GSL 125: Teaching Science Through Games

In Games in Schools and Libraries #125 Catherine Croft joins Kathleen Mercury to talk about designing games to help teach science concepts, and how other teachers can design games for their own classrooms.

Catherine Croft, PhD,

Catherine was neuroscience researcher before she began teaching high school science and designing games. Catherine’s fun, classroom-friendly games, are available through her company, Catlilli Games.

http://catlilli.com/about-us/our-team/

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

The ideas expressed by libraries included in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System. 

GSL 119: Designing Meaningful Games for an Older Audience

In Games in Schools and Libraries 119 Kathleen talks to Bob De Schutter, the C. Michael Armstrong Professor at the Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media Studies at Miami University in Ohio.

Dr. De Schutter talks about his research in games for and about older adults, creating ga ming experiences around memories of older adults, (highlighting his current project, Brukel, based on his Belgian grandmother's reminiscences about World War II), and why older adults need to be gamers.

Professor Bob De Schutter in the classroom.

Bob De Schutter

• www.bobdeschutter.be

• www.brukelgame.com

• http://www.miamioh.edu/cca/aims/

• https://twitter.com/bobdeschutter

• https://www.facebook.com/drdeschutter/

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobdeschutter

ShushCon 2019, in Pawleys Island SC

http://shushcon.com

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game Geek
Kathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed by libraries included in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System. 

GSL 109: Board Games Through a Video Game Designer's Lens

In episode 109 of Games in Schools and Libraries Stone Librande Stone Librande, video game designer (EA SimCity, Riot Games) joins Kathleen Mercury to  share his insights from teaching tabletop game design to video game designers and lessons learned from designing for his kids.

Stone Librande

@StoneLibrande

stonetronix.com ‏

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Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game Geek
Kathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed by libraries included in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System. 

GSL 96: Resilience Through Game Design

In Games in Schools and Libraries 96 Seth Jaeger joins Kathleen Mercury to discuss what resilience is, and how does gaming help students and teachers develop it?

@sethjaegerEd
http://5habitsdaily.blogspot.com/

Driving Question Generator
http://5habitsdaily.blogspot.com/p/question-generator.html?m=1

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game Geek
Kathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed by libraries included in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System. 

GSL 95: Narrative in Games with Andrew Parks

Games in Schools and Libraries 95 presents Kathleen Mercury and Andrew Parks talking about narratives in games. Why is narrative important and how is it created?  

Check out his BOOKLIFE NOW article:
Andrew Parks on Designing Games and Creating Narrative

Andrew Parks

Quixotic Games

www.quixoticgames.com

@Quixotic_Games 

Quixotic Games on Facebook

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game Geek
Kathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed by libraries included in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System. 

GSL 92: Hub Games

In Games in Schools and Libraries episode 92 Michael Fox of Hub Games joins Donald Dennis and Kathleen Mercury to talk about how Hub Games would fit into schools and libraries. 

Michael Fox

@idlemichael 
https://www.facebook.com/idlemichael

Hub Games

@wearehubgames
https://www.wearehubgames.com

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game Geek
Kathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed by libraries included in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System. 

GSL 73: RPGs in the Classroom

Games in Schools and Libraries 73

Kathleen Mercury joins Donald Dennis to talk about bringing RPGs and RPG design into the classroom. 

Kathleen Mercury

• kathleenmercury.com      
• @Mmmmmmmercury

RPGs Mentioned

• Fate/Fate accelerated
• Goat on Fire
• Parsely 
• The Quiet Year
• Mermaid Adventures
• D&D
• Fiasco
• Hero Kids
• Tearable RPG

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Music by Ian Sovine