Webinar - How to Use Board Games in the Classroom (1 Hour)

1 Hour Virtual Webinar
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Board games are fun for children of all ages, but they are also promising tools for education. How can we best practically incorporate them into K-12 classrooms in order to optimize learning?
 
As a former neurobiologist and civil engineer who transitioned to teaching, we have experimented for the past decade with the integration of board games as educational tools. Here we will discuss best practices for using board games effectively to teach content knowledge for K-12.  .
 
Topics covered will include gamer motivations, fun yet educational game mechanics, lesson plan structures, roles of educators in scaffolded learning, and common mistakes we have discovered in the “gameschooling” process. Overall, this webinar hopes to show how popular modern board games could be utilized in educational arenas.