In Games in Schools and Libraries episode 6, Don and Giles discuss game themes, how they can be handy for getting people into a game, how they can support curriculum and how they can also be inappropriate.
GSL 42: Teaching Game Design with Kathleen Mercury
In this episode I discuss using game design in classrooms with Kathleen Mercury, and several YA patrons from the WNB Library in Georgetown County give brief feedback about CS First Game Design.
Kathleen Mercury
www.kathleenmercury.com
BGG: funkdonut https://boardgamegeek.com/user/funkdonut
Twitter: @mmmmmmmercury
Show Links
Board Game Geek Link to Class Projects https://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/191126/game-designs-future-are-here-created-middle-school
d.school: Institute of Design at Stanford http://dschool.stanford.edu/
Extra Credits - Minimum Viable Product https://youtu.be/UvCri1tqIxQ
Link to episode with Rhino Hero songs http://onboardgames.libsyn.com/obg-cfe-19-far-space-foundry
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GSL 5: Game Space (REBROADCAST)
In Games in Schools and Libraries episode 5 Giles and Don talk about the spaces required and some of the physical considerations worth thinking about when playing games in a school or library.
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GSL 41: Circulating Games - Do You Count All the Pieces?
Donald is joined by PJ Bentley and Kellen Freeman to discuss circulating games. Stephanie Frey and John help review Ricochet Robots, Rampage, and Dancing Eggs.
Board Game Bibliography
Kellen Freeman
- BGG: kenzlo
- Reddit: kenzlo
- Twitter: kellenfreeman
- G+: +KellenFreeman
- URL: kellenfreeman.net
- Library URL: delawarelibrary.org (dedicated page on board games is http://www.delawarelibrary.org/services/board-games)
- Game wiki: bit.do/boardgames
PJ Bentley
- BGG: pjbntly
- Twitter: pjbntly
- G+: +PJBentley (moderator for Board Games Community)
- westslopelibrary.org/boardgames
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GSL 4: Considering Rules (REBROADCAST)
In this episode Giles and Don discuss rules, and how different game rules might make a game more or less useful for a school or library environment.
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GSL 40: Trade Day
Donald and Stephanie enjoy the mid-summer lull, but look forward to giving our patrons the chance to play ARTEMIS | Spaceship Bridge Simulator.
Kevin Crowther joins Donald to talk about the value of the GenCon Trade Day to teachers and librarians.
Kevin Crowther
BGG: damja
Twitter: @damja28
Donald and Stephanie Review
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GSL 3: Characteristics of Good Games for Schools and Libraries (REBROADCAST)
In this episode of Games in Schools and Libraries Giles and Donald discuss the characteristics that are worth considering when choosing games for a school or library environment.
GSL 2: Digital Games (REBROADCAST)
Games in Schools and Libraries 2: Digital Games
Giles and Don talk about their experiences with digital games in the classroom and library.
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GSL 39: CS First - Game Design
In Games in Schools and Libraries episode 39 Donald and Stephanie talk about summer activities at the Library, including CS First Game Design, Minecraft, and the Fiasco Tabletop RPGs.
REBROADCAST Games in Schools and Libraries 1
In this, episode one of the original Games in Schools and Libraries series, Giles and Don talk about the history of board games, as well as introduce some of the things they will be discussing in the first thirty eight episodes of the Games and Schools and Libraries podcast.
REBROADCAST GSL 0: Welcome and Introduction
In episode 0 of the Games in Schools and Libraries podcast Giles and Don introduce themselves, and the Games in Schools and Libraries podcast.