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. Diana – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –

    Good presentation

  2. Mary – HALLETTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    I enjoyed this course because it was a reminder that as teachers, we are not just pushers of information, we are also getting the students actively involved as much as possible.

  3. Emily – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –

    Sooooo many resources 🙂

  4. Sarah – HALLETTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    I thoroughly enjoyed this course! Thanks!

  5. Diana – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –

    It had really fun technology games.

  6. Tina – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –

    Great ideas!

  7. Janet – NEW KNOXVILLE LOCAL (verified owner) –

    I enjoyed this course very much! I learned a great deal from Lisa! The questions she asked are something I need to think about and answer. I love the practical games, especially the low prep games.

  8. Stephanie – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    I think it was good but I was hoping to get a little more about virutal aspects

  9. Ruben – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –

    I liked the idea of making lessons more fun.

  10. David – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –

    It was informative and it offered a large number of useful activities to use in a classroom in order to be effective and successful.

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