GSL 100: Games as a Vehicle for STEM Education

In Games in Schools and Libraries #100 Ian Zang Joins Kathleen Mercury to discuss the difference between STEM learning vs. STEM jobs and how that relates to 21st century education.

Ian Zang

@Ianzangdesign

Breaking into Board Games
@breakingintobg
 

Ian's Games

• Constellations
• Curio: The Lost Temple

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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 78: When Professional Game Designers Teach Game Design, What Happens?

00:01:44 Kathleen Mercury & Jay Little on Game Design
Jay Little www.PaintedThumb.com 
Jay  teaches game at the university level and shares how his experience helps him to teach game design and Kathleen mentions Star Wars Carcassonne and Spin Monkeys. 

She also recommended the Finished Not Perfect video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRtV-ugIT0k

00:48:25 Diane Robson - International Games Week with the Games & Gaming Round Table

• International Games Week http://games.ala.org/international-games-week/
• Games and Gaming Round Table  http://games.ala.org/

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Music by Ian Sovine

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

GSL 61: Escape Columbia and ShushCon

In episode 61 of Games in Schools and Libraries Donald and Stephanie talk about presenting at the SC State Library about Escape Rooms. They also review Escape Plan Columbia and chat about ShushCon 2017 & Escape Room Workshop. 

Photo album of escape room related pictures.  https://goo.gl/photos/P9MDMRtEdND7P8s18

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GSL 60: Giant Games

In episode 60 of Games in Schools and Libraries Donald Dennis & Stephanie Frey discuss large games in the library, and how Stephanie created an over-sized Catan.

Reviews
Coconuts
Garbage Day
Fuji Flush
Fabled Fruit

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GSL 57: Games and Montessori

In this episode of the Games in Schools and Libraries Podcast Donald Dennis and Bill Reed Discuss games in Montessori schools, and bringing game professionals into the classroom.

Bill Reed on Board Game Geek
https://boardgamegeek.com/user/wmreed

 

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GSL 56: Escape Room Creation

Donald and Stephanie talk about their experience building an escape room and sharing it with patrons in Pawleys Island and with librarians at the SC State Library training day.

Pictures of props
https://goo.gl/photos/P9MDMRtEdND7P8s18  

Breakout EDU
http://www.breakoutedu.com/

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GSL 54: RPGs with Jon Maness

Games in Schools and Libraries 54
In this episode Donald and Jon talk about what games might be suitable for introducing new players to Role Playing Games.

Jon Maness  @KoboldDude on Twitter

SCARAB Swarmcast @SCARABSwarmCast on Twitter
http://jonman.podbean.com/

SCARAB Gaming Convention January 13th - 16th 2017
http://www.s-c-a-r-a-b.com/

RPGs Discussed

• Adventure Maximus
• Kobolds Ate My Baby
• Dread / Grim
• Fiasco
• TOON

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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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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.