I am incredibly excited to announce that I have been recognized as a Book Excellence Award Winner for my book, Game On? Brain On! The surprising relationship between play and gray (matter) in the Education/Academic Category.
Out of hundreds of books that were entered into the Book Excellence Awards competition, my book was selected for its high quality writing, design and overall market appeal.
To view my complete award listing, you can visit: The Book Excellence Awards Here
The book was released in 2020 and uses cognitive science to explore the ways in which play helps students gain and maintain critical skills. Game On? Brain On! invites creativity and excitement into the classroom results in big gains for everyone.
Writing for Learning and the Brain, Dr. Rebecca Gotlieb suggests that, “Especially amidst the COVID-19 pandemic when students miss their friends and may find online learning to be exhausting and when teachers are seeing anew how challenging standardized curricula can be, we could better serve our students by absorbing Portnoy’s lessons about how to harness the power of play. As such, Game On? Brain On! will be of interest to an array of K-16 educators and education reformers.”
You can get a copy for yourself here: https://www.amazon.com/Game-Brain-Surprising-Relationship-between/dp/1951600428/