CUNY Academic Commons | Kathleen Offenholley | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/koffenholley/activity/ Activity feed for Kathleen Offenholley. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 109d1edb8846b38a55630c743b2668e4 Kathleen Offenholley edited the blog post The 2020 Conference Proceedings Have been Published in the group CUNY Games Network https://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2020/06/02/the-2020-conference-proceedings-have-been-published/ Tue, 02 Jun 2020 16:41:24 -0400

]]> 8a7c6d2254b27f72634afdeb468b9d9e Kathleen Offenholley joined the group Community College Participatory Action Research Collaborative (CCPARC) https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/667184/ Sun, 26 Apr 2020 17:28:04 -0400 a75afc515649bb9322eaeeb95914df32 Kathleen Offenholley's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/667183/ Sun, 26 Apr 2020 17:26:07 -0400 7202ff625d784c8b6f62f7c019529f0b Kathleen Offenholley joined the group Futures Initiative https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/582150/ Thu, 13 Jun 2019 17:25:40 -0400 0ba75bb0403e2add92838f301ea022e4 Kathleen Offenholley joined the group Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (Public Group) https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/582148/ Thu, 13 Jun 2019 17:22:24 -0400 1513c0c1c8d737780a3e48f4aaa2ab5a Kathleen Offenholley commented on the post, Guest Blogger: Mary Gross - Uncertainty and Anxiety, on the groupblog CUNY Games Network https://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2018/11/19/guest-blogger-mary-gross-uncertainty-and-anxiety/#comment-2273 Wed, 21 Nov 2018 01:42:29 -0500 I have been reading this terrific series with great interest. I am a math professor, but I can still appreciate how randomness and some extremely thoughtful and thought-provoking game ideas can help students see […]

]]> 569f903a7b0693d362e47ba8e97ecd53 Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new post on the site Game-Based Learning in College Mathematics https://mathgames.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=93 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 02:26:29 -0500 Ugh, who doesn’t hate finals? It’s so stressful for all of us, students and professors alike. It’s time to bring in a a game to lighten things up!

Here we are at

THE FINISH LINE!!

Make a line on the board […]

]]> b61e792a2d600ad05b3ef441be1ee793 Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new post on the site Game-Based Learning in College Mathematics https://mathgames.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=88 Fri, 01 Sep 2017 15:59:22 -0400 Did you ever play Mad Libs as a kid? For me, it was a really fun way to pass the time on long, boring car rides. I am delighted to see that it’s also a great way to get students excited about math […]

]]> 8fc61fca8962425727907ad5179574cb Kathleen Offenholley changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/469262/ Fri, 01 Sep 2017 15:13:04 -0400 f2e4298799b198c1950f0c589c4d55e7 Kathleen Offenholley's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/469259/ Fri, 01 Sep 2017 15:10:05 -0400 9be9feed382571b9673b8a5163610cc6 Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new post on the site CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=3560 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 14:00:46 -0400 Three digital algebra games are now being tested in 7 sections at BMCC and are yours to try for free.
Here, Don Wei and I explain about the games: Game Plan for STEM.
Each game is in nearly completed form. […]

]]> 13710d8602e9c49076b43c0c9ff51456 Kathleen Offenholley edited the blog post Digital Algebra Games! in the group CUNY Games Network http://mathgames.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2016/10/19/digital-algebra-games/ Wed, 19 Oct 2016 14:00:46 -0400 Three digital algebra games are now being tested in 7 sections at BMCC and are yours to try for free.
Here, Don Wei and I explain about the games: Game Plan for STEM.
Each game is in nearly completed form. […]

]]> de25fe476a9d8dec884efbbb950220ff Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new post on the site Game-Based Learning in College Mathematics http://mathgames.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=76 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 14:00:46 -0400 Three digital algebra games are now being tested in 7 sections at BMCC and are yours to try for free.

Here, Don Wei and I explain about the games: Game Plan for STEM.

