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Who am I?
I am the founder of Bildungsgrund an agency for “cultural and media education” and work as a lecturer at various universities.
What’s my job?
I am researching the mediatisation of the world in which children and young people live. Therefore I am writing a doctoral thesis on “Educational potential in children’s films” and organizing workshops on current media pedagogical topics, such as data criticism.
Why am I involved with the FROG?
Because it has always been fun in recent years and I am looking forward to an exciting programme this year as well.
Alltime favourite videogame?
Settlers II: it is not a settler if you don’t have to build roads. Further recommendations: Diablo II, Pizza Connection and kick-off 3 (“Anstoß 3” a football manager produced in Germany).
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Wer bin ich?
Ich bin Gründer von „Bildungsgrund. Agentur für Kultur- und Medienpädagogik“ und arbeite als Lektor an verschiedenen Universitäten.
Was mache ich?
Ich beschäftige mich der Mediatisierung der Lebenswelt von Kindern und Jugendlichen. Dafür schreibe ich an einer Dissertation über “Bildungspotenziale im Kinderfilm“ und organisiere Workshops zu aktuellen medienpädagogischen Themen, wie etwa Datenkritik.
Warum engagiere ich mich für die FROG?
Weil es in den letzten Jahren immer Spaß gemacht hat und ich mich auch dieses Jahr auf ein spannendes Programm freue.
Alltime favourite videogame?
Siedler II: es ist kein Siedler, wenn du keine Straßen bauen musst. Weitere Empfehlungen: Diablo II, Pizza Connection und Anstoß 3.
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Who am I?
Who am I?
Felix Schniz is the director of studies and co-founder of the master’s programme Game Studies and Engineering at the University of Klagenfurt. He originally graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in English and American studies from the University of Mannheim, where he subsequently joined the master’s programme Cultural Transformations of the Modern Age: Literature and Media. With a thesis exploring the metamodern tendencies of the third-person shooter Spec Ops: The Line (2012), he concluded the programme with excellence. Today, Felix Schniz furthermore is a PhD candidate and research assistant at University of Klagenfurt, as well head of the Klagenfurt Critical Game Lab. The focus of his dissertation are experiential dimensions of videogames.
Wilfried Elmenreich is Professor of Smart Grids at the Institute of Networked and Embedded Systems at the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt. He studied computer science at the Vienna University of Technology and in 2008 received the venia docendi for technical computer science. In 2007 he moved to the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt as Senior Researcher. After a visiting professorship at the University of Passau Elmenreich in 2013, he followed the call to the University of Klagenfurt. Wilfried Elmenreich is a member of the Senate at the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Counselor of the IEEE Student Branch, and is involved in the master program on Game Studies and Engineering. He is the publisher of several books and has published over 150 articles in the field of networked and embedded systems. Elmenreich researches intelligent energy systems, self-organizing systems and technical applications of swarm intelligence.
Who am I?
Thomas Kunze is the founder and CEO of Games Institute Austria and the registered association Spielmacher. Trained as a teacher and linguist he worked as a teacher and headmaster for 15 years. Since 2015 he cooperated with several universities, i.e. the University of Teacher Education Vienna or the Danube University Krems. With his company he specialised in Gamification, Game Based Learning and Training. At the moment, they focus in Escape Rooms, Esports, Virtual Reality and Livestreaming. The Games Institute Austria works internationally with other companies from the same branch and cooperates with schools, universities and other institutions. You can find out more at 
s “herr-max” Nemeth is an independent education and career consultant. His focus is on the one hand in the regular training and further education of trainers, teachers and coaches in the field of digitization, DGBL, ICT and social medias on behalf of renowned educational institutions. On the other hand, he works throughout in the scope of apprenticeship, basic education, educational counselling and as a youth coach in a work foundation. His methodology and his main interest here is the gamification of learning tools and the use of digital games in the classroom. Max is a board member of the VÖBB association and Spielmacher association, researching and holding lectures and workshops for “gaming guidance competence”.