students of Miami Dade College. We have had an incredibly enthusiastic response from students on campuses where we have screened as these films speak with authority across the academic spectrum in our current show: a global perspective featuring 16 profound, award-winning films including the work of 8 women directors composing The 19th Animation Show of Shows
Event Sponsored by Sprint.

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MAGIC Halloween Pizza Party
2018-10-31 15:00 - 19:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
DATE: Wednesday Oct 31st, 2018
TIME: 3PM-7PM
LOCATION: Screening Room 8106
EVENT DESCRIPTION: MAGIC’s student/faculty engagement day on Halloween.
Students will get to interact with other students and faculty. There will be a Halloween Costume & Art Contest and a Halloween/Horror screening.
Costume Contest & Halloween Art Work Contest with Special Prizes
ART WORK CONTEST
Submission date for Art Work: Monday Oct 29th, 2018
Art Work Criteria:

Halloween Themed Art Work (PG 13)
Still Image
HD: 1920 X 1080
Resolution: 72-300 dpi

Selection of winner: The Art Work winner will be selected by a vote from the MAGIC Staff on the 30th and announced at the end of event.
COSTUME CONTEST

Costume contest sign up (sign in sheet) upon arrival at event

Selection of winner: The Costume winner will be selected by Mauricio (TBC) once the screening starts and announced at the end of event.
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Prizes (for both contest): 3D printed Character & a Magic Shirt each (Suggested)

Art of Tech - Chance Glasco, CCO of Doghead Simulations (Creator of Call of Duty)
2018-11-07 11:00 - 12:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Miami Dade College Foundation and
Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex
cordially invite you to
Art of Tech
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Guest Lecture: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

As one of the founding members of the Call of Duty franchise’s team, senior animator Chance Glasco has had a profound impact on the last decade of video games. “When you work on it you don’t realize how well known your game is,” says Chance.
It wasn’t an overnight success story, though. After graduating from Full Sail’s Computer Animation program in 2001 and trying to find work in Los Angeles, Chance visited family in Oklahoma and hooked up with an old friend who was working at a local studio. Chance worked as an animator on Allied Assault, which was released in 2001 to critical acclaim. From there, Chance and a group of co-workers took a gamble and launched their own studio. The result: Infinity Ward, the Call of Duty franchise, and more than 100 million copies sold. Chance’s specialty from the start has been creating the animations for the arsenal of weapons players use during the games. Their level of realism is among one of the highlights of the Call of Duty experience – and has helped the game earn celebrity endorsements and break sales records.
“Looking back, starting by coming out to California, sleeping in my car, and then going to where we are now – on a franchise that’s the biggest in the world right now … it’s amazing,” says Chance. “I’m so blessed to have gone from that to this. All these numbers, the amount of people playing it, the popularity of the game – I feel humbled.”
Credits:
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Call of Duty, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty: Ghosts d. DEC 5th – Tell Tale Games
Event Sponsored by Sprint.
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Town Hall - November
2018-11-29 14:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Art of Tech - Leah Hoyer, VP Creative at Tell Tale Games
2018-12-05 11:00 - 12:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Miami Dade College Foundation and
Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex
cordially invite you to
Art of Tech
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Guest Lecture: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Leah Hoyer is a former attorney who left that field to pursue her passion for cartoons. After completing her MFA coursework at UCLA’s Animation Workshop in 2001, Leah began working at Disney Television Animation, where she was the Director of Development for Disney Channel Animated Series. During her tenure at Disney, Leah worked on numerous series, including “Recess,” “Kim Possible” and “Phineas & Ferb.”
I create entertainment experiences. Actually, I work with teams of talented people who make truly incredible, interactive, entertainment experiences—because nobody makes something that is loved by millions of people on their own. I build teams, mentor people, foster great ideas, and find the best way to the get those produced.
Specialties: Portfolio Strategy, Franchise Development, Video Games, Animation, Narrative, Interactive, Television, Creative Management, Team Assembly and Talent Development.
Event Sponsored by Sprint.
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Pratt Institute Alumni Reception
2018-12-05 18:30 - 21:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

