Episode 34 - Educating Through TTRPGs with Adam Watson - "I've Come to Revel in the Delights of the Hills"
About this episode
Josh and Lee interview Adam Watson about using tabletop roleplaying games as educational tools.
Nerds, its time to get our dice out and get pedagogical up in here! Josh and Lee sat down with author, educator, and big ole' nerd in the hills, Adam Watson, to talk about his new book "Table Top-Roleplaying Games in the Classroom" and his journey from regular D&D enthusiast to man on a mission to fuse the fun of table top roleplaying with educational initiatives and help kids learn through strategically applied gaming! This was an amazing conversation and Lee even used some of Adam's strategies in his own classroom with incredible results! Check out the episode to hear what happened! What do you think? We want to know! Email us at hillshavenerds@gmail.com Come on our Facebook! www.facebook.com/The HillsHaveNerds Come inside our Discord! https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjm Check us out on Youtube for live stream game nights and other stuff! www.youtube.com/@Thehillshavenerds We want to thank our Ko-fi supporters! You help us make the show even better. Brittany Johnston Nick De Rosa You can support us on Ko-fi for membership rewards! www.ko-fi.com/thehillshavenerds Lee makes great Retro RPG content on Youtube and streams! www.youtube.com/@Pixelbrolee…
People in this episode
Hosts: Josh, Lee
Guest: Adam Watson
Topics covered
- TTRPGs
- education
- gaming
- pedagogy
- D&D
- classroom strategies
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Hills Have Nerds, Ko-fi, Youtube, Discord, Amazon
Books & works: Table Top-Roleplaying Games in the Classroom
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