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.
Zeniff – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course affirms my idea of how to make sure students engage and have fun while learning.
Jenna – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
A good review! I like some of the new apps that were introduced.
Janice – FLOUR BLUFF ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of ideas are presented for multiple levels of abilities.
Adriana – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
It offered some good ideas
Dolores – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
I like the idea of being able to use game to engage student in way of learning
William – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
The Best one so far!
Stacey – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting and enlightening
Sandra – BOLING ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course if you want to learn ways to motivate students and get them to take part in their learning journey.
Yesenia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Learned about games for my classroom. very informative.
Keila – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great tips to take into consideration when planning a lesson.