Episode 038 – Wreck Raiders
Who’s ready to explore the ocean depths for forgotten treasure? Or you could build aquariums. Your choice in this week’s game! In this week’s episode wIn this week’s episode we’ll …
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7 Benefits of Adult and Youth Interactions While Gameschooling
If you’re an adult, and you interact with youth, why would you want to take time to play board games together? In episode 32 of The Game Schooler Podcast, Doug …
Game Schooler Notebook – Production Probability
The Production Probability Notebook works with the board game Catan to introduce probability and increase critical thinking and communication skills. Your students will learn about probability and how it can …
Introducing Game Schooler Notebooks
One our main goals at gameschooler.com is to help folks start gameschooling. Of course we have the podcast and recommended games, but up until now we haven’t had any free …
Episode 037 – Power Failure
Sometimes a game comes along that knocks you of your feet. Power Failure, from Artana and Genius Games, is one of those games. In this week’s episode we’ll cover Power …
The Tactical Thinking Cycle – A Gameschooling Explanation
We define tactical thinking in gameschooling as: A game that challenges students to make decisions based on currently available and frequently changing information In episode 29 of the Game Schooler …
Episode 036 – Wingspan
This week we feature what could be one of the greatest gameschooling games of all-time. Did we mention it’s about birds and it’s beautiful? InIn this week’s episode we’ll cover …
The High-Five: Games With Great Table Presence
Drawing players to the table is vital to creating engaging games that your students want to play. Table presence is the look a game has after being set up on …
Board Games as Instruction for High Schoolers
In the School of Gaming segment featured in episode 24 of The Game Schooler Podcast (32m 30s into the show), we talked about and unpacked advanced gameschooling at the high school level. The teacher …
Episode 035 – Luxor
Can you create your own luck? Who knows? However, we do discuss luck in game on this week’s episode! In this week’s episode we’ll cover Luxor, our Recommended Game of …
The High-Five: Games With Immersive Art
Sure, art is subjective, but sometimes the art in a board game is so good that it brings you into the game, making it an even more immersive gameplay experience. …
Gameschooler Reflection Assignment – An Unplugged Game-based Learning Activity
So, you’ve just had your students complete a board game, now what? Whether you’re guiding a classroom of 24 kiddos or leading a homeschool classroom of one, we’re going to …
Episode 034 – Downforce
What the heck is gameschooling? After 34 episodes, maybe we should discuss that. In this week’s episode we’ll cover Downforce, our Recommended Game of the Week, discuss Gameschooling 101 in …
The High-Five: Space Games
I’m not sure exactly what it is, but people love space. We discussed this list in greater detail on Episode 016 of the Game Schooler podcast. Unfortunately, I left some …
How Does Gameschooling Work?
In a world where families and educators have a variety of educational options and countless online materials to teach kids; gameschooling provides offline opportunities for students to develop skills. Gameschooling …
Episode 033 – Adventure Land
Want a peak behind the curtain? You don’t want to miss this episode! In this week’s episode we’ll cover Adventure Land, our Recommended Game of the Week, discuss What We …
Episode 032 – Trekking the World
Summer is no stranger to vacations. Why not visit the entire world! In this week’s episode we’ll cover Trekking the World, our Recommended Game of the Week, discuss Parental Perks of Gameschooling in …
The High-Five: HABA Games
HABA is a classic game publisher specializing primarily in children’s games that has recently dabbled in family games. Needless to say, the games HABA publishes are great candidates for gameschooling. …
Episode 031 – Summer Camp
Before summer runs out, check out this amazing game. In this week’s episode we’ll cover Summer Camp, our Recommended Game of the Week, discuss Area Control in The School of Gaming, and wrap …
Episode 030 – World’s Fair 1893
We can learn alot from tabletop games, especially when it comes to attitudes like kindness. In this week’s episode we’ll cover World’s Fair 1893, our Recommended Game of the Week, discuss Attitudes …