Master the under appreciated skill of writing a fantastic author bio. Learn what publishers, conventions organizers, and readers look for in a bio, and get tips for making yours great.
Join our hosts as we discuss the inner workings of campaign design. Bring all your know-how & techniques, you will be as large a part of this event as the hosts.
From dread cabals to evil cults, ancient beings and the fabled NDA, come join us to explore the secrets of the Forgotten Realms in our fifth celebration of the setting, its creators, and its fans.
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The Forgotten Realms is a world full of secrets. From dread cabals to evil cults, ancient beings and sinister brotherhoods, to the fabled NDA, come join us to explore the secrets of the Realms in our fifth annual celebration of the setting, its creators, and its fans.
Join us for a non-denominational Christian worship service sponsored by the Christian Gamers Guild. We'll read scripture, sing familiar hymns, hear a sermon, and offer an optional communion.
Join us for discussion with Q&A on balancing faith & gaming, gaming as a ministry, defending gaming from attacks, the use of evil & magic in games, & other topics.
Classic Military Theorists: What Did they Actually Say & Mean?
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Clausewitz, Mahan, & Mitchell are strategic thinkers that many have heard of but few know what they actually said. This lecture focuses on what important military thinkers have actually written.
Classroom Gamification: What Works and What Does Not
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Not every attempt at gamifying the classroom works. We'll facilitate a conversation on the best practices and those to avoid when attempting to achieve course learning objectives.
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Face it; not every form of classroom gamification works, but we learn more from our failures than our successes. This seminar will facilitate a conversation on what works in the classroom and what doesn’t. The motivation for this course came from an experience with a 2015 Floodplain Management course at Western Kentucky University. Since 2007, my student pass rates for the national certification exam for floodplain managers (Certified Floodplain Manager – CFM exam) averaged about 80 percent. However, in 2015 only one out of seven students who took the exam passed it. This occurred even though more class time was spent on CFM topics than in previous years and more time was spent on learning games.
Confessions of a Formerly Fat Gamer - How I lost over 100 Pounds
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I have struggled with my weight my entire life. I decided to finally take my future into my own hands and make a change. It took a year, but I dropped 100 pounds & have kept it off - here's how...