Purpose:

In More than Fun and Games: Stack the Deck for Student Success, “players” (aka attendees) will use unconventional methods to “stack the deck” with strategies to support gifted learners including special populations (e.g., twice-exceptional, culturally and linguistically diverse). We will “explain the rules” for using strategy games to help students develop their language, intellectual, and affective “abilities”. Prepare to “level up” student engagement as you “gather resources” including free games, differentiation strategies, and standards-supported implementation recommendations. Come prepared to “play” and leave ready to implement strategy games with students tomorrow.