Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Why Games? Toward a Theory of Gameful Writing Center Pedagogy | Stephanie Vie and Holly Ryan
Part 1. Key Concepts, Terms, and Connections
1. Paidia-gogy: Playing with Noise in the Writing Center | Elliott Freeman
2. Complicating Game and Play Metaphors: The Potential for Game Heuristics in the Writing Center | Neil Baird and Christopher L. Morrow
3. The Binding of Process: Bringing Composition, Writing Centers, and Games Together | Jason Custer
4. Ready Writer Two: Making Writing Multiplayer | Elizabeth Caravella and Veronica Garrison-Joyner
Part 2. Applications of Games to the Writing Center
5. Leveling Up with Emergent Tutoring: Exploring the Ludus and Paidia of Writing, Tutoring, and Augmented Reality | Brenta Blevins and Lindsay A. Sabatino
6. The Writing Consultation as Fantasy Role-Playing Game | Christopher LeCluyse
7. Inscribing the Magic Circle in/on/of the Writing Center | Kevin J. Rutherford and Elizabeth Saur
8. RPGs, Identity, and Writing Centers: Layering Realities in the Tutoring Center | Thomas “Buddy” Shay and Heather Shay
9. The Quest for Intersectional Awareness: Educating Tutors through Gaming Ethnography | Jessica Clements
10. I Turned My Tutor Class into an RPG: A Pilot Study | Jamie Henthorn
Part 3. Staff and Writing Center Education Games
11. Writing Center Snakes and Ladders | Nathalie Singh-Corcoran and Holly Ryan
12. Active Listening Uno | Stacey Hoffer
13. Heads Up! Asking Questions and Building Vocabulary | Stacey Hoffer
14. And Now Presenting: Marketing Writing Center Identities | Rachael Zeleny
15. Escape the Space: Building Better Communication with Peers through Problem-Solving Situations | Christina Mastroeni, Malcolm Evans, and Richonda Fegins
16. Level Up | Alyssa Noch
17. Writing and Role Playing | Mitchell Mulroy
18. Writing on the Wall | Elysse T. Meredith and Miriam E. Laufer
19. One-Word Proverbs | Katie Levin
20. Source Style Scramble | Brennan Thomas, Molly Fischer, and Jodi Kutzner
Index
About the Authors