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 …
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 …
How the ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Color Wheel Explains Humanity
I wanted to post this article about Magic: The Gathering’s use of colors and the meaning that those colors could hold on different interpretations here. Although I‘m not sure I agree …
Latest NASAGA Podcast Covers Empathy in Games
Another fine podcast from Sonya Wolfram and Nick Wolfram! Check out their bios below the break and their podcast on empathy in video games:
Tabletop Games and Leadership – An Awesome Blog Series!
Our fine friends JS Bragg and Bethany MacMillan at Miami University, who you may remember from last year’s NASAGA 2016 conference, have been writing a new blog series about using …
Low Ropes Training Methodology: What Is It? A Summary from Chuck Needlman!
Low Ropes Training is designed to be a safe, challenging and rewarding experience for all participants regardless of physical ability. It requires a group effort to solve problems, help each …
Welcome to the (newish) SIMAGES!
The arcane web technomagicians at NASAGA have finally figured out how to send everyone who has subscribed to the newsletter updates from the website! We’ve done this because we’ve moved …
Reflections on NASAGA 2016 from Chris McDow
Maybe it’s a bit of an understatement to say I like games. At every opportunity, I try to infuse gaming into my classroom. It’s not uncommon to find me sloughing …
Reflections on the 2016 NASAGA Certificate Program and Conference by Russell Brooker
This was my fourth NASAGA conference, but the first since 2000. I started with the Certificate program. It was amazing! Never a dull moment. The thing I recall most vividly …