Top Games for Total Class & Small Group Instruction
Summary:
Dr. Niecikowski will present his top recommended games for total class and small group instruction based on 27 years of classroom and gifted education teaching.
Description:
Recommendations include content area and grade level considerations as well as student developmental, ability, emotional, social, physical, and readiness (ZPD) needs. Game modifications and variants will also be discussed..
We'll discuss best practices and research on meeting the needs of children through game play in school, library, club, and family gathering settings.
Description:
Dr. David Niecikowski from Touro University will present best practices and research on meeting the academic and social needs of children through game play in school, library, club, after school, and family gathering settings. Dr. Niecikowski is the author of the book Game Design in the Classroom (2011) and, since 2019, teaches three of six graduate Gifted Methods courses at Touro University Nevada. One of these (3) unit courses includes meeting the needs of gifted students through game play.