On The Road to Success - Career Coaching with Chris Delboni
2019-01-23 12:00 - 13:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
On the Road to Success will help students recognize and change what may be preventing them from reaching different goals and perform at their full potential. The program was designed to guide participants toward a successful professional future and life.
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” — Winston Churchill
As part of the program, coaching sessions will be offered to students with Certified Professional Coach Chris Delboni, an educator and award winning journalist who has taught and guided students for more than 10 years at both University of Miami and Florida International University. Don’t miss it! It’s an unique opportunity being offered at MDC MAGIC. Space is limited and interested students should sign up for the program on Jan. 23, 2019 at 12pm during the introdutory lecture of On the Road to Success, with Chris Delboni.

Chris Delboni, award-winning journalist, was a foreing press correspondent in Washington D.C. from 1993 till 2005, when she relocated to Miami, FL. In Miami, Delboni has taught journalism at both University of Miami and Florida International University for more than a decade and served as the first news director at the South Florida News Service at FIU, serving local mainstream newspapers such as the Miami Herald.
In 2016, Delboni left her position at FIU embarking on a new chapter of her professional life creating Delboni Communications, focusing on designing workshops and trainings aimed at personal and professional development and success. Currently she holds workshops on “media training” and “mobile video training”. As a Certified Professional Coach (CPC), she has developed “The Happiness Code” methodology and coaches journalists and college students on succeeding in their field of choice and career changes. She also publishes “Direto de Miami”, a column/blog that features Brazilians in South Florida, as well as news and things-to-do around Miami.

