RPGs and Games for Science and Engineering Education
Summary:
I have been using board and role-playing games in engineering education to improve both learning and engagement. We will use a simplified RPG and explore game ideas to use in your classroom.
History Under Attack
In the future, the Censorium rules the world by erasing its history. The game is a live-action worker placement game for K-12 and University World history classrooms.
Just for retail store owners to gather, meet and talk shop. Meet other game store owners from everywhere, talk about now, the exhibit hall, and the future.
Ask us anything in this open Q&A format! The panel guests will be a diverse array of retailers, each with different sizes and styles of doing business. This panel will be moderated by the ION staff.
Roll to Save! Using Games to Curb the Summer Slide.
Summary:
From running a board game week at a summer camp, to working with local libraries to provide games for kids on break, this panel will look at ways to help kids evade the dreaded 'Summer Slide'.
Safe-T Corp - An Information Literacy Escape Experience
Summary:
A student has gone missing, a presentation needs to be given and ultimately a choice must be made. Explore, look for clues, learn more about what happened, and why.
Description:
A student has gone missing, a presentation needs to be given and ultimately a choice must be made. Explore the missing student's belongings and research materials looking for clues, learning more about what happened, and why. This project has been developed over the last year by librarians from School Library System of the Genesee Valley Educational Partnership, Monroe#1 BOCES, SUNY Geneseo and the Rochester Institute of Technology. The end goal, to create an engaging, curriculum aligned escape experience that is sharable and usable in high school and academic learning spaces. This session will give you a chance to go through the escape experience, learn about how it was developed and get the resources needed to implement the experience in your space.
Scaling & Growing with Business Process Automation
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Your store is thriving, but is it growing? Identifying & eliminating bottlenecks in your business processes will open up new opportunities for growth & profitability.
Sixth through Eighth Grade - Using Great Games in Your Classroom or Library
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Come learn from the experts about games that best fit into the subject areas covered in sixth through eighth grade classrooms.
Description:
For more than 10 years, the Genesee Valley (NY) Game Library has supported classrooms with great games, lesson plans, and best practice for teaching with and designing games. Come learn from the experts about games that best fit into the subject areas covered in sixth through eighth grade classrooms. You will leave this session with a resource list, example lesson plans, and tips for implementation including a handout for administrators and parents about the use of games and game design for learning.
Smash Up has been a hit for five years, and it’s just warming up! Come learn about the future of Smash Up and how to make it a continual seller in your store.