Writing, Running, and Publishing Table Top RPGs for Classrooms
Summary:
Create, write, pitch to publish, and/or run role playing games for classrooms. Incorporate academic pedagogy and role playing in dynamic, student-focused, interactive and collaborative modules.
Description:
With the proven effectiveness of classroom rpgs, challenge for game developers and educators in writing and creating for classrooms is to understand the most effective way to bring their understanding of games into pedagogy for different classrooms. Join two experienced university instructors with a combined 20 years experience teaching a variety of subjects at the university level from pre-medical coursework to bioethics to philosophy, as well as experience in academic publishing, as they introduce educators and game developers and publishers to creating and marketing academic pedagogical RPGs. Practical examples and frameworks for lessons structures will be provided. Practical ideas for pitching academic rpgs to academic decision makers, academic publishers, and students will be covered, as well as what rpg content and game design are effective in engaging students.