Each game is in nearly completed form. […]

]]> 9ac009f819cddfd72adfa5c192274603 Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new blog post Coin Games in the group CUNY Games Network http://mathgames.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2016/10/18/coin-games/ Tue, 18 Oct 2016 02:32:06 -0400 This game is a fun way to practice word problems for systems of equations. I usually have my students play the game in math 051 or 056 after learning systems of equations. It makes a great test or quiz review […]

]]> 9ac009f819cddfd72adfa5c192274603 Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new post on the site Game-Based Learning in College Mathematics http://mathgames.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=70 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 02:32:06 -0400 This game is a fun way to practice word problems for systems of equations. I usually have my students play the game in math 051 or 056 after learning systems of equations. It makes a great test or quiz review […]

]]> 3858b8fa53981f69fb1f083200ecbaab Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new blog post Mad Math, or Math Libs in the group CUNY Games Network http://mathgames.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2016/09/18/mad-math-or-math-libs/ Sun, 18 Sep 2016 18:58:20 -0400 Did you ever play Mad Libs? I loved to play this game on long car rides when I was a kid. You could get books of them in the drug store, and best of all, your parents didn’t mind spending the money to get you a w […]

]]> 25c0c8a28477b1ceb762809ee179b335 Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new post on the site Game-Based Learning in College Mathematics http://mathgames.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=64 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 18:58:20 -0400 Did you ever play Mad Libs? I loved to play this game on long car rides when I was a kid. You could get books of them in the drug store, and best of all, your parents didn’t mind spending the money to get you […]

]]> 9361552b389de48749bda47e0959eb51 Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new blog post Barely a game in the group CUNY Games Network http://mathgames.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2016/09/18/barely-a-game/ Sun, 18 Sep 2016 17:15:03 -0400 I’ve been playing around lately (pun intended) with something I’ll call, “barely a game.” It’s closely related to a similar concept which I’ll call, “A really dumb game that’s fun anyway.” More on that second id […]

]]> 0c69949f8f0e2a06c4a255499730658c Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new post on the site Game-Based Learning in College Mathematics http://mathgames.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=50 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 17:15:03 -0400 I’ve been playing around lately (pun intended) with something I’ll call, “barely a game.” It’s closely related to a similar concept which I’ll call, “A really dumb game that’s fun anyway.” More on that seco […]

]]> 1615cd0587befe051a4fd4565f6b31cd Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new blog post Calculus: Art on the Wall Game (Teena Carroll, Saint Norbert College) in the group CUNY Games Network http://mathgames.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2016/08/16/calculus-art-on-the-wall-game-teena-carroll-saint-norbert-college/ Tue, 16 Aug 2016 22:10:15 -0400 This is a great calculus game that I saw demonstrated at the MAA/AMS joint conference in Boston in January. It was created by Teena Carroll of Saint Norbert College.
Students are in groups of 4, each with a […]

]]> df22599bffbab45f2bdfc4f246c5a2d3 Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new post on the site Game-Based Learning in College Mathematics http://mathgames.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=46 Tue, 16 Aug 2016 22:10:15 -0400 This is a great calculus game that I saw demonstrated at the MAA/AMS joint conference in Boston in January. It was created by Teena Carroll of Saint Norbert College.

Students are in groups of 4, each with a […]

]]> 85517b33f1926a6fb81a312a3141171a Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new blog post Bizz Buzz for Base Systems in the group CUNY Games Network http://mathgames.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2016/08/16/bizz-buzz-for-base-systems/ Tue, 16 Aug 2016 21:46:14 -0400 A simple game for learning base systems illustrates many of the connections between game based learning and other pedagogies. This game can be played in a liberal arts or mathematics for elementary education […]

]]> 4679e5127f274a602cbf5155a219f2be Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new post on the site Game-Based Learning in College Mathematics http://mathgames.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=40 Tue, 16 Aug 2016 21:46:14 -0400 A simple game for learning base systems illustrates many of the connections between game based learning and other pedagogies. This game can be played in a liberal arts or mathematics for elementary education […]

]]> 2cee76a9ea5de3de601ec7f976d4cd36 Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new blog post The Spread of a Rumor or Virus in the group CUNY Games Network http://mathgames.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2016/08/16/the-spread-of-a-rumor/ Tue, 16 Aug 2016 21:15:30 -0400 This game introduces students to the concept of exponential growth. It can be played as the spread of a rumor, or the spread of a virus, and works well in an algebra or modeling course, in a quantitative […]

]]> 22e18c4ba1ed775a93541b0fe0aae6cd Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new post on the site Game-Based Learning in College Mathematics http://mathgames.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=35 Tue, 16 Aug 2016 21:15:30 -0400 This game introduces students to the concept of exponential growth. It can be played as the spread of a rumor, or the spread of a virus, and works well in an algebra or modeling course, in a quantitative […]

]]> 9e68407d2cc5d816f1a1030823ec9bd4 Kathleen Offenholley edited the blog post Designing the Best (or Worst) Board Games in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/09/13/designing-the-best-board-game/ Wed, 03 Aug 2016 15:35:31 -0400 Five-Thirty-Eight,  one of my favorite websites, has a new game blog. The website started out as Nate Silver’s election forecast blog, and has moved on to be a great place to read about all things statistical, including the stats behind what makes a board game…[Read more]

