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.
Irisema – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course was very entertaining. I enjoyed the ideas and how I can incorporate them in my classroom.
Wilma – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
I like how this course taught me about different games to use for the class
Monique – HERTFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
this course was informative and gave ideas on how to incoperate what students already love
Antoinett – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course was very useful. I will incorporate gamification in my second grade math classroom
Emily – CLEAR CREEK ISD (verified owner) –
Great course, very informative!
Evangelina – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course is informative and gives you a lot of websites for games that promotes engagement
Michael – ANTHONY ISD (verified owner) –
Not the best.
Kathleen – SANDUSKY CITY (verified owner) –
some good ideas in this course
Maria Elena – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Loved it!
Karina – GALENA PARK ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome!