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Balancing Learning and Fun: How to Create Riveting Lesson Plans

Balancing Learning and Fun: How to Create Riveting Lesson Plans

FromEvery Classroom Matters With Cool Cat Teacher


Balancing Learning and Fun: How to Create Riveting Lesson Plans

FromEvery Classroom Matters With Cool Cat Teacher

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Length:
13 minutes
Released:
Feb 18, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Our guest is a gamemaster turned teacher, who uses the principle of good game design to create riveting lesson plans.

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Lee Sheldon is a professional game writer and designer currently working on his 40th game. He recently joined the Interactive Media and Game Development (IMGD) program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Previously he was an Associate Professor in the Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He wrote the bestselling book The Multiplayer Classroom: Designing Coursework as a Game. Before his career in games, Lee was a television writer-producer--from Charlie’s Angels to Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Released:
Feb 18, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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A candid look at the new big ideas that are transforming classrooms everywhere from a practicing teacher's point of view.