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The TGPC highlights all aspects and different styles of teacher-gamers and games in education. Kids need more playful learning wherever they are getting learning: homeschools, in the classroom, school and community. And hopefully on fewer screens and on more tabletops. Although role-playing games (RPGs) are a primary focus, Teacher-Gamers can be anyone bringing a playful edge to any domain of teaching and learning. In season one we talk to Jesse Driver, Maryanne Cullinan, Aaron Vanek, Mark H ...
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High school teacher-gamers Kevin and Richard chat with me from Switzerland (Leysin American Boarding School) about using RPGs in history and social science classes, specifically "Creating History" RPGs like Pompeii 79AD, and Kevin's History's Mysteries game focusing around a rebellion in the Aztec empire and eventually the introduction of Hernán Co…
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Welcoming REAL School Budapest kids to join the podcast and talk about their RPG "Spirits of Gaia" and Noan's "New States of Atlantis". This is how kids think and talk about games. Enjoy! Music courtesy of the band YOU, from the album "Freedom From The Known" and John Schroeder. Follow @teachergamerhandbook on Insta. @TeacherGamerZ on X. ©2021-2023…
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Sam The Educational DM talks to Zach about his playful and academic past, his method(s), and brings great insight into their continued debate about whether RPGs will ever make it into the public school system. Can we imagine school beyond SATs and siloed academia? Music courtesy of YOU, from the album "Freedom From The Known" and John Schroeder. ©2…
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The big themes of today’s podcast are “play”, “failure”, “improvisation”, “story” and “Eudaimonia”. How failure through play is not only creative, it creates story. Where dice meet improvisation in role-playing games we are both in first and third person at the same time. “How do we unlock the vast universe of landscape in the imagination of each i…
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Fascinating conversation with Sanford Teacher Award Winner Maryanne Cullinan (@culliope on Twitter) about her approach to RPGs in Schools - including and beyond DnD. “Middle School itself is like one giant role-playing game.” We talk strategies for large scale RPG groups, her thesis around building content for games in education and how to make RPG…
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What went right this year? What changed? What were the difficulties? And other questions such as How do you find other Teacher-Gamers in your school? How can we make schools into puzzles and play environments with either device-driven or non-virtual RPGs? And how do RPGs invite opportunities to reconcile failure? And we tackle the multiheaded hydra…
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We talk about the past, present and future of RPGs with a thematic focus on Challenges and Accomplishments. Joining us Aaron Vanek, Mark Hoge and Peter Jung - three professional Teacher-Gamers who develop RPGs with great care to heighten empathy, expand social emotional life-skills and champion neural diversity in their thriving communities and bey…
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You may know wonderful podcast “The Candid Frame” by Ibarionex Perello. I am enjoying his interviews for many years and even with some delays I always listen more episodes in group. So it happens this week as well. Usual nice stuff until episode #109 called The Candid Club, I believe. Suddenly, incredible open and honest […] Related posts: One Big …
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Last Wednesday I have attended strobist workshop by David Tejada. He presented it under the name Small Strobes Big Results in London. I had a wonderful time, not only by seeing my old friend in London and walking this intense city. I liked the way David’s workshop was done. In this eight podcast I am […] Related posts: Olga at the 13th floor This i…
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And here we go! The podcast number seven, this time about commenting. In the following audio material I am talking about something, which could seems rather obvious. However, often overlooked. Commenting on our own photos. We all love to receive comments on our photographic creations. That is mostly the reason, why we post them on our websites. We …
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This audio recording also called podcast, is about my new photo book. I have published it based on help and idea from Jeffrey Paul Howard. Listen to more details and look at attached pictures. You can also purchase this photo book. There are still some copies left after I send few around. Listen the podcast episode […] Related posts: Blur or Not To…
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Dear friend, in this third audio call Just Enjoy It, I talk about the difference between asking question about the art work and enjoying it. Wondering why we need to name everything even before we let it influence us. What is the reason that we need to know why and what.. Why not only feel […] Related posts: Question for you. We have a nice bright …
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We have a nice bright sunny day. It is not warm. January, you can imagine. Anyway a question has occurred in my mind. Question for you. Please listen. BTW: I am working on adding this podcast in the iTunes as Dirk suggested, but it will take a few extra days as I am not Apple […] Related posts: The Candid Club You may know wonderful podcast “The Ca…
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