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Episode 95- Young Inventor Challenge Gives Students Something to do at Home feat. Mary Couzin
Episode 95- Young Inventor Challenge Gives Students Something to do at Home feat. Mary Couzin
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33 minutes
Released:
May 4, 2020
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Podcast episode
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On today’s episode of Board Gaming with Education, Dustin interviews Mary Couzin, the CEO and founder of Chicago Toy and Game Week. Mary talks about her history starting the company and developing the conference which strives to be the Toy & Game Industry leader in promoting innovation, creativity, and connectivity throughout the world. She gives an overview of ChiTAG Week and explains select events, like PIE Con, a convention for focusing on play in education, and The Young Inventors Challenge, a contest held every year where young inventors compete and learn from industry leaders. Board Gaming with Education Updates- newsletter- 2:27 Who is MaryCouzin? - 4:10 Starting Chicago Toy and Game Week (CHITAG) - 6:48 All Things CHITAG - 12:18 The Young Inventor Challenge - 14:54 Play in Education (PIE) Con - 20:22 Last Words of Advice: Allowing Kids to Grow through Failure - 24:58 Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down Rapid Fire Round - 29:05 Website: https://www.chitag.com/ Young Inventor Challenge: https://www.chitag.com/yic Email: mcouzin@chitag.com How can you support us? There are many free and paid ways to support the show. Be sure to check out our support page! Support our podcast! Thank you to Purple Planet Music for the wonderful contribution of their song "Retro Gamer" for our Interview Segment. This song can be found in full on this music archive. Also, thank you to Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) for his creative commons 4.0 contribution of "Getting it Done" for our Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down Rapid Fire Round. Always be sure to check out our show notes (website blog post) to read a recap of the episode topics and games mentioned in the episode. https://www.boardgamingwitheducation.com/mary-couzin
Released:
May 4, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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