GSL 158: The Spiel Foundation

On Episode 158 of Games in Schools and Libraries Donald and Kathleen are joined by Stephen Conway to talk about what the Spiel Foundation is doing for schools and libraries.

The Spiel Foundation

Stephen Conway serves as Director of the Spiel Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 2007.

The foundation is dedicated to making the world a more playful place, and to do so they deliver bundles of games to a wide variety of organizations serving players of all ages (children’s hospitals, senior centers, shelters, halfway houses, boys and girls clubs, schools, libraries, and even prisons).

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
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The ideas expressed in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System.

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Donald Dennis and filed under Resources and tagged Kathleen Mercury Stephen Conway Donald Dennis The Spiel Foundation.

GSL 150: With Lydia-Rae Wehmeyer

In episode 150 of Games in Schools and Libraries Lydia-Rae Wehmeyer joins Kathleen Mercury to discuss her experiences in using games in the classroom.

Lydia-Rae Wehmeyer

Drama and Public Speaking Teacher at Brittany Woods Middle School

Contributor @fivebygames

https://www.instagram.com/alltheworldsastage07/

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.

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Donald Dennis and filed under Teaching with Games and tagged Kathleen Mercury Lydia-Rae Wehmeyer.

GSL 138: Board Gaming with Education

In Games in Schools and Libraries episode 138 Kathleen Mercury is joined by Dustin Staats of Board Gaming with Education. In this crossover episode the hosts of both shows talk a bit about their experiences with classroom oriented gaming. FYI - versions of this show will appear in each feed.

Dustin Staats

Board Gaming with Education

Website https://www.boardgamingwitheducation.com/podcast/
Twitter @bge_games
Email podcast@boardgamingwitheducation.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.

Posted on October 16, 2019 by Donald Dennis and filed under Teaching with Games and tagged Resources Kathleen Mercury Dustin Staats podcast Board Gaming with Education.

GSL 113: Gamification as a Teaching Mindset

In Games in Schools and Libraries episode 113 Kathleen speaks with Dave Eng, an educator and consultant, about gamification mindsets, or approaches to designing instruction to generate specific outcomes using gaming elements.

Dave Eng

BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/notdaveng

Twitter: https://twitter.com/davengdesign

Web site URL: http://www.davengdesign.com/

Podcast/blog/etc: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davengdesign

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.

Posted on October 26, 2018 by Donald Dennis and filed under Teaching with Games and tagged Dave Eng Kathleen Mercury Gamification.

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 ‏

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.

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Donald Dennis and filed under Game Design and tagged Stone Librande Kathleen Mercury Game Design.

GSL 104: Matthew Bivens

Matthew Bivens, an art teacher in California, joins Kathleen Mercury to talk about Game Design as part of an Arts Cirriculum.

Matthew T. Bivens
https://www.facebook.com/matthew.t.bivens
https://twitter.com/BivensArtClass

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.

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Donald Dennis and filed under Game Design, Teaching with Games and tagged Kathleen Mercury.

GSL 103: Managing a Group of Kids

How do you manage a group of kids in a games program if you're not a teacher? In Games in Schools and Libraries. episode 103, Kevin Crowther and Kathleen Mercury help Adrienne Ezell prepare for leading a games program at her local library.

Kevin Crowther

http://thecardboardjungle.libsyn.com/
www.hexagram63gamesstudio.com
On twitter @cbj_kevin
Email damja28@gamil.com and kevin@hexagram63gamesstudio.com

Adrienne Ezell

Art Director and Graphic Designer for hobby games.
Designer of Shogunate from Indie Boards and Cards hits store June 15.
Dreadfulgames.com
herdesigns.com
Email: Adrienne@dreadfulgames.com
Twitter: @dreadfulgamesco
Instagram: @Loxleygram

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.

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Donald Dennis and tagged new game programs Kathleen Mercury Adrienne Ezell Kevin Crowther.

GSL 98: Using Games to Teach History

In Games in Schools and Libraries 98, Patrick Rael joins Kathleen Mercury to talk about using games to teach history.

prael@bowdion.edu
http://www.bowdoin.edu/faculty/prael/

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.

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Donald Dennis and filed under Teaching with Games and tagged teaching games Patrick Rael Kathleen Mercury.

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.