NASAGA 2020 Concludes, NASAGA 2021 Announced, Chuck Needlman Awarded!
Congratulations to Chuck Needlman for winning the Ifill-Raynolds Lifetime Achievement award!
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NASAGA 2020 Conference Goes Virtual
We’re adapting the NASAGA 2020 conference to an online format. Based on your feedback so far, we plan to spread sessions out over a couple weeks instead of compressing them into a …
Fostering Equality and Inclusion
Announcing Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship Fund: Please Donate At NASAGA, fairness and equity are key values. In our games, we recognize the importance of the system engine underlying the game …
Get to Know: Curt Jordan
My name is Curt Jordan: I am the founder and head coach at Kong Academy. I have been working with kids and adults since 1995 to help them improve their …
Jared Fishman: A look in the Classroom
“Over the course of two weeks, my students engaged in an extremely worthwhile activity in which they designed games with the express purpose of reflecting something they learned about medieval …
Get to Know: Pauline Lynch Shostack
Bio: Pauline Lynch Shostack is a librarian and professor at Onondaga Community College. She has been a librarian for almost 20 years and has worked in a variety of libraries …
A NASAGA Experience: Jared Fishman
My name is Jared Fishman, from Tarrytown, NY. I’m currently employed at the Hackley School, where I’ve been teaching history for over 13 years. As a long time gamer, I’ve …
A First-Time NASAGA Experience: Mike Canterino
In June of this past year, I, along with two colleagues, received grant money from our school to explore gaming in the classroom, the goal being to create a body …
Bringing EVERYONE to the Table
Is everyone excited? Bringing EVERYONE to the Table: Universal Design and Accessibility in Gaming, a panel presented by Bethany MacMillan, aims to discuss how we can be more conscience of …
Implicit and Explicit Narratives
I came across this article, written by Greg Loring-Albright, about Settlers of Catan a while ago, and I thought it related well to the last post I put up and …