Games and Learning, a new political atmosphere as the election looms

My name is Bonnie Bracey Sutton. I have been teaching using games in all of my entire teaching career. During the No Child Left Behind Initiative, those of us who used games, innovation, constructivism , and imagination were summarily dismissed in education and blocked out of most conversations, conferences and collaborations except in SuperComputing which looks at the ideas of serious games. Sensing a new permission, I am entering this arcade as a new beginning , and a new learning initiative to share with teachers like me who share a passion for the use of games in the classroom, and games as a passport to those who may believe they don't like technology.