In this week’s episode of Board Gaming with Education Dustin is joined by co-host Grace Withmory and guest Jake Michels to talk about best practices for teaching board games. Jake shares some amazing insights into teaching board games! Both Jake and Dustin discuss the implications of teaching games in a learning environment and also talk about some things you should keep in mind when you teach your students or other players a new board game. With Jake's expertise, Dustin and Grace continue the conversation by looking back on some of the things Jake mentions in the episode. Episode Topics Board Gaming with Education Holiday Promotion - 0:00 Welcome Grace back to the Show - 1:28 Sponsor: The World Game - 3:49 Who is Jake Michels? - 3:12 Defining "Teaching Games" - 4:28 Scaffolding by Introducing Games to New Players and Your Students - 11:02 Breaking Down the Teaching Process and Introducing the Learning Objective - 16:14 Keeping Players Engaged When Teaching Games - 22:36 Grace Rejoins the Conversation - 30:17 Dustin, Jake, and Grace Play Snake Oil - 49:32 Games from this Episode [Links include games in our Board Gaming with Education Store or Amazon affiliate links]: Point Salad Snake Oil Architects of the Western Kingdom Viticulture Check out our board game store: https://www.boardgamingwitheducation.com 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/jake-michels