Research Interview Series #12 - Interview with Lucas Gillispie, Director of Digital Learning and Media

Ray Pastore #12 - Interview with Lucas Gillispie, Director of Digital  Learning and Media, Surry County Schools  

Lucas Gillispie is an instructional technologist and public educator  working in North Carolina.  An avid gamer, he is passionate about the  integration of video games into the learning environment and using games  as a model for instruction.  He is the founder and co-creator of the  WoWinSchool Project, a program designed to explore the educational  potential of online games like World of Warcraft with middle schoolers  and leads one of the largest school-based Minecraft implementations in  the world.  Though commonly leading iPad and Chromebook workshops with  teachers in his district, occasionally, you’ll find him engaged in a  heated survival games match with his middle schoolers on the district  Minecraft server or giving high schoolers roller coaster rides with an  Oculus Rift.  He shares gaming resources with educators and even makes  an occasional blog post at:  http://www.edurealms.com.