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. Debbie – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –

    This course has a lot of great ideas, tips, and websites to visit. Even if you have been teaching for a while, you will find something to check out here.
    I do need to figure out how to access the handout that was referenced in the session.

  2. Keelie – BETHEL LOCAL (verified owner) –

    great ideas

  3. Judith – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    I liked the apps

  4. Kathryn – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –

    I think healthy competition and team building are essential for building community.

  5. Leah – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –

    My favorite course I’ve taken so far! Great analogies that made it very easy to understand for a non-gamer like me!! 🙂

  6. Sharon – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –

    The last part of the course gave some helpful game app ideas.

  7. Jeannie – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Love it. This course offers so many ideas on how to improve the engagement of our students using the idea of games to evaluate progress in a fun way.

  8. Paola – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    I liked the presentation of the various resources available.

  9. JoLayne – GOOSE CREEK CISD (verified owner) –

    Lots of ideas that are easy to incorporate. Don’t shy away because it seems too involved at the beginning.

  10. Mara – Private Pay (verified owner) –

    great ideas for engaging students.

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