Art of Tech: Sander Schwartz (Warner Bros Animation, former President)
2019-02-13 11:00 - 12:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
SANDER SCHWARTZ Bio
As an independent producer, Sander develops live-action and animated content for domestic and international exhibitors and distribution platforms. In addition, he currently provides advisory services to TV and film companies in the U.S., Europe, China, Russia and Australia respecting all aspects of media and entertainment. With a unique expertise in children’s content, Sander has in recent years developed and produced the “Skylanders Academy”series for Activision Film & Television Group, which is available on Netflix worldwide, and “Subway Surfers”, based upon the iconic (and most downloaded in history) mobile app game.
Sander has received multiple Daytime Emmy Award nominations from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and was awarded an Emmy for his role in producing “The Batman” series for Kids WB. He has also received numerous other awards for kids programming, including the Humanitas, Peabody Award, KidScreen and the Prism Awards.
From 2009 through 2013, Sander was President, Kids and Family Entertainment for FremantleMedia Enterprises (“FME”), a division he founded within the world’s leading independent television production, distribution and brand management company. Within four years of its inception, the division had produced 13 series for top-tier networks and become the most prolific independent producer of children’s programming in the world
Before joining FME, Sander was President of Warner Bros. Animation and responsible for the production of theatrical, television and made-for-video animated programming. Sander also worked with Warner Bros. Pictures to develop animated feature films based on all-new characters, as well as the Studio’s classic Looney Tunes, DC Comics and Hanna-Barbera properties. During his tenure at Warner Bros., its slate of TV series grew from two to eleven series in the span of just three years. Warner Bros Animation’s TV projects overseen by Schwartz include the multiple Emmy Award winner “What’s New Scooby Doo”, the Emmy-nominated “Xiaolin Showdown”, “Teen Titans”, “Justice League Unlimited”, “Johnny Test”, and “Krypto the Superdog”.
Sander joined Warner Bros. from Sony Pictures Family Entertainment, where he served as the division’s first President, responsible for creating family-orientated entertainment and animation across all media, including “Jackie Chan Adventures”, “Max Steel”, Dragon Tales” and “Men in Black: The Series”. While at Sony Pictures, Sander also established Columbia TriStar Television Children’s Programming. Under his leadership, over a dozen new television series were developed, produced and distributed in syndication and network television.
Prior to joining Columbia TriStar Television, he was Executive Vice President of TMS Entertainment, a subsidiary of the iconic Japanese animation production company, Tokyo Movie Shinsha.
Lecture: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Q&A: 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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Art of Tech: Ron Myrick (Supervising Timing director of the new Scooby Doo series)
2019-04-03 11:00 - 12:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Join us for a lecture with Ron Myrick, Supervising Timing director of the new Scooby Doo series! This event is sponsored by the Aspen Institute.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ron Myrick is currently the Supervising Timing director of the new Scooby Dooseries entitled “Guess Who Scooby Doo”. With 46 years’ experience in the fieldof animation there isn’t much he has not seen in the past 4 decades.His career started at Filmation Studio which produced such popular shows as TheArchie’s, Star Trek, Fat Albert, and Tarzan, just to name a few. These shows wereproduced in the traditional method of drawing with pencil on paper and the colorapplied to transparent cells, which was filmed under a camera for broadcast. Ronhad a BFA degree in drawing from the California College of Arts and Crafts.For the next few years the entire animation industry became his classroom as he worked as an assistant animator not only on a myriad of TV series, but also cereal commercials such as “Sugar Frosted Flakes”, “Keebler Cookies”, and “Coco Puffs”. Within five years Ron advanced from assistant animator to animator. He worked not only on popular T.V. series of the day but also some feature films like “Heavy Metal”, “Watership Down”, “The Mouse and His Child”, as well as “Flash Gordon”.In the 80’s Ron left Filmation and started working as a freelance animator forHanna-Barbera . His first series for H & B was “Space Ghost”. From there, hebranched out to animate on such notable shows as “The Smurfs”, “The Flinstones”Happy Days”, “Pac-Man” and many more. Ron move up to the position of “timing director” and eventually “supervising director on shows like “The Addams Family”, “Sonic the Hedgehog”, “Siegfried & Roy” and “The Incredible Hulk”.Ron directed the first 10 episodes of the CGI series Skylander’s Academy” which airson Netflix. He then went on to direct 104 episodes of a Flash series for Chinaentitled “Valt the Wonder Deer”. Ron’s involvement with that project ended inAugust of 2018, which brings us full circle to where he is today at Warner Bro’sAnimation.
ABOUT ART OF TECH AT MIAMI DADE COLLEGE
Art of Tech is a speaker series hosted by the Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex at Miami Dade College which empowers, elevates and inspires innovation within the growing digital technologies industry. The speaker series brings together a wide spectrum of executive level professionals in the areas of Computer Animation, Gaming, Visual Effects, Motion Graphics, Virtual and Augmented Reality.
* Parking pass will be provided upon receipt of RSVP.
Lecture: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Q&A: 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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MAGIC 2019 Premiere Night
2019-05-01 18:00 - 20:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Tech Beach - Exploring MAGIC with Magic Leap
2019-07-31 18:30 - 21:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Miami Mograph - 2D Character Animation
2019-08-08 19:30 - 21:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Fleischer Brothers Miami Animation Studio - Learn the History
2019-10-10 14:00 - 15:00 | MAGIC – Building 8, Room 8109
Did you know that the first Superman movies were made in Miami? Before Man of Steel and Justice League, before the 1980s films starring Christopher Reeve, even before the 1950s TV series Adventures of Superman, the Man of Steel appeared on the big screen in a series of animated cartoons produced in Miami by the Fleischer Brothers animation studio.
The Fleischers were already famous for their Popeye and Betty Boop cartoons when they started animating Superman in 1941. Their Superman cartoons, shot in Technicolor, had an Art Deco look rendered mainly in primary colors.
Kevin Wynn of the Wolfson Archives will trace the history of the Fleischer Brothers animation studio using photographs, home movies and Fleischer Brothers cartoons.

Town Hall - October
2019-10-18 12:00 - 13:30 | MAGIC – Building 8, Room 8109
Student currently enrolled in the MAGIC program, or a
MAGIC faculty or staff member will have the chance to
voice their opinions, concerns or suggestions with the
goal of improving MAGIC.

This special session will be moderated by Alexis Centeno, Academic Lab Manager at MAGIC.

MAGIC Halloween Pizza Party
2019-10-31 15:00 - 19:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Join us for MAGIC’s student/faculty engagement day on Halloween. Students will get to interact with other students and faculty. There will be a Halloween Costume & Art Contest and a Halloween/Horror screening.

