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Event Name:
Tabletop RPGs (Role Playing Games) for Teens Done Virtually
Competency:
Programming
Description:
We will discuss how transitioning to virtual programming can work with tabletop RPGs. There are a variety of options, including a Harry Potter themed RPG that Mary Beth has written and run both in person and virtually. This is good for anyone interested as you do not have to have previous knowledge of, or experience with, tabletop RPGs.
Learning Objectives:
Community
Teens learn to work together and create connections outside their base friend groups.
Creativity
Teens learn to exercise lateral thinking and problem solving.
Learning
Teens learn about social literacy in a lower stress environment.
Presenter:
Mary Beth Rogers earned her MLIS from the University of Kentucky. Her career in libraries started in high school as a library aide and she has had different positions in the Dayton Metro Library system ever since. She is currently the Teen Services Librarian at the New Lebanon Branch of the Dayton Metro Library. Mary Beth is on the Teen Think Tank planning committee. She loves to write and has created two RPGs that her teens have played and request to play again.