In this week’s episode of Board Gaming with Education, Dustin is joined by co-host Rich Hill and guest Karl Rahenkamp to talk about using board games to reinforce content and using board games to teach new content. Join Dustin, Rich, and Karl on this discussion of looking at best practices and some drawbacks for both.

Episode Topics

• Board Gaming with Education Updates and TantrumCon- 0:00
• Welcome Rich back to the Show - 2:26
• Who is Karl Rahenkamp? - 5:08
• Defining the Use of Games to Reinforce Content or Teach New Content - 5:35
• Examples of Board Games for Learning - 7:50
• Using Games to Introduce New Content in an English Langauge Classroom - 12:49
• Another Example of Reinforcing Content (science) - 16:18
• Werewolf and Wereword for Langauge Teaching - 17:17
• Using Games to Reinforce Skills - 19:31
• Take the Leap to Use Games in Class - 25:33
• Rich Rejoins the Conversation - 28:49
• Dustin, Rich, and Karl play Wits & Wagers - 36:19

Games from this Episode [Links include games in our Board Gaming with Education Store or Amazon affiliate links]:

• Werewolf
• Werewords
• Ion
• Wingspan

Check out our board game store: https://www.boardgamingwitheducation.com

Thank you to Purple Planet Music for the wonderful contribution of their song "Retro Gamer" for our Interview Segment. This song can be found in full on this music archive. Also, thank you to Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) for his creative commons 4.0 contribution of "Getting it Done" for our Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down Rapid Fire Round.

Always be sure to check out our show notes (website blog post) to read a recap of the episode topics and games mentioned in the episode.

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