Jonathan Cassie

Jon Cassie here. I’ve been in independent school education for 25 years in an assortment of teaching and leadership roles. My book on game-based learning, Level Up Your Classroom was published in 2016 and won a gold medal for best technical book from Association Media and Publishing in 2017. My chapter on social-emotional learning and roleplaying games, “Don’t Split the Party,” was published in “Teaching in the Game-Based Classroom,” in 2021. I’ve also written for the tabletop roleplaying sector for about 20 years. All of my books, Loot, Folkways and Beyond the Veil are about cultural aspects of roleplaying design and are available on DriveThruRPG. I host two podcasts about education – “Many Windows” and “Game Level Learn.” I have appeared on a number of podcasts speaking about the future of education (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTlA_wSCks8&t=2s), given the commencement address at Northland Pioneer College (https://vimeo.com/281898146) and have presented at conferences and forums on learning and games in the US and abroad. I earned my doctorate from UCLA in 2010. I can be reached at joncassie@gmail.com.

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Authors Growing through Gaming

May 12, 2023 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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Panelists: Jennifer Gale, Stephen Granade, Cheryl Platz, Travis Baldree and Jonathan Cassie (moderator)
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Video and tabletop games offer their audiences the unique opportunity to engage in the character development, worldbuilding, and direction of a narrative. Game writers and enthusiasts discuss how designing, writing for, and even playing games can improve an author’s skills and imagination.

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Editing Games

May 13, 2023 10:30 am to 11:30 am

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Panelists: Jennifer Gale, Jonathan Cassie, Marie Vibbert, Pam Punzalan and Monica Valentinelli (moderator)
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Writing for videogames, RPGs, and boardgames draws on some of the same skillset as writing fiction, but it can also include technical writing, specialized types of dialogue, and more. So what does it mean to _edit_ this kind of text? What techniques do editors use to ensure that the text of a game is clear, vivid, and effective?

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