]]> a3184bc4a8832047bec86825acb2b146 Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new blog post NIU-Torcs for Numerical Methods in the group CUNY Games Network http://mathgames.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2016/03/25/niu-torcs-for-numerical-methods/ Fri, 25 Mar 2016 17:01:29 -0400 See the game video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYGwaI-haOM
NIU-Torcs is an example of a college-level mathematics game that allows for deeper learning within the game. Brianno Coller and colleagues […]

]]> 86e12441aa5b340ab2092c43649c7bda Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new post on the site Game-Based Learning in College Mathematics http://mathgames.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=29 Fri, 25 Mar 2016 17:01:29 -0400 See the game video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYGwaI-haOM

NIU-Torcs is an example of a college-level mathematics game that allows for deeper learning within the game. Brianno Coller and colleagues […]

]]> 784c3f9d35bb783e1ba44117ec1b49f6 Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new blog post Japanese Ladder Games for Combinatorics in the group CUNY Games Network http://mathgames.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2016/03/25/japanese-ladder-games-for-combinatorics/ Fri, 25 Mar 2016 16:40:56 -0400 Three fascinating games from Steven T. Dougherty and Jennifer Franko Vasquez at The University of Scranton appear as “Ladder Games” in MAA Focus, June-July 2011. Mathematicians will enjoy the group theory and comb […]

]]> 4ee20495b8dec26384125d7dc5fc1f35 Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new post on the site Game-Based Learning in College Mathematics http://mathgames.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=21 Fri, 25 Mar 2016 16:40:56 -0400 Three fascinating games from Steven T. Dougherty and Jennifer Franko Vasquez at The University of Scranton appear as “Ladder Games” in MAA Focus, June-July 2011. Mathematicians will enjoy the group theory and […]

]]> 2c5fcd5425587f6d2d40db8b420802fb Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new blog post Bingo in a Math Lecture in the group CUNY Games Network http://mathgames.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2016/03/25/hello-world/ Fri, 25 Mar 2016 15:53:15 -0400 This game could work in any definition-heavy math or science class lecture. In statistics class, hypothesis testing is traditionally one of the most difficult units, filled with new vocabulary and difficult […]

]]> 4d791801d64ac672ccc8521111d3c04a Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new post on the site Game-Based Learning in College Mathematics http://mathgames.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1 Fri, 25 Mar 2016 15:53:15 -0400 This game could work in any definition-heavy math or science class lecture. In statistics class, hypothesis testing is traditionally one of the most difficult units, filled with new vocabulary and difficult […]

]]> 9f65324b3a364529496bd0273df57db4 Kathleen Offenholley started the topic Save the date! in the forum CUNY Games Network http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/games-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/save-the-date/ Mon, 29 Jun 2015 18:32:13 -0400 Save the date!

The third annual CUNY Games Festival & Conference will take place January 22, 2016 at the CUNY Graduate Center in NYC.

Look for a call for proposals out in early August (proposals will be due in October), and stop by our redesigned CUNY Games Network website https://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ for more games in education…[Read more]

]]> 7cea202969b4186c47462cdccecd1314 Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new blog post Candyland and the nature of the absurd: great stuff from Existential Comics. in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/01/04/candyland-and-the-nature-of-the-absurd-great-stuff-from-existential-comics/ Sun, 04 Jan 2015 21:19:13 -0500 http://existentialcomics.com/comic/58

]]> fb2ffaf9d29112fe405bce6e549d3843 Kathleen Offenholley replied to the topic Conway's Game of Life in the forum CUNY Games Network http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=36595 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 20:35:32 -0500 Hi, Ethan, I’d love to check it out, but the llink doesn’t seem to work — http://http//funmines.com/conways-game-of-life/ ??

]]> e525a277b7b5446e6f6cd744862e9e1e Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new blog post Free Online Gaming in Education Conference, Monday September 15th - Friday September 19th in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/08/29/free-online-gaming-in-education-conference-monday-september-15th-friday-september-19th/ Sat, 30 Aug 2014 01:16:42 -0400 “This conference offers a variety of perspectives, from educators and game developers to researchers and administrators. ”
At http://gamingined.com/page/welcome-information

