{"id":7864,"date":"2015-06-11T16:00:45","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T23:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ttinvent.com\/?p=7864"},"modified":"2015-06-11T08:46:15","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T15:46:15","slug":"teaching-with-monopoly-by-tim-vandenberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/?p=7864","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Monopoly with Tim Vandenberg"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may have used the board game Monopoly to teach your kids about counting money or maybe landownership and rent. \u00a0Did you know it can be used as a classroom tool for teaching not just math, but also interpersonal skills, critical reasoning, problem solving, and more?\u00a0 Stay tuned for today\u2019s Table Top Inventing Podcast, as educator and 2009 2nd Place Monopoly Championship Winner Tim Vandenberg shares how he uses this fantastic game as a teaching tool with his 6th grade students. \u00a0Tim tells us about Monopoly\u2019s history and the common core standards it teaches. \u00a0His students consistently do extremely well on standardized tests, and manage to defeat national and international champions at Monopoly tournaments using the lessons they\u2019ve learned by playing the game. \u00a0If you\u2019d like to learn more, please watch Tim as he gives a presentation on \u201cMonopoly Academy\u201d, at the 2012 Gamification Summit here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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