GameSchoolCon 2025: Full Schedule

GameSchoolCon 2025 February 20th-23rd at the Sonesta Irvine-OC Airport Hotel

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10:00am PST

Panel: Gaming SHTEAM

Saturday February 22, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am PST

How can gaming help students gain proficiency in Science, History, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math? Learn from educators and homeschooling parents who are using games to foster passion and skill in all things SHTEAM.

Moderated by Erika Davis-Pitre

Speakers

Meg Grooms

Gameschool Academy

Meg Grooms is a long-time homeschooling mother of 6 children, ranging in age from preschool to married with kids of their own. Always a vagabond at heart, Meg and her family have embraced a slow travel lifestyle and currently call Southern California home. Your guess is as good as... Read More →

Christine Yablonski

Board Member, The Story School

Christine Yablonski is an unschooling mom and advocate. Drawing upon her career as a child therapist plus her experiences as a member, and frequently as a board member or leader, of numerous non-profit organizations that focus on the needs of children, teens, and their parents, Christine... Read More →

Dr. Vicki Meadows

Owner, Xplorstem

Dr. Vicki is a world-renowned scientist. She has made significant contributions to the field of science, publishing groundbreaking scientific papers and reviews that have impacted the direction of scientific research and discovery.Dr. Vicki holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry and worked in... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am PST
San Clemente 2

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1:00pm PST

Panel: Gaming for Social and Mental Wellness

Saturday February 22, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm PST

San Clemente 2

Playing games can support people coping with anxiety and depression or healing from trauma, and can also help us grow our social skill set. Learn how to access the social, emotional, and mental benefits of gaming….for the children and adults in your life and for yourself!

Speakers

Meg Grooms

Gameschool Academy

Alex Cook

Alex Cook is a 15-year-old competitive gamer. He has been participating in Super Smash Brothers Ultimate tournaments for about 3 years. He has several notable wins as well as ranking #6 in Eugene, OR. Always unschooled, gaming has been an essential part of his educational journey... Read More →

Jayn Holly Coburn

Jayn Holly Coburn is a 23-y/o always-unschooled gamer, artist, and filmmaker from Los Angeles.I’ve been passionate about video games my whole life, and I even have an Associate of Fine Arts in Game Design from The New York Film Academy. I also love movies and tv, reading, makeup... Read More →

Shaun Biegler

Creative Volunteer, The Story School

Shaun Biegler was raised in New England and brought up unschooled by his parents. As a child he became very interested in Pokemon cards and Yugioh with the latter of the two being extremely helpful in simple math and helped to make the subject far more approachable. A game that would... Read More →

Synetra Nunsuch

My name is Synetra Nunsuch. I am a proud member of the active games team and have helped homeschool my younger sisters for almost 10 years. Due to my own visual impairment, I am always looking for new, fun ways to accommodate people with all different abilities.

RPG GM

Brian Mansfield

Gameschooling Dad

Brian has worked in medical imaging for the last 20 years, but more importantly he has been a lifelong gamer, including his first game of Dungeons & Dragons when he was 8 years old. He’s the proud father of 2 unschooled kids (one is now an adult).

Saturday February 22, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm PST
San Clemente 2

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