GameSchoolCon 2025: Full Schedule

11:00am PST

Panel: GameSchooling 101

Friday February 21, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm PST

Gameschooling parents, former students and educators will answer questions ranging from “How do I get started?” “Which games are educational?” “What games should I buy and where can I find them?” “What about ‘screen time?’” and “What is gaming etiquette?” There will be plenty of time to ask your questions, too! For new and continuing gameschooling families.

Moderated by Erika Davis=Pitre

Speakers

Erika Davis-Pitre

owner, Fun and Games Enterprises

Erika loves conferences so much, she decided to purchase one of her favorites. And when she's not speaking and attending conferences around the globe, she's home with her hubby living in one of her favorite cities.

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 →

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).

Lily Mansfield

Gameschooling mom

Lily is an unschooling mother of two and a former level designer for video games.After a career that included level design, texture art, and quality assurance, Lily retired from the video game industry to raise her children, but she continues to utilize games and gaming to help with... 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 →

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 →

Friday February 21, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm PST
San Clemente 2

Speaker/Panel

1:00pm PST

Panel: Adaptations

Friday February 21, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm PST

San Clemente 2

During “Adaptations” we will talk about house rules, adapting games for different age ranges, adapting games for different abilities and to accommodate neurodiversity, adapting games that aren’t intended to be “educational” for use in a homeschool curriculum, and gamifying non-game curricula.

Speakers

Erika Davis-Pitre

owner, Fun and Games Enterprises

Kristin Morse

Recess Revolution

Kristin Morse is a homeschooling mother who also happens to run Recess Revolution, a non-profit organization dedicated to enriching environments for child directed free play. She holds a master’s degree in education and in the study of play. Her mission is to help adults see the... Read More →

Meg Grooms

Gameschool Academy

Brian Mansfield

Gameschooling Dad

Dave Mata

Chief Product Officer, Midas Brands

David is a video games industry executive, who is currently Chief Product Officer at Midas Brands, and is working on a health and wellness based mobile game.Previous to joining Midas Brands, he was Director of Product, at Beamable, focused on their live operations product for game... 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.

Adelita Gonzales

Adelita is an indigenous/Chicana woman dedicated to the decolonization of educational models. She is a voice for child liberation and enjoys connecting with other homeschoolers in an effort to build a thriving homeschool community. She can be found hosting Nerf Battles, Laser Tag... Read More →

RPG GM

Lily Mansfield

Gameschooling mom

Friday February 21, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm PST
San Clemente 2

Speaker/Panel

10:00am PST

Panel: Gaming SHTEAM

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

San Clemente 2

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

Erika Davis-Pitre

owner, Fun and Games Enterprises

Meg Grooms

Gameschool Academy

Christine Yablonski

Board Member, The Story School

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

Speaker/Panel

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

Erika Davis-Pitre

owner, Fun and Games Enterprises

Meg Grooms

Gameschool Academy

Dave Mata

Chief Product Officer, Midas Brands

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

Synetra Nunsuch

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

Speaker/Panel

3:00pm PST

Careers In Gaming

Saturday February 22, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm PST

San Clemente 2

Do you have or are you yourself a gamer who wants to make a career out of gaming? Then this session is for you! In this talk, you'll hear from Gamers who have done just that, made a career out of their love of gaming.
Bring your questions and have the answered by folks in the know!

Speakers

Speaker/Panel