GSL 113: Gamification as a Teaching Mindset

In Games in Schools and Libraries episode 113 Kathleen speaks with Dave Eng, an educator and consultant, about gamification mindsets, or approaches to designing instruction to generate specific outcomes using gaming elements.

Dave Eng

BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/notdaveng

Twitter: https://twitter.com/davengdesign

Web site URL: http://www.davengdesign.com/

Podcast/blog/etc: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davengdesign

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game Geek
Kathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed by libraries included in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System.

Posted on October 26, 2018 by Donald Dennis and filed under Teaching with Games and tagged Dave Eng Kathleen Mercury Gamification.

GSL 111: Developing Literacy Skills Using Games

In Games in Schools and Libraries episode 111 Kathleen speaks with Sarah Bonilla about her work incorporating games and game design to teach reading and writing skills as part of her 6th grade English classes.

Sarah Bonilla

6th Grade Literacy & Science Teacher at South Park Middle School (Oshkosh, WI)

Twitter: @adventgeekgirl
Instagram: adventgeekgirl
BoardGameGeek: adventgeekgirl
e-mail: skrockerbonilla@gmail.com
website: adventgeekgirl.blogspot.com

Sarah hosts a seminar on Tabletop Games and Literacy. The skills people associate with Literacy are actually found in all subject areas, but need to be integrated by content teachers. The Tabletop Game Unit, regardless of being a Literacy focused Unit, is applicable to other subject areas with fine tuning and understanding outcomes.

Additionally, she runs a Tabletop Game Club that focuses on engaging with the larger gaming community, not just getting together and playing board games. We have a structured club divided into learning and then application, but the developing of a love for the world of tabletop gaming is always at the heart.

Learn more about our club and help support us at GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/southparkgameclub

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game Geek
Kathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed by libraries included in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System.

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Donald Dennis and filed under Teaching with Games and tagged literacy.

GSL 105: Lucas Gillispie

In episode 105 of Games in Schools and Libraries Lucas Gillispe joins Kathleen Mercury to discuss professional development & administrator support for games in school programs

Lucas Gillispie
Surry County Schools
Director of Academic and Digital Learning

@lucasgillispie
edurealms.com

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game Geek
Kathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed by libraries included in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System.

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Donald Dennis and filed under Teaching with Games and tagged Professional Development.

GSL 104: Matthew Bivens

Matthew Bivens, an art teacher in California, joins Kathleen Mercury to talk about Game Design as part of an Arts Cirriculum.

Matthew T. Bivens
https://www.facebook.com/matthew.t.bivens
https://twitter.com/BivensArtClass

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game Geek
Kathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed by libraries included in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System.

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Donald Dennis and filed under Game Design, Teaching with Games and tagged Kathleen Mercury.

GSL 101: Games and Leadership

In Games in Schools and Libraries 101 JS Bragg and Bethany MacMillan join Kathleen Mercury talk about how they teach a course on leadership at Miami University of Ohio using board games.

Bethany MacMillan
Coordinator of Student Activities, Miami University Middletown Campus
Facebook: GamingGirl.Bethany (message me also to tell me who you are, please)
Email:

JS Bragg
Assistant Director, Student Activities & The Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life, Miami University
Twitter, Instagram, etc: @JotaEsetheGeek
BoardGameGeek: jotaese
Facebook: JSBragg (message me also to tell me who you are, please)
E-mail: JSBragg@MiamiOH.edu

About the class

Blog: http://blogs.miamioh.edu/tabletop/

Original Player’s Handbook (syllabus): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0g_xFM37S-kQkY1MXJLM2VDblU/view?usp=sharing

Sponsoring Departments:

Miami University EDL Department: http://miamioh.edu/ehs/academics/departments/edl/
Miami University IMS Department: http://miamioh.edu/cca/aims/
Miami University Center for Teaching Excellence: http://miamioh.edu/cte/
Miami University Division of Student Affairs: http://miamioh.edu/student-life/student-affairs/index.html

Theories:

Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning (Bloom)
Learning Partnership Model (Baxter Magolda)
Drew Dudley: http://www.drewdudley.com

Resources:

The Shapes of Leadership (by Phil Stamper (pstamper1@hotmail.com) and Michael McNeil) NASAGA: NASAGA.org
Facebook: nasagaorg
Twitter: @nasaga

Everyday Leadership: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVCBrkrFrBE
The Leadership Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuB9S6fzMig
The Game Has No Winners https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3ADu08wQE0
First Follower: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8amMCVAJQ

Heifetz & Linsky's Leading With An Open Heart: http://lci.typepad.com/leaders_resourcing_leader/files/LeadingWithAnOpenHeart.pdf

Kouzes & Posner's Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership:
http://www.leadershipchallenge.com/about-section-our-approach.aspx

Games/Topics Breakdown:

Week, Tabletop Game(s)
Leadership Themes

1 Resistance, Foundational
Vocabulary Building

2 Secret Hitler, Hanabi
Views of Team Leadership/Theories of Leadership

3 Betrayal at the House on the Hill
Views of Personal Leadership/Theories of Leadership

4 Mysterium, Corrupted Kingdoms
What is Identity? Who am I?

5 Survive, 2 Rooms and a Boom
Values

6 Ladies and Gentlemen
Identity and Interactions

7 Wits & Wagers, Say Anything, 7 Wonders, Spyfall 2
Views of Identity and Self: Section Review

8 Pandemic, Ultimate Werewolf
Group Roles and Dynamics

9 Captain Sonar, Forbidden Island
Group Communication

10 TIME Stories, Pathfinder Adventure Card Game
“Victory Points”: What Counts as “Successful” Leadership?

11 The Grizzled, Telestrations, Codenames, Specter Ops
Group Leadership and Social Responsibilities: Section Review

12-14 No Games to Purchase for these weeks- Student Created Tabletop Games
Innovative Leadership, Leadership Through Gaming

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game Geek
Kathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed by libraries included in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System.

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Donald Dennis and filed under Teaching with Games and tagged kathleen mercury Leadership JS Bragg Bethany MacMillan.

GSL 100: Games as a Vehicle for STEM Education

In Games in Schools and Libraries #100 Ian Zang Joins Kathleen Mercury to discuss the difference between STEM learning vs. STEM jobs and how that relates to 21st century education.