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. Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    It was creative and spoke to me as a competitive person. My students love games and it made me consider tweaking my classroom organization a lot.

  2. Diana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Good course.

  3. Michala – DELAWARE CITY (verified owner) –

    This has some interesting ideas and activities

  4. Carlos – TULOSO-MIDWAY ISD (verified owner) –

    Lots of good information in incorporating game theory into the classroom to make the students more engaged.

  5. Jessica – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –

    It was interesting and fun to learn new methods.

  6. Susan – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –

    Really good ideas

  7. Zina – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –

    This course was awesome!

  8. Brandi – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPUS CH (verified owner) –

    This course was just what I wanted to jazz up both my classroom instruction and library programming. 🙂

  9. Julie – Colonel Crawford Local Schools (verified owner) –

    I like the ideas and examples she gives.

  10. Estela – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –

    Great ideas!!

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