2020 Symposia Series

Play Every Day was  the largest virtual event of the mEducation Alliance Virtual Symposia series on Play and Technology for Lifelong Learning!  We were delighted to attract 782 registrants and to hear from an amazing line-up of 80+ presenters from more than 25 countries highlighting a range of tech and non-tech play-based interventions for formal and non-formal educational settings.  Presenters were competitively selected from both our Symposia and COVID-19 EdTech idea pitch call submissions, many of whom touched on the need for and contributions of play and games in the EdTech response to worldwide COVID-19 school closures.

As with our traditional in-person symposia, presenters and participants benefited from a variety of innovative knowledge exchange formats  (e.g. keynote and show case presenters, expos, demonstrations, and gallery walks) and lots of fun game play and other networking opportunities including engaging in a virtual escape room experience and enjoying a math-focused concert.

The Alliance launched its first of a signature activities, Math Power!, at Play Every Day. Find out more about this initiative, including our series of associated virtual festivals, on the Math Power! page.

Interested in co-hosting a future mEducation Alliance event and/or want to become an event sponsor? Checkout our sponsorship page and connect with us at [email protected]

Asyia Kazmi (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) - Opening Remarks
LEGO Foundation Workshop from Play Every Day

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Jax Chaudhry

Jax Chaudhry leads Project Invent, a national nonprofit that empowers youth with future ready mindsets for individual success and global impact, through invention. Originally from the Southside of Chicago, Jax loves working with students, families and partners to ensure every student can attain success as they define it. For more than 10 years, she has worked with elementary schools, high schools, education nonprofits and led regional teams and operations to ensure student success.

Michael Leventhal

Kenneth Y T Lim operates at the intersection of neuroergonomics, the learning scienceMichael Leventhal is co-founder of RobotsMali, a pedagogical and AI4D laboratory and STEM education center in Bamako, Mali. RobotsMali has trained thousands of students from elementary school to high school in computer science, robotics, and artificial intelligence, coached national robotics teams that have won 32 medals in international competitions, and developed technologies using AI and robotics for the social and economic development of Mali. Before becoming an educator in Mali, Michael worked as a technologist in Silicon Valley.s, and cognitive psychology. In 2023, he and his team were identified by UNESCO to share their work on the affordances of Generative AI for meaningful teaching and learning, during UNESCO’s first annual flagship event Digital Learning Week, international forum on the implications of Generative AI for education, in the session on ‘Preparing students and teachers for responsible use of AI’.

Enouce Ndeche

Enouce Ndeche is the founder and Director of Vijana Amani Pamoja ,VAP a community scheme based in Nairobi Kenya that uses the power and the popularity of the game of soccer/football as a catalyst for social, educational and economic empowerment.Enouce holds a degree in sociology from Egerton university and he is also the 2020 individual award recipient “Diversity and Inclusion Eminent Leader Award Enouce is also a certified Sports Philanthropy and Executive, George Washington University and is a 2023 Gratitude Network fellow.

Kenneth Y T Lim

Kenneth Y T Lim operates at the intersection of neuroergonomics, the learning sciences, and cognitive psychology. In 2023, he and his team were identified by UNESCO to share their work on the affordances of Generative AI for meaningful teaching and learning, during UNESCO’s first annual flagship event Digital Learning Week, international forum on the implications of Generative AI for education, in the session on ‘Preparing students and teachers for responsible use of AI’.