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Monday, June 13 • 2:45pm - 3:45pm
Play Like a Pirate FILLING

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Before becoming a middle school teacher, Quinn Rollins lived other lives. Drawing on his experiences as a cartoonist, a toy designer, and a gamer, he’s become a champion of the power of play in the classroom.

Students spend hours of every day bored. If they’re bored, they’re unlikely to remember what we’re trying to help them learn. Using tools they love – LEGO, Hot Wheels, action figures, Barbie, superheroes, and games – Rollins will help you make connections to your curriculum, bringing some fun back into your classroom.

Rollins shares both big ideas and practical strategies for how to use toys, games, and comics to engage your students – and will show you how the best tools to reach those kids were within your reach all along.

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Quinn Rollins

Teacher, Granite School District
Quinn Rollins is an educator in Granite School District, first at Bennion Junior High in Taylorsville, and more recently as the district social studies curriculum specialist. In previous lives he was a cartoonist and toy designer, which led him to using toys and comic books with his... Read More →

Monday June 13, 2016 2:45pm - 3:45pm CDT
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