During this session you will learn about games to help ESL Students in your classroom. You will also learn about how games relate to CCSS and WIDA Standards for ELS Students. New games added for 2015!
Gamification Techniques for Efficient and Effective Business Meetings
Summary:
Transform your meeting with Gamification! Learn to replace that overwhelming feeling of dread when you see that four hour “Strategic Planning” or “Product Innovation” meeting in on your calendar.
Description:
Transform your meeting with Gamification! Learn to replace that overwhelming feeling of dread when you see that four hour “Strategic Planning” or “Product Innovation” meeting in on your calendar. In this event, you'll learn techniques to engage meeting participants, reduce time and improve the quality of your meeting deliverables. We’ll practice techniques which have been used successfully to gamify common meeting agenda items such as brainstorming and the refinement of talking points.
This seminar is designed to enable educators to apply game mechanics to their pedagogy, increase student engagement and ownership, and address the real world problems teachers face.
Description:
Our team will present data we have collected for three years in an Alternative Program setting in Louisville, Kentucky geared towards at-risk youth. During this time, we have applied different game mechanics to the core-content courses (English, Math, Social Studies, and Science). Our presenters have first-hand experience applying the mechanics and psychology that drive gamers to interact so frequently and positively with the games they love. We are educators who recognize the pitfalls effecting at-risk youth: emotional trauma, high drop-out rates, drugs and alcohol, teenage pregnancy, and neighborhood violence. These factors make agency in education all the more important for empowering disenfranchised youth. With gamified curriculum we present our unique students with their own keys to a kingdom that, until now, had only been a fantasy.
In this presentation learn how OTPL built a large and diverse game library, hosts successful tabletop game days, and circulates many games to patrons.
Description:
In just over a year, Orion Township Public Library has built a large and diverse game collection that is used to host successful tabletop game days in the library. Additionally, OTPL has begun to circulate some of these games to patrons. Learn how OTPL has been successful introducing gaming in the library and explore how you can apply these ideas to your library and community.
Heroes of Literature - A gameful approach to the Classroom.
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Heroes of Literature is a unique take on "gamifying" the classroom. This workshop discusses the process of this unique approach. Warning: Nerf gun wars will happen.
How to Integrate Your Brick & Mortar Store with an Ecommerce Solution
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CrystalCommerce offers a 360 degree retail solution for the hobby game industry, and we would like to show you how to use our solution to level up your store.
How to Start a Tabletop Gaming Club for Middle Schoolers
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Looking to start a club? Get experienced information on how to start, what to do, how to get involved in the community, and how to keep the enthusiasm going all year long!
Description:
Looking to start a club? Get experienced information from a teacher who has been running a successful club for over two years. There will be examples of how to start (talking to administrators, aligning your club with standards, and how to find the games/money), what to do once your club has gotten up and running, and how to keep it going all year long without losing student interest! There is also a focus on how to get your game club involved in the local community, as well as the school’s community. A focus is placed on Middle School, but information can translate across grade levels. Ideas, game list suggestions, and other helpful information for starting your club will be provided.
Recruiting and interviewing skills as viewed through the lens of the Hobby Gaming Retail market. Host Paul Butler has written mgmt training programs & been a regional recruiter for national chains.
Kickstarter and other crowd-funding sites have created an opportunity for passionate designers to share their ideas and gather support to make those games into reality.
Description:
Kickstarter and other crowd-funding sites have created an opportunity for passionate designers to share their ideas and gather support to make those games into reality. Join us for a discussion of all the elements needed to run a successful Kickstarter campaign including preparation, marketing, project coordination, follow up and follow through.