Dennis Paiz-Ramirez is a doctoral student in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dennis is interested in how new technologies are used in the classroom, especially the affordances they provide, and seeks to create engaging and impacting experiences through games. Prior to attending UW-Madison, Dennis received his MA in Learning Design and technology from Stanford University and an Honors BS in Computer Science from the University of New Mexico.  Currently, he works at the Morgridge Institute for Research with Kurt Squire developing fun educational video games. In his free time, he toils in an ivory tower developing radical ideas, and playing video games.

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