GSL 138: Board Gaming with Education

In Games in Schools and Libraries episode 138 Kathleen Mercury is joined by Dustin Staats of Board Gaming with Education. In this crossover episode the hosts of both shows talk a bit about their experiences with classroom oriented gaming. FYI - versions of this show will appear in each feed.

Dustin Staats

Board Gaming with Education

Website https://www.boardgamingwitheducation.com/podcast/
Twitter @bge_games
Email podcast@boardgamingwitheducation.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 October 16, 2019 by Donald Dennis and filed under Teaching with Games and tagged Resources Kathleen Mercury Dustin Staats podcast Board Gaming with Education.

GSL 136: Scott Kelly on Teaching History through Games

In Games in Schools and Libraries episode 136 Kathleen is joined by Scott Kelly of BS Games to talk about using games to teach history.

Scott Kelly

Website: https://bsgames.ca/

Instagram: bsgamesca

Twitter: @BSGamesCA

Facebook: bsgamesca

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, 2019 by Donald Dennis and filed under Teaching with Games and tagged kathleen mercury Scott Kelly teaching with games history.

GSL 134: Luke Laurie

In Games in Schools and Libraries episode 134 Kathleen Mercury is joined by Luke Laurie, Designer of Manhattan Project: Energy Empire and Dwellings of Eldervale to talk about using gamification techniques for classroom management and engagement, a little thing called being an Einstein Fellow, and student success.

Luke Laurie

@LukeLaurieGames

Einstein Fellowship

Games

Posted on September 4, 2019 by Donald Dennis and filed under Teaching with Games and tagged kathleen mercury Luke Laurie Einstein Fellow Gamification classroom management.

GSL 131: What Games Can Do for Teens

In Games in Schools and Libraries episode 131 Donald and Kathleen are joined by Sen-Foong Lim to talk about the impact of games on teens.

Sen-Foong Lim

@SenFoongLim

https://www.rolltoplaynetwork.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 August 1, 2019 by Donald Dennis and filed under Teaching with Games and tagged Donald Dennis kathleen mercury Sen-Foong Lim.

GSL 127: An Amazing Story of How Kids Went from Playing RPGs to Designing One

Cameron Hays taught his students what RPGs are, and they loved them so much, they began to make their own in a completely self-driven way. From creating their own Google Classroom to assign each other responsibilities to playing and playtesting, hear how Cameron's students are creating an RPG that represents the best of how we can use games in the classroom to increase student engagement and generate authentic results.

https://www.gencon.com/attend/trade

Cameron.Hays@du.alumni.edu

GenCon Trade Day Events
Game Design With Gifted Students
https://www.gencon.com/events/152966

Posted on May 29, 2019 by Donald Dennis and filed under RPGs, Teaching with Games and tagged kathleen mercury Cameron Hays.

GSL 125: Teaching Science Through Games

In Games in Schools and Libraries #125 Catherine Croft joins Kathleen Mercury to talk about designing games to help teach science concepts, and how other teachers can design games for their own classrooms.

Catherine Croft, PhD,

Catherine was neuroscience researcher before she began teaching high school science and designing games. Catherine’s fun, classroom-friendly games, are available through her company, Catlilli Games.

http://catlilli.com/about-us/our-team/

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 April 30, 2019 by Donald Dennis and filed under Game Design, Teaching with Games and tagged kathleen mercury science games Game Design Catherine Croft Catlilli Games.

GSL 124: Endangered

Marc Specter of the Grand Gamers Guild joins Donald Dennis to talk about Endangered, a project now on Kickstarter. Endangered is a game of survival by Joe Hopkins where players work together to save earth's endangered species.

Schools and Libraries are both eligible for the Endangered Activist tier, allowing your institutions to get a great deal on this beautiful game.

Grand Gamers Guild

Web Site: https://grandgamersguild.com/

Twitter @GrndGmrsGld

Facebook: Grand Gamers Guild

Kickstarter: Endangered

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 April 16, 2019 by Donald Dennis and filed under Game Company, Teaching with Games and tagged kickstarter Grand Gamers Guild Marc Specter.

GSL 121: Designing Analog Games as part of a Video Game Curriculum

Kathleen talks to Jay Cormier, a prolific game designer who teaches analog game design as part of a video game design program, and how to teach a lot of big ideas in a short amount of time.

Jay Cormier
@bamboozlebros ‏

failfaster.ca

bamboozlebrothers.com

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/burntislandgames/in-the-hall-of-the-mountain-king

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/828934174/fail-faster-the-playtesting-journal

Exact Instructions Challenge

https://youtu.be/cDA3_5982h8

A Case for Board Games - Why Board Games Help You Make Better Video Games - Extra Credits
https://youtu.be/9VONeNVPaNs

Finished Not Perfect

https://youtu.be/lRtV-ugIT0k

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 March 15, 2019 by Donald Dennis and filed under Teaching with Games, Game Design and tagged kathleen mercury Jay Cormier.

GSL 120: Wargames as Instructional Tools at the US Air Force Academy

In episode 120 of Games in Schools and Libraries Kathleen talks to Lt. Colonel James "Pigeon" Fielder about his design and use of wargames at the US Air Force from classroom exercises to massive military simulations.

Lt Col James “Pigeon” Fielder, Ph.D. USAF

Associate Professor of Political Science at the U.S. Air Force Academy and an active duty U.S. Air Force officer.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdfielder/

https://jdfielder.com/

@j_d_fielder

http://shushcon.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 February 20, 2019 by Donald Dennis and filed under Teaching with Games and tagged James "Pigeon" Fielder kathleen mercury.

GSL 117: Utilizing Simulations in the Classroom

Kathleen talks with Jeremy Caddel and David Thomcyzk about using simulations in their collegiate classes (political science and entrepreneurship, respectively), as well as Kathleen's experiences running a large-scale simulation at the NASAGA convention, and lessons learned.
http://nasaga.org/

Jeremy Caddel

jcaddel@wustl.edu

https://pages.wustl.edu/caddel

@jeremycaddel

David Tomcyzk

datomczyk@quinnipiac.edu

https://www.qu.edu/student-resources/directory/staff.56685.html

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 January 26, 2019 by Donald Dennis and filed under Teaching with Games and tagged Simulations Classroom kathleen mercury David Tomcyzk Jeremy Caddel.

GSL 115: Converting Games Into Instructional Tools

In Games in Schools and Libraries episode 115, Converting Games Into Instructional Tools, gamification expert Jon Cassie speaks with Kathleen about gamification of instruction as well as reward systems, and how to help non-gaming colleagues to gamify their instruction.