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2025 Winter Conference

  • January 17, 2025
  • 6:00 PM
  • January 19, 2025
  • 3:00 PM
  • Virtual

Registration

  • For members of the Reacting Consortium who wish to attend all conference events who register between Dec 1 and Dec 21.
  • For Reacting Consortium members who wish to attend all conference events, who register before December 1.
  • For instructors who wish to only attend the Friday night workshop "One More Thing to Master?"
  • For instructors who are not yet members of the Reacting Consortium and wish to attend all conference events and who register on or after Dec 21.
  • DEI Advancement funded registration. Details on event page. Email reacting@barnard.edu by November 22, 2024 to apply.
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2025 WINTER CONFERENCE

One More Thing to Master?

Turning a Master Teacher into a Game Master

 The University of Georgia is once again hosting a virtual Reacting Winter Conference on January 17th–19th, 2025!

This year’s workshop will focus on the challenges that accompany transforming yourself from a Master Teacher to a Game Master. As faculty you are asked to wear more and more hats—instructor, informal counselor, grader, committee member, mental health watchdog, mentor on student success, researcher, and more. All the other hats you have to wear may hold you back from even attempting to master a new role as a Game Master. You may feel daunted when contemplating how Reacting requires not only an entirely different kind of learning for your students but also a different kind of teaching from you. Although Reacting asks you to wear one more hat as you move between your more familiar role as a Master Teacher and your new role as a Game Master, the benefits of this pedagogy are so significant that it is more than worthwhile.

Join us virtually this year for a collegial conversation on mastering the art of game mastering. Whether you are new to Reacting and worried about wearing one more hat or you have been game mastering for years and want both to learn new strategies and to share your own practices with others, this workshop is for you!

PROGRAM SCHEDULE
(ALL TIMES EASTERN)

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17

6:00 - 7:00 PM

OPTIONAL  BEGINNER'S FAQ

New to Reacting? This is an optional session for anyone who is new to Reacting to the Past or to the Zoom platform—join us to ask questions about what you should do to prepare for gameplay and how to use Zoom to fully engage with the conference events!
7:30 - 9:00 PM   

WINTER CONFERENCE WORKSHOP: ONE MORE THING TO MASTER?

Join us for an in-depth discussion on integrating Reacting to the Past into an already full workload. Whether you are just starting out or are a veteran, we hope to provide a stimulating conversation on how to add the title of GM to the many hats you wear as an instructor.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 16

 11:00 AM-12:30 PM GAME WORKSHOP SESSION 1 
The best way to learn about the Reacting pedagogy is to experience it. Choose one:

The first session covers game set-up, historical context, faction meetings, and includes a 10 minute break.

12:30-1:30 PM

LUNCH BREAK

Get away from your screen, get some food, and decompress!

1 :30-2:00 PM

SOCIAL BREAK

Game rooms will be open for attendees to drop in and chat with their fellow game players outside of the context of their roles. 

2:00-3:30 PM

GAME WORKSHOP SESSION 2

Continue playing your chosen Reacting game. Session includes a 10 minute break.
3:30-4:15 PM

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Watch this space for more details!

SUNDAY, JANUARY 19

11:00 AM-12:30 PM

GAME SESSION 3

Get to know your Game Master and continue playing your chosen game. Session includes a 10 minute break.

12:30 - 1:30 PM

LUNCH BREAK

Get away from your screen, get some food, and decompress!

1:30 - 2:00 PM

SOCIAL BREAK

Game rooms will be open for attendees to drop in and chat with their fellow game players outside of the context of their roles. 
2:00 - 3:30 PM

GAME SESSION 4

Debriefing, and post-mortem discussion. 
3:30-4:15 PM

CLOSING COLLOQUY

Watch this space for more details!


PRICING
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

   Early Bird  
Oct 29-Nov 3		  Regular  
Dec 1-20		  Late
 Dec 21-Jan 10
 Member  $150  $175

 $200
 Non-Member  $225  $250  $275




Become a Reacting Consortium member to save on your registration. Memberships start at just $25. 

FUNDED REGISTRATION FOR DEI ADVANCEMENT
We offer free and subsidized registration for instructors of historically underrepresented and marginalized identity groups, and/or for those teaching at minority-serving institutions (HBCUs, Tribal colleges, AAPI- and Hispanic-serving institutions). Email reacting@barnard.edu with the subject line “Funded WC Spot” by November 22, 2024 for more information and to apply. 


WORKSHOP-ONLY REGISTRATION
Instructors wishing to attend only the Friday night workshop may do so for $75. These registrants cannot observe or participate in the game workshop sessions on Saturday and Sunday.


Refer to the conference page for full details. 


REGISTER NOW

NOTE: The Reacting Consortium Board, in its sole and absolute discretion, reserves the right to bar any person from the Reacting Faculty Lounge on Facebook and from participation in any Reacting Consortium event. Please also be advised that some or all of the online workshops may be recorded.

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