Developing Creative and Persuasive Skills through Games (High School Stream)
15th-16th April (1:30pm-5pm)
|Epping Boys High
For Years 7-10


Time & Location
15th-16th April (1:30pm-5pm)
Epping Boys High, Vimiera Rd Marsfield
About the Event
Workshop Summary:
This two half-day workshop is designed to develop the creative and persuasive skills of gifted students using a game-based approach. Students will learn about the theories of creativity & persuasion, and how they can be applied in their studies and daily life. A series of fun and challenging games will be introduced and analysed to challenge students to extend their creative and persuasive skills through the topics below:
Creativity:
- What is creativity and how can we become more creative?
- How do game designers come up with such creative ideas and what can we learn from that?
- How can we apply creativity in our academic studies and daily life?
Persuasive skills:
- How can we communicate complex ideas effectively to a general audience?
- How can we use presentation skills and rhetorical devices to enhance the persuasiveness of our speeches?
- How can we incorporate creativity to enhance our persuasion and make a lasting impact?
The workshop will be led by Ms Wong and Dr Kwok:
· Ms Wong is a high school English teacher in Sydney and a tutor and mentor for gifted students worldwide from countries including Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, and the UK. Ms Wong is the Gifted Education Advisor of Mensa NSW and graduated with a Masters Degree in Gifted Education from UNSW with excellence.
· Dr Kwok is both an experienced educator and a gifted individual himself. He has a Phd from UNSW, is a member of Mensa and achieved an ATAR equivalent of 99+.
Tickets
2 Half-Day Workshop
Developing Creative and Persuasive Skills
A$275.00
Total
A$0.00