]]> 800fbef3a858f115ba4d59fbae41ab37 Kathleen Offenholley's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/297930/ Mon, 25 Aug 2014 22:58:27 -0400 792c05ff913db7cf03661b20b41f5a1c Kathleen Offenholley replied to the forum topic Best web browser for iPad? in the group CUNY Technology Group http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/cuny-technology-group/forum/topic/best-web-browser-for-ipad/#post-19003 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 15:15:24 -0400 Actually, since Blackboard uses Flash in a lot of their applications, for better functionality, you might try a Flash-enabled browser like Puffin. I use Puffin when I want to look at my students’ work in […]

]]> c1540f54e6da6ccd310810c537b22bc1 Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new blog post CUNY Games Network in the News! in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/04/02/cuny-games-network-in-the-news/ Wed, 02 Apr 2014 18:06:37 -0400 We’re on TV! http://www.cuny.tv/show/studywiththebest/PR2002426

CUNY TV dropped by and did a segment on teaching with games and the CUNY Games Network. Scroll to minute 23 to see our segment.

]]> 49a56fab144ea3818b0001d597b2261b Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new post on the site BMCC Remedial Math http://bmccremmath.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=207 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 20:01:41 -0500 28bc087d5b2dd65edec339e13d25eb85 Kathleen Offenholley started the forum topic Game-Based Learning NYC has its second educational games demo night next week on Wednesday Oct. 16th in the group CUNY Games Network http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/games-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/game-based-learning-nyc-has-its-second-educational-games-demo-night-next-week-on-wednesday-oct-16th-at-7-pm/ Fri, 11 Oct 2013 18:21:45 -0400 There are four Awesome demos:

1) The Radix Endeavor, an MMO that teaches high school math and science concepts. #Radix is aligned to Common Core and Next Generation standards and is coupled with a robust […]

]]> 30d84f85232bf4b2ad075842564ee3ad Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new blog post "Why I let my Students Cheat" -- terrific article! in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/04/29/why-i-let-my-students-cheat-terrific-article/ Tue, 30 Apr 2013 02:18:29 -0400 From the article…

A week before the test, I told my class that the Game Theory exam would be insanely hard—far harder than any that had established my rep as a hard prof. But as recompense, for this one time […]

]]> 0ee15fdb5b8ec866d1f23813c1cb5aaa Kathleen Offenholley joined the group The Group for Group Admins https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/170338/ Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:58:40 -0500 5d60fbe9f43455b24ee67ac54cdda951 Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new blog post in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/11/28/1954/ Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:10:16 -0500 A theatre-based workshop that addresses what it means to be a man today uses “Stop, Clap, Jump,” a game from Brazilian educator/artist Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed. Read about their visit to a maximum […]

]]> a120678a44f2419e8f3c042b66a5ac30 Kathleen Offenholley posted a new activity comment https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/102699/#acomment-108214 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:02:07 -0500 Michael, that’s really powerful. Thanks for sharing it with me! I’ll put up a link to it from our CUNY Games site.

In reply to - Michael Wilson joined the group CUNY Games Network ]]> e7a3a9150f6bef781c856d1004951f2c Kathleen Offenholley started the forum topic CUNY Games Network at CUNY IT in the group CUNY Games Network http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/games-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/cuny-games-network-at-cuny-it/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:56:10 -0500 Dear All,

Next week at the CUNY IT Conference the CUNY Games Network will be giving two presentations. On Thursday Nov. 29th at 2:15pm, Joe Bisz and Frank Crocco (together with BMCC’s Director of E-Learning […]

]]> edb4303387b1cac6bea7191e073796de Kathleen Offenholley posted a new activity comment https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/102699/#acomment-104064 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:13:27 -0500 Cool! Would love to hear more about your work!

In reply to - Michael Wilson joined the group CUNY Games Network ]]> c3b857646f763da5994ed151af98dc6a Kathleen Offenholley joined the group Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/85260/ Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:55:27 -0400 5d266c04b98c8ef03b465ab90670602a Kathleen Offenholley commented on the post, More news from the algebra front lines.... (a failed game), on the site CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/09/24/more-news-from-the-algebra-front-lines-a-failed-game/#comment-638 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:26:17 -0400 Susan, thanks for the comment! Yes, sometimes the exploration just doesn’t connect up to the “why we solve it this way” idea. This time, the connection seemed to work, I think because I laboriously wrote out on […]

]]> 2340cf659d219af11b94f64b9fb1efa0 Kathleen Offenholley wrote a new blog post More news from the algebra front lines.... (a failed game) in the group CUNY Games Network http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/09/24/more-news-from-the-algebra-front-lines-a-failed-game/ Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:34:35 -0400 Today in my remedial algebra class, I thought I would make an inequalities game. I had this great idea that I would put up on the board a whole bunch of inequalities, and each group would add or subtract or […]

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