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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SKU GIGU-293 Categories Creativity & Instructional Strategies, Gifted, Gifted Guru, Instructional Strategies, Lisa Van Gemert Tags Creativity and Instructional Strategies, elementary, Gifted, GT, OAGC HOTS, ODE competency a, ODE competency b, secondary

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.

Additional information

Core Area	Creativity & Instructional Strategies
Hours	1 Hour
Organization	Gifted Guru
Grade Level	Elementary, Secondary
Presenter	Lisa Van Gemert
Course Content	Gifted, Instructional Strategies

360 reviews for Game On – Using Game Theory to Enrich Instruction

Rated 4 out of 5

Saul – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) – January 12, 2023

Very interesting, gaming is very popular right now more than ever.
Rated 5 out of 5

Nytashah – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) – January 16, 2023

Great course
Rated 5 out of 5

Paula – BLANCHESTER LOCAL (verified owner) – January 22, 2023

Great ideas to make the classroom routine more fun!
Rated 3 out of 5

William – PARMA CITY (verified owner) – January 29, 2023

I think this course does a good job of explaining gamification, and gives some practical ideas for how a teacher can begin incorporating it into how they run their classroom.
Rated 3 out of 5

Nadia – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) – January 30, 2023

great course!
Rated 4 out of 5

Lindsay – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) – January 31, 2023

Interesting course and tips to switch up instruction.
Rated 4 out of 5

Anne – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) – February 3, 2023

Great resources to implement in your classroom.
Rated 4 out of 5

Carrie – CHARDON LOCAL (verified owner) – February 14, 2023

It’s not for me, but I could see others liking it.
Rated 4 out of 5

Kevin – DELAWARE CITY (verified owner) – February 17, 2023

Decent, but technology suggestions were out of date
Rated 5 out of 5

James – ORANGE CITY (verified owner) – February 17, 2023

Excellent examples that can be used in class at all grade levels.