In Games in Schools and Libraries 101 JS Bragg and Bethany MacMillan join Kathleen Mercury talk about how they teach a course on leadership at Miami University of Ohio using board games.
Bethany MacMillan
Coordinator of Student Activities, Miami University Middletown Campus
Facebook: GamingGirl.Bethany (message me also to tell me who you are, please)
Email:
JS Bragg
Assistant Director, Student Activities & The Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life, Miami University
Twitter, Instagram, etc: @JotaEsetheGeek
BoardGameGeek: jotaese
Facebook: JSBragg (message me also to tell me who you are, please)
E-mail: JSBragg@MiamiOH.edu
About the class
Blog: http://blogs.miamioh.edu/tabletop/
Original Player’s Handbook (syllabus): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0g_xFM37S-kQkY1MXJLM2VDblU/view?usp=sharing
Sponsoring Departments:
Miami University EDL Department: http://miamioh.edu/ehs/academics/departments/edl/
Miami University IMS Department: http://miamioh.edu/cca/aims/
Miami University Center for Teaching Excellence: http://miamioh.edu/cte/
Miami University Division of Student Affairs: http://miamioh.edu/student-life/student-affairs/index.html
Theories:
Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning (Bloom)
Learning Partnership Model (Baxter Magolda)
Drew Dudley: http://www.drewdudley.com
Resources:
The Shapes of Leadership (by Phil Stamper (pstamper1@hotmail.com) and Michael McNeil) NASAGA: NASAGA.org
Facebook: nasagaorg
Twitter: @nasaga
Everyday Leadership: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVCBrkrFrBE
The Leadership Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuB9S6fzMig
The Game Has No Winners https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3ADu08wQE0
First Follower: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8amMCVAJQ
Heifetz & Linsky's Leading With An Open Heart: http://lci.typepad.com/leaders_resourcing_leader/files/LeadingWithAnOpenHeart.pdf
Kouzes & Posner's Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership:
http://www.leadershipchallenge.com/about-section-our-approach.aspx
Games/Topics Breakdown:
Week, Tabletop Game(s)
Leadership Themes
1 Resistance, Foundational
Vocabulary Building
2 Secret Hitler, Hanabi
Views of Team Leadership/Theories of Leadership
3 Betrayal at the House on the Hill
Views of Personal Leadership/Theories of Leadership
4 Mysterium, Corrupted Kingdoms
What is Identity? Who am I?
5 Survive, 2 Rooms and a Boom
Values
6 Ladies and Gentlemen
Identity and Interactions
7 Wits & Wagers, Say Anything, 7 Wonders, Spyfall 2
Views of Identity and Self: Section Review
8 Pandemic, Ultimate Werewolf
Group Roles and Dynamics
9 Captain Sonar, Forbidden Island
Group Communication
10 TIME Stories, Pathfinder Adventure Card Game
“Victory Points”: What Counts as “Successful” Leadership?
11 The Grizzled, Telestrations, Codenames, Specter Ops
Group Leadership and Social Responsibilities: Section Review
12-14 No Games to Purchase for these weeks- Student Created Tabletop Games
Innovative Leadership, Leadership Through Gaming
Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
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Kathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com
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