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

Carlos – CONROE ISD (verified owner) – February 9, 2020

This is a great course! I will try to implement it in my classroom.
Rated 5 out of 5

Rosario – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) – February 17, 2020

This course had a lot of websites to visit to assist with learning.
Rated 5 out of 5

Alma – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) – February 19, 2020

Really enjoyed listening to this presenter.
Rated 5 out of 5

Tamara – Mobile County School District (verified owner) – March 16, 2020

Great info, good speaker!
Rated 5 out of 5

Leslie – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) – March 18, 2020

Thank you again for an excellent, clear and concise presentation.
Rated 5 out of 5

dianna – SPRING ISD (verified owner) – March 30, 2020

Great information.
Rated 5 out of 5

Allison – BETHEL LOCAL (verified owner) – March 31, 2020

Lots of resources to increase engagement in classrooms.
Rated 5 out of 5

Becky – CONROE ISD (verified owner) – April 2, 2020

I thought it was GREAT. Sometimes you just need someone to lay out the things you already know in a simple manner.
Rated 5 out of 5

Christopher – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD – SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT (verified owner) – April 13, 2020

I really enjoyed the connection of game theory to the classroom.
Rated 5 out of 5

Kristen – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) – April 15, 2020

I think that this course was very beneficial!