Costume Contest & Halloween Art Work Contest with Special Prizes
ART WORK CONTEST
Submission date for Art Work: Monday Oct 28th, 2019
Art Work Criteria:

Halloween Themed Art Work (PG 13)
Still Image
HD: 1920 X 1080
Resolution: 72-300 dpi

Selection of winner: The Art Work winner will be selected by a vote from the MAGIC Staff on the 30th and announced at the end of event.
COSTUME CONTEST

Costume contest sign up (sign in sheet) upon arrival at event

Selection of winner: The Costume winner will be selected by the MAGIC Halloween committee and announced at the end of event.
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Prizes (for both contest): 3D printed Character & Magic Shirts

2019 Siggraph Computer Animation Festival Screening
2019-11-04 12:00 - 13:30 | MAGIC Open Lab – Building 8, Room 8108, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Celebrate CG as a transformative animation tool.
The Computer Animation Festival celebrates computer graphics as a medium for storytelling in animation, visual effects, games, and more. Since 1999, the Computer Animation Festival has been recognized as a qualifying festival by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and several works that were originally presented in this program have received Best Animated Short Academy Awards.
Hundreds of short films are submitted to this prestigious program each year. An internationally recognized jury reviews and presents the best work of the year, with awards for Best in Show, Jury’s Choice, and Best Student Project.
Join us for one special screening of the Electronic Theater on Monday, 4 November, at Miami Animaiton & Gaming International Complex.
Explore the work that was selected for this year’s Electronic Theater, including the winners of Best in Show, and Jury’s Choice, and Best Student Project Awards.

MoGraph Presentation - Cinema 4D + Octane Render with Jesus Suarez
2019-11-08 19:30 - 21:00 | FL
Join us for a fun Friday on November 8th with a feature presentation from local artist Jesus Suarez. Jesus will be on hand to demo some projects and show you some next level tips and tricks inside Cinema 4D and Octane Render, a powerful combo for 3D art and design. As a bonus if you attend you’ll receive a discount code for his Octane Course.
Jesus Suarez is an Art Director and 3D Generalist from Venezuela but currently residing in Boca Raton, FL. He’s been working in the industry for over 8 years and has had the chance to collaborate with clients like HP, ACCN, SECN, Yahoo Sports and UBER to name a few. Most recently he was part of the team that put together 2019’s TEDX Legacy titles. He enjoys working in Look Development but he’s also very versatile with Motion Graphics. His software of choice is Cinema 4D, Octane and Redshift and lately he’s been learning to use Substance Designer as part of his arsenal.

Screenwriting Masterclass - The Epic Story
2019-11-21 14:00 - 15:30 | MAGIC Incubator – Building 8, Room 8119, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Producer/ Screenwriter/ MDC Professor David J. Schroeder will speak about “Epic Storytelling.”

Art of Tech
2019-12-05 11:00 - 13:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
MAGIC’s Art of Tech series empowers, elevates and inspires innovation within the growing digital technologies industry. The speaker series brings together a wide spectrum of executive level professionals in the areas of Computer Animation, Gaming, Visual Effects, Motion Graphics, Virtual and Augmented Reality.

Town Hall - December
2019-12-05 15:00 - 16:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

MAXON - 3D Graphics Tour
2019-12-06 13:00 - 18:00 | MDC Wolfson Campus Auditorium – Building 1, Room 1261, 300 NE 2nd Ave - Building 1, Room 1261, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Practice Pitch Meetings - Wednesdays @ 12 pm
2020-01-22 12:00 - 14:00 | MAGIC Incubator – Building 8, Room 8119, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

MDC Works Workshop – "Resume Writing & Interviewing Skills"
2020-01-29 12:00 - 13:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Your resume may be your only chance to get an employer’s attention, so you must get it right the first time.

Learn about appearance, style and formats in writing a resume. It is important to follow a powerful resume with a strong interview so that you appear to the employer as being consistent, professional, and are taking the opportunity seriously.
Learn effective tools on how to prepare for the interview process to help them excel and give them confidence including communication skills and dress code for an interview.
Learn the format of a “Thank you” letter after the interview to restate your interest in the position so that the employer is thinking about you.

