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The Games in Education program is dedicated to helping teachers learn to use social games in their classrooms. GAMA believes that games are excellent educational tools and works to help teachers find appropriate ones for their curricula.

Educators Hall Pass

The Educators Hall Pass program (previously the Teachers Hall Pass) is an outgrowth of the Games in Education program. EHP is held annually at the Origins Game Fair in Columbus OH. Admission to the convention is free to any educator with a valid license. A series of seminars by hobby-games and educational experts shows teachers how to use games in their classroom in hands-on fashion. Concepts are taught, discussion is held, and actual game-play tutorials occur all to help teachers find ways to use these powerful educational tools — games — in their classrooms.

Since 2006, the Educators Hall Pass Program has been officially open to Librarians and School Administrators, which increases attendance and helps get the word out about the positive and educational nature of many of our games.

For more information on the Educators Hall Pass program or to help sponsor it or volunteer as a speaker, please send an e-mail to GAMA's Program Coordinator at events@gama.org.

Games In Education Pamphlets

In 2003, GAMA produced a number of Games in Education brochures. These documents pinpoint games that teach specific skill sets or concept, and help educators find appropriate games for their classrooms. No new brochures are planned at this time, though we do have a list-serve where teachers help each other with using games in the classroom. Sign up for the list-serve below.

GAMA is on the cusp of another positive change with a program to offer lesson plan outlines and lists of matching standards in the next printing of our Games in Education Pamphlets.

Games In Education, Pamphlet 1 - Introduction, Nuts & Bolts (pdf)

Games In Education, Pamphlet 2 - Language Arts & Literature (pdf)

Games In Education, Pamphlet 3 - History & Social Studies (pdf)

Games In Education, Pamphlet 4 - Math (pdf)