Zachary Hartzman
Email: [email protected]
- Ludic keywords: Game-Based Learning, Teaching with video games
- Language keywords: Teaching English as a second language
- Pedagogy keywords: Culturally Responsive Teaching
👨🏫 Profile
Zachary Hartzman is a licensed Secondary School Teacher in New York. He teaches high school Social Studies in New York City where he has taught Global History, United States History, Economics, and Government. He has a Masters in the Teaching of Social Studies from Teachers College at Columbia University. He is the founder of Hey Listen Games, where he creates curriculum for teaching with video games. Hey Listen Games is also a space where educators can engage in discourse and share their experiences with game-based learning. He has been featured in a number of educational podcasts where he advocates for game-based learning in schools as a way to increase engagement among students and social-emotional learning. He frequently travels to video game and comic conventions in order to both learn and share how to utilize geek culture as a method of making learning more fun and improving school culture. He is active on twitter at @HeyListenGames_