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.
marco – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
awesome
Melanie – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
I think it was helpful, but a little harder to incorporate during a pandemic.
Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent points about game theory and lots of game ideas.
Cathleen – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
This presentation provided me with a lot of “food for thought” on including games, or at least activities based on game thinking and strategy, in my lessons.
Chad – VIDOR ISD (verified owner) –
I’ve heard of gamefication, but did not know how it applied to the classroom. Very interesting ideas presented here.
Erin – EANES ISD (verified owner) –
Not quite what I thought the topic would cover, but had useful tips and ideas.
Graciela – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very Insightful!
Diane – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I appreciated the ideas presented in this course. I already use games in my class because I want to have fun.
Dustin – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Great well designed and concise information on the subject matter.
Arnulfo – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
excellent reinforcement