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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.

Michael Low

6 min

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,...

What Teachers Can Learn From Addictive Video Game Design

Michael Low

12 min

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,...

D&D's Chris Pine and RPGs in the Classroom

Michael Low

5 min

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...

Adaptive Learning: How Story Games Teach Teachers

Michael Low

5 min

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...

Michael Low

5 min

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...

How RPGs Teach Writing: Acting and Authoring

Michael Low

6 min

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!

Michael Low

4 min

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...

Beyond D&D: Teaching Kids With RPGs - Ages 7-13

Michael Low

12 min

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...

Michael Low

6 min

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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