Fixing, Adapting, & Making Your Own Games For The Classroom
Summary:
Games are a great and safe way to engage kids in their learning. I'll walk you through how I fixed and adapted established games, as well as how to think about making your own for the classroom.
Description:
As a teacher who loves games, I have been working for years on creating engaging experiences for my Middle School Math Classroom (don't stop reading! This can apply to many other grades and subjects!) I will walk you through how to "fix" already established games that ALMOST work, how to adapt established games that COULD work, and how I made simple games that PRETTY MUCH worked. If we have time, I'll walk-through a game-building review unit and some samples of students' work. I'll be handing out copies of the DIY games if interested and sharing a google drive with all the digital copies.
More Than Playing Magic: How I Structured An After-School Magic Club & Got Community Involvement
Summary:
What started as a group of kids that play Magic has turned into a structured club where kids learn deck building, strategies, and communication. This is about how to create and upkeep that structure.
Description:
Teaching kids how to play Magic: The Gathering is great, but what I found that's more fun is to teach them deck building, gameplay strategies, get the community involved, and get their parents to show up and play with them. I'll talk about how I structure my Magic: The Gathering after school club, the progression over the course of the year, how I reached out to the PTO for funding, and how my LGS and the community helped a ton. I'll post a google drive of all the flyers/signups/permission forms I talk about with a copy of the presentation!