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By Christopher Schons, 2023, owned by Luck of Legends
GAMES & EDUCATION
Interested in my approach? Here are some short articles exploring and explaining my thoughts on how story-telling games provide a unique and powerful tool for helping kids learn to write, collaborate, solve problems, present, edit, and grow into their own power as creatives.
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Michael Low
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Are Non-Violent Games Boring?
I've been working with the amazing Becca in Minnetonka Public Schools who is one of the teachers piloting Luna Uni in her 8th grade...
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Michael Low
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Help Spread the Word About Story Games for Learning!
If you're reading this, I have a request: I'm applying to present at SXSW EDU this coming spring. My goal is to spread the word about how...
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Michael Low
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GM Like Neil Gaiman Writes
I do - and that isn't meant as a boast! I just came across this video of Gaiman explaining how his stories change in subsequent drafts,...
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Michael Low
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What Teachers Can Learn From Addictive Video Game Design
My students always want to know about the video games I play. I tell them - in all honesty! - that I don't allow a console (PlayStation,...
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Michael Low
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D&D's Chris Pine and RPGs in the Classroom
Last week, a star of the new Dungeons & Dragons movie, Chris Pine, mentioned that he thought the game belonged in schools: It was kind of...
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Michael Low
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Adaptive Learning: How Story Games Teach Teachers
I’ve recently been thinking a lot about how designing games and running them offer a unique approach to designing and running courses for...
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Michael Low
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Is Minecraft An Educational Game?
I have endured, as a parent, a relentless PR campaign on the part of my son’s best friend for the better part of a year. The purpose? To...
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Michael Low
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How RPGs Teach Writing: Acting and Authoring
Role-playing games do something unique - help players leap "into" story and "out" to the role of authors - all at once!
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Michael Low
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Journaling With Online Story Games
One pillar of my educational design at Luck Of Legends is collaborative work using a Google Slides deck. Slides is one of the best tools...
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Michael Low
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Beyond D&D: Teaching Kids With RPGs - Ages 7-13
This is the second of a two-part blog to help people new to the hobby jump into the educational and emotional benefits of story-game play...
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Michael Low
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Beyond D&D: Teaching Toddlers With RPGs
This is the first of a two-part blog to help people new to the hobby jump into the educational and emotional benefits of story-game play...
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Michael Low
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RPGs as therapy - and for learning
If RPGs can help people learn emotionally, how much can they help kids learn academically?
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Michael Low
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Making Educational Games for Kids, part 2
How my classes hit academic standards - and why they count for homeschool credit.
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Michael Low
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Making Educational Games For Kids, part 1
An explanation of my approach to designing role-playing games that teach academic skills.
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Michael Low
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Violence and Games
Violence is central to many games - but most problems can't be solved with it.
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Michael Low
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Is Dungeons and Dragons For Kids?
D&D is the introductory role-playing game for many kids - but should it be?
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Michael Low
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Teaching Through Story Games
Why do story games create so much investment and excitement in learners?
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