Game On – Using Game Theory to Enrich Instruction

$20.00

Presenter: Lisa Van Gemert, Gifted Guru
Core Area: Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 1

Here is your mission, should you choose to accept it: use game design and theory to maximize student engagement. All of us desire to engage in something bigger than we are—an epic mission taking us on a journey to a new place. Our students are no exception. In this course, Lisa Van Gemert, M.Ed.T., teaches you how to use gamification to solve a problem and engage your audience in new ways.

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Description

Game designers understand how to engage an audience and keep them coming back for more. Lisa Van Gemert, M.Ed.T., brings together her love of games and her knowledge of classroom instruction to enrich your students’ learning experience. During this fast-paced course, you will apply game design and theory to lesson design.

In this course, participants will learn:

  • How games contribute to active learning
  • Strategies for implementing gamefication
  • Tools for incorporating game principles

Presenter Bio

Lisa Van Gemert shares best practices in education with audiences around the world using a combination of neuropsychology, pedagogy, experience, humor, technology and sheer fun. She is an expert consult to television shows including Lifetime’s “Child Genius,” and a writer of award-winning lesson plans, as well as numerous published articles on social psychology and pedagogy and the book, Perfectionism: A Practical Guide to Managing Never Good Enough. A former teacher, school administrator, and Youth & Education Ambassador for Mensa, she shares resources for educators and parents on her website giftedguru.com and is co-founder with Ian Byrd of the Gifted Guild, a professional community for educators of the gifted. Lisa and her husband Steve are the parents of three sons and live in Arlington, Texas. 

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360 reviews for Game On – Using Game Theory to Enrich Instruction

  1. Sandra – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –

    This course was ok, but I would have liked some video examples of the games being used. Also, this course needs to be updated to more current apps and games.

  2. Priscella – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    This is a great workshop.

  3. Sabrina – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –

    Good information

  4. Jasmine – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    I really liked this training. Gameification is such a great tool to use in our classrooms to help us as teachers succeed and to keep students challenged and engaged.

  5. Broze – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –

    It was very informative.

  6. NANCY Y – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    Excellent presenter! Material presented was extremely helpful. I will use this information in my classroom. Thank you!

  7. Kaitlyn – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –

    I think it was great! I love all of the ideas presented in this course!

  8. Richard – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    It was very interesting, I look forward to using some technology tools suck as stick pick

  9. Ryan – Region 17 ESC (verified owner) –

    Very good information, really enjoyed the class.

  10. Patricia – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –

    IT was a good module but not what I was expecting. I was hoping for game design.

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