Teaching

"How can we teach game developers the basics of transformational design in a short workshop?"

Climate Resilience Center: GDC Workshop
Sept 2021 - May 2022
~7 person team

Photo of a game developer workshop participant holding a poster with sticky notes which links to my page of game design projects
Screenshot of the title page of The Environmental Game Design Playbook with the IGDA Climate SIG logo over a graph representing increasing global temperatures. Links to my project page for the Playbook

"How do we make a resource for designing games to facilitate player action on climate change?"

Environmental Game Design Playbook
Apr 2022
12+ authors

"How can we support student game developer teams on their first collaborative project?"

DigiPen GAM200 Teacher's Assistant
Sept 2018 - Apr 2019
~10 student teams

Photo of several college students all smiling, gathered around watching one student working at a laptop. Links to my GAM TA project page
Photo of a DigiPen Academy teacher and student at a drawing tablet which links to my DigiPen Academy project page

"How do we teach K-12 students various disciplines of virtual and tabletop game development?"

DigiPen Academy / ProjectFUN
Jul 2018 - Aug 2018, Jul 2019 - Aug 2019
~15 class groups

"How will I begin teaching K-12 students in a public school classroom?"

Teacher Cadet High School Program
2016 - 2017
~5 public school classrooms

Photo of the Loudoun Valley High School building which links to my Teacher Cadet project page