EDUCATOR MEET AND GREET @ GENCON 2024!
Our first gathering in 2015 was a great success! It's high time for a second one!
Hello everyone! We are Tori and Joe, two professors (one of us is also a Director of a Teaching for Learning Center) and co-authors who study using games for play, and we’re throwing a meet-and-greet at Gencon for teachers and game designers to chat about the wonder that is EDUCATIONAL GAMES.
Unlike Trade Day, this event will hold NO PRESENTATIONS. We only have one goal: to meet people doing interesting work with games in education!
We’ll even run a fun icebreaker to help us do just that. Let’s lead each other towards innovative ideas, educational games to try, and project collaborations. There will be several educational games there, and you can bring your own.
(Not sure what the Gencon Games Convention is? Click here to find out.)
MEET & GREET RULES
Follow this checklist for maximum satisfaction:
1) Get a ticket (see below)
2) Join the email list (see below)
3) Bring your dice/stuff (see below)
4) Advertise this event!
GET A TICKET
Our focus is on K-12 and college educators, but if you’re game designer or manager interested in this field, come on by!
Title: Educator and Game Designer Meet & Greet
Date and Time: Thursday @ 8-9pm
Event Number: #ZED24ND253579
Room: To be announced.
JOIN THE EMAIL LIST
This is completely optional, but quite useful if you'd like hear about our educational games events in major cities (like the CUNY Games Conference!), online presentations by us, and new resources or games we’ve created for you. It's announcement-only and no more than 4 emails a year; see the sign-up link at the bottom of this page: https://www.joebisz.com/allureofplay/
BRING YOUR DICE/STUFF
Well we don’t really need your dice, but feel free to bring flyers, business cards, etc. to leave on our information table. (Yay information!) Remember that the focus is on educational games at all levels. If you have a subject-specific educational game to show, bring those too (but keep in mind the room is mostly open floor space so you may need to show it on a chair/floor/in your arms, unless you write us below). If you like posters as a medium to show off your work, feel free to bring your finished poster and some strong tape to put it on a wall. But there is no pressure to bring anything (except a pen!), since there will be enough to look at and people to talk to.
Special Tables for Advertisers: We have a select few *TABLES* for people/companies that would like to advertise their educational games or game design programs. First come, first serve. Email us for more info.
Advertise this Event: The more, the merrier! You can help us if you like by simply sending this page link to interested Gen Con attendees.
Note: This event is not affiliated with Gencon’s Trade Day.
EVEN MORE EDU-WORKSHOPS AT GENCON
In the past, our game design techniques for teachers and business trainers were so popular at Gen Con that we are now running SEVEN workshops! Come learn new skills and brainstorm playful designs with other clever Gen Con attendees. See the full workshop list here: https://www.joebisz.com/genconevents/
OTHER RESOURCES FOR YOU and MORE ABOUT THE FACILITATORS
The ALLURE OF PLAY Book
Joe and Tori just published The Educator’s Guide to Designing Games and Creative Active-Learning Exercises: The Allure of Play, through Columbia University’s Teachers College Press. Its playful mechanics and methodologies have formed the backbone of our successful workshops. You can read more about it here.
Games that Teach You Educational Design
Joe has created two simple card games that educators and trainers have enjoyed. See them here, along with other games too: https://www.joebisz.com/designer/
Need a Speaker for Your School or Company?
For more about Joe’s speaking engagements and other game-based learning projects, see http://joebisz.com; you can read about Tori's engagements and projects here: https://www.victoriamondelli.com/
Recommended Games to Study
This list is non-digital and consists of board and card games every teacher, manager, and game designer should study. Click here.