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Student-Created Board Games
Presenters: Carol Short
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Our Agenda • Why games? • Why games for gifted students? • When do you use games? • What’s the process? • What’s the task? • What are the details? • Q&A • Let’s see some games!
The Value of Board Games According to the Institute of Play: GAMES….
Ø create a complex world, which players come to understand through selfdirected exploration. Ø deliver just-in-time learning and data to help players understand how they are doing, what they need to work on and where to go next. Ø create a compelling need to know, a need to ask, examine, assimilate and master certain skills and content areas. Ø are learning systems, which accounts for the sense of engagement and entertainment players experience.
Games are fun! “The truth is that when the joy and comfort are scrubbed from the classroom and replaced with homogeneity, and when spontaneity is replaced with conformity, students’ brains are distanced from effec
