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.
Zulema – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
The course was very informative and useful.
Linda – HUGHES SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
I very much enjoyed learning different gaming ways to engage students, learning & fun!
kelly – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great information!
Marisa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting take on games in classroom that you might already be doing without noticing.
Victoria – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
I just hate just watching the course talk
Cindy – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent
Claudia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful resources
Jenny – NORTHSIDE ISD – SAN ANTONIO – REGION 20 (verified owner) –
Very useful.
Amanda – FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
Good course that gives overview of gamification. I was impressed with the ideas and questions she brought up. It would be nice to have some follow ups that deal directly with specific subject areas.
Roxanna – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas for student motivation