Cardboard Conjecture

Cardboard Conjecture #08 Ryan's Top 10

In this episode, Ryan and I talk about Ryan's top 10 favourite games that are in his own collection.  Is he going to pick all Ameri-thrash games or is his Euro-gamer going to dominate his list.  Is PayDay #1?

Cardboard in the Classroom #06 How to Initiate and Integrate board games in the classroom

In this episode, Ryan and I discuss how to get started using board games in your classroom as a learning tool that enables a student's connection and understanding of the content and the lesson.  We identify important elements of instructional design as they relate to using board games as teaching tools: purpose, validity, and assessment.  Also, we both explain the mistakes and obstacles that we've faced and made during this process.

Cardboard Conjecture #07 Dragon Castle and Five Tribes

In this episode, Norm and Ryan talk about some of the oldest gaming mechanisms in board games ... Mancala and Mahjong as they relate to Dragon Castle and Five Tribes

Cardboard in the Classroom #05 The Finnish Paradox

In this episode, Norm discusses the article "The Finnish Paradox" by Pasi Sahlberg.  This Finnish educational philosophy is one of the main influences to Cardboard in the Classroom.

https://pasisahlberg.com/the-finnish-paradox/

Cardboard Conjecture #06 Signorie and Pioneer Days

In this episode, Ryan will describe how Pioneer Days is well appreciated for his new favourite mechanism ... Dice Drafting! and Norm will explain what it's like to be the head of the household in Italy from the time of the Renaissance ... and yes, this game has Dice Drafting!

Cardboard in the Classroom #04 Suburbia and Tsuro

In this episode, Ryan describes how Tsuro in the math classroom creates a perfect fit with all of that spatial reasoning and Norm takes us through a tour of his city building when he describes the correlation between Suburbia and the Sociology classroom.

Cardboard Conjecture #05 Tobago / Akrotiri

In this episode, Ryan talks about the glorious adventure finding treasure in Tobago, and Norm talks about discovering temples during the age of antiquity in Akrotiri.

Cardboard in the Classroom #03 Tokaido / Letters from Whitechapel

In this episode, Norm  talks about Tokaido used in a Sociology class bridging the concepts of Culture, Sub-culture, Counter-culture and Ryan talks about Letters from Whitechapel used in a math class talking about Inductive and Deductive Reasoning.