On this week’s episode of Board Gaming with Education Dustin interviews Scott Kelly, an educator, and creator of the educational game Mathemagician’s Duel. He is also co-founder of the games company, BSGames. We learn fun facts about Scott’s history with gaming, his time working at Games Workshop, and how gaming came back into his life as a career after years of working as an educator. The two discuss topics such as keeping young students engaged in the classroom and the various challenges that arise with games-based learning. Included in this episode are an overview of Scott’s game, Mathemagician’s Duel, its mechanics, and educational goals.
Board Gaming with Education Updates- GBLCourse 00:53
Who is Scott Kelly? - 4:37
Learning through Gaming: 9th Grade Simulation - 12:05
When Gaming Interconnected with Teaching - 15:39
Challenges of Game-Based Education - 22:40
Mathemagician's Duel - 27:18
Last Words of Advice: Plan! - 40:19
Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down Rapid Fire Round - 46:50
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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.
Thank you to Dallas Welk, the editor of this episode!
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