August 11, 2010
Training Game of the Month
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We have some really amazing conferences coming up this Fall, and I thought I’d take a few minutes out to let you know what they are …
SEPTEMBER:
9/27-10/1 EMS Expo – Dallas, TX
OCTOBER:
10/4-10/6 National Safety Council – San Diego, CA
10/10-10/12 MN SHRM Conference – Duluth, MN
NOVEMBER:
11/9-11/10 ASTD – TCC – St. Paul, MN
August 4, 2010
Repurpose your slides from a PowerPoint presentation in your game
Repurpose your slides from a PowerPoint presentation in your game
There are a few ways to do this. You can output a single slide from PowerPoint as an image (jpeg, bmp, gif, png,) and in the BRAVO! Game Builder Suite, import the slide into your questions. Or you can simply copy and paste your questions into BRAVO!
Using a game instead of a PowerPoint presentation, I have found, helps to establish my game a teaching tool, but interestingly, it does not seem to effect the “fun” factor that the game brings. Delivering my content through a game, helps me to not only capture their attention, but allows me to go beyond the questions and answers to deliver information.
July 14, 2010
Do you know about our FREE BRAVO! Extras?
We’ve made it easy for you to simply add free templates to your existing games or edit them to suit your branding needs.
Select your favorites to start customizing your training experience today! http://c3softworks.com/resources/extras.html
July 13, 2010
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June 30, 2010
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June 15, 2010
10 Tips on Getting the Most Out of Your Games
1. Define your objective. Make a list of the key teaching points you want to cover.
2. Create questions based on your key points.
3. Be creative. Questions do not specifically have to cover a topic, they can be used simply as a stepping stone to what you want to teach.
4. Remember, your key objective is to teach a topic, you are using “fun” to help you achieve your primary objective which is educational.
5. Use a game that allows the use of summary points that will allow you to review content after each question.
6. Slow down the game. Your objective is different than a TV game show. Theirs is to entertain, yours is to educate. On a TV game show in a 30 minute period they may play 3-4 rounds. In the classroom it may take 45 minutes of longer for one game.
7. Read each question prior to answering.
8. Your concern should be more on the content delivery than who wins or looses. The game simply is a different medium to deliver your material.
9. Games do not always have to be long. A short game of 4-6 questions, can be a great way to review the key points of a talk or use as a warm up for a presentation.
10. Poll the audience. Give students an opportunity to vote on how the game went. You might be surprised at what you hear!
Can you think of other ways to teach your core principles? Comments link
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June 8, 2010
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June 1, 2010
TOP 10 Reasons to use games in your training
People agree games are a great way to review a topic, but what about using games to deliver your core educational principles? Absolutely! Here are some tips to accomplish this.
1. Define your objective. Make a list of the key teaching points you want to cover.
2. Create questions based on your key points.
3. Be creative. Questions do not specifically have to cover a topic, they can be used simply as a stepping stone to what you want to teach or review.
4. Remember, your key objective is to teach a topic, you are using “fun” to help you achieve your primary objective which is educational.
5. Use a game that allows the use of summary points that will allow you to review content after each question.
6. Slow down the game. Your objective is different than a TV game show. Theirs is to entertain, yours is to educate.
7. Allow up to 45 minutes for one game.
8. Read each question prior to answering.
9. Your main concern should be more on the content delivery than who wins or looses. The game simply is a different medium to deliver your material.
10. Games do not always have to be long. A short game of 4-6 questions, can be a great way to review the key points of a talk or use as a warm up for a presentation.
May 28, 2010
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