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 5 out of 5

Riley – DELAWARE CITY (verified owner) – December 10, 2019

I enjoyed this course. I felt that many of tools can be transferred to my classroom.
Rated 5 out of 5

Patrick – DELAWARE CITY (verified owner) – December 10, 2019

It was a great class.
Rated 5 out of 5

Sheila – HALLETTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) – December 13, 2019

ok
Rated 5 out of 5

Blake – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) – December 16, 2019

Great ideas and comprehensive description of Game Theory
Rated 5 out of 5

Holly – LANCASTER CITY (verified owner) – December 18, 2019

Great tech ideas!
Rated 5 out of 5

Timothy – TIPP CITY EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner) – December 23, 2019

Very useful
Rated 5 out of 5

Carolyn – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) – December 31, 2019

New way of thinking in today’s classroom.
Rated 5 out of 5

Lesley – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) – January 2, 2020

Great ways to enrich instruction.
Rated 5 out of 5

Norman – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) – January 12, 2020

cool. I was unaware of some of these tools.
Rated 4 out of 5

Ana – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) – February 3, 2020

PDF Resource should contain more details but otherwise a great presentation.