Town Hall - February
2020-02-12 12:00 - 14:00 | MAGIC Incubator – Building 8, Room 8119, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Student currently enrolled in the MAGIC program, or a
MAGIC faculty or staff member will have the chance to
voice their opinions, concerns or suggestions with the
goal of improving MAGIC.

MDC Works Workshop – "How to Create MDCWORKS & LinkedIn Profiles that Get You Noticed!"
2020-02-26 12:00 - 13:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
MDC WORKS has partnered with a new career platform called Handshake that offers MDC students access to connect with employers about jobs and internship opportunities.

Learn the features that Handshake offers, including accessing personalized job recommendations based on student majors and interests.
View sample resumes, cover letters, thank you letters and the most commonly asking interview questions to help you prepare.
Since Handshake is only available to you as a student we highly recommend that students also create a profile on LinkedIn, the largest professional networking site available today. This workshop will show students to effectively use LinkedIn as well to create a branded profile to fit their specific career.

Art of Tech - Phil Weinstein
2020-02-27 11:00 - 13:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
MAGIC’s Art of Tech series empowers, elevates and inspires innovation within the growing digital technologies industry. The speaker series brings together a wide spectrum of executive level professionals in the areas of Computer Animation, Gaming, Visual Effects, Motion Graphics, Virtual and Augmented Reality.
Phil Weinstein
Phil Weinstein is a veteran of the animation industry. His directing credits include: Hellboy Animated for Starz, Curious George Back to the Jungle for Universal, Disney’s Hercules series, Jackie Chan Adventures for Sony, Scooby Doo Where’s My Mummy for Warner Brothers, Mickey and the Roadster Racers for Disney and Stretch Armstrong for NETFLIX.
He also Produced and Directed Balto: Wolf Quest and Balto: Wings of Change for Universal. Phil began his career as a storyboard artist. Credits include: Darkwing Duck, Winnie The Pooh and The Lion King II. Phil created the main title for The Spectacular Spiderman, and storyboarded most of the musical numbers in the film SouthPark: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut.
Phil won an Emmy award for his work on the CBS special Boo To You Too Winnie The Pooh, was nominated for another Emmy for Hellboy: Sword of Storms and was awarded a Humanitas Prize for producing Balto: Wolf Quest. Phil was a recipient of the Scholastic Art Award in high school.
Phil earned his BFA in Fine art from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He lives with his wife and two boys in Los Angeles, California.
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MDC Works Workshop – "I got a Job, Now What?"
2020-03-25 12:00 - 13:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Join MDC Works for this workshop and learn everything about employer’s expectations:
Communication, Team Work, Adaptability, Conflict Resolutions, Problem Solving, Leadership & Social Networking

Software Installation Workshop - LIVE on Discord
2020-09-03 14:00 - 15:00 | Twitch.tv

Art of Tech - Karl M Kapp, Instructional Technology @ Bloomsburg University
2020-10-08 13:00 - 14:30 | Twitch.tv
MAGIC’s Art of Tech series empowers, elevates and inspires innovation within the growing digital technologies industry. The speaker series brings together a wide spectrum of executive level professionals in the areas of Computer Animation, Gaming, Visual Effects, Motion Graphics, Virtual and Augmented Reality.

Karl M Kapp – Guest Speaker
Karl M. Kapp, Ed.D., is an award-winning professor of Instructional Technology at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, PA. where he teaches instructional game design, gamification classes and online learning design. He is the Director of Bloomsburg’s Institute for Interactive Technologies and is recognized internationally as an expert in the application of games, game-thinking and gamification to learning. Karl earned his doctoral degree from the University of Pittsburgh.
He is currently a senior researcher on a grant sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) which involves the application of microlearning and gamification to help childcare workers identify child abuse. Karl has previously served as a Co-Principle Investigator on two National Science Foundation (NSF) grants related to games and simulations. Karl is an advisory group for several EdTech start up companies and is a member of the Learning Guild’s Learning Leaders Advisory Board.

Join us on Twitch on October 8th at 1PM – Twitch link: https://www.twitch.tv/magic_mdc/schedule
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For more information please contact Nicole Garay at (305) 237-6530
