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.
Dorian – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
The presenter was a great communicator and kept me engaged because of her enthusiasm and great attitude.
MARIA G – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It is a great course with lots of resources.
Stephanie – NEWARK CITY (verified owner) –
Great information!
LUZ – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very Helpful
Molly – NEW BREMEN LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great ideas to incorporate gamification into every classroom.
Michael – Private Pay (verified owner) –
I thought it was a worthwhile course.
adriana – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
like the strategies used in the presentation
Marsha – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Good information for Core teachers
tom – GREENEVIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
This was a good mixture of theory followed by many resources.
John – SYMMES VALLEY LOCAL (verified owner) –
I believe this course provided valuable information that I can immediately use in my classroom.