Paperless Is Not A Pedagogy
This Fall I will be teaching high school Geometry on Chromebooks with Minecraft. I am very excited! I have created a guide (in Google Slides) for teaching with Minecraft: Education Edition on the Chromebook. Minecraft: Education Edition allows me to engage students and provide a context for what they are learning. This is the perfect…
Gamification, for me, was not only for the classroom but also for my colleagues. After all, adults are just big kids at heart, right?!
NOW – School IT departments need to get set up with free M365 accounts and prepare for how to use Minecraft: Education Edition in the fall. Play Minecraft: Education Edition on a Chromebook On @playcraftlearn Twitter handle an invite to beta test Minecraft: Education Edition on Chromebooks was posted. I logged into my Chromebook, went…
Minecraft is an excellent place for students to learn in and contextualize their learning. A few basic things to know about Minecraft if you want to create learning spaces in the game. You will need a site license to Minecraft: Education Edition. Although, the elements in this tutorial pertain to bedrock Minecraft as well (what…
I have an Add-on (not available in the marketplace) to quickly create a unique bingo board for each student. Use the Bingo template to create a unique choice board per student. Tell students to choose 5 in a row from the choice board to make Bingo! The Add-on randomizes your choices for each student and…
Engagement matters for making a lesson memorable. While nothing is engaging for 100% of students, we do know that Minecraft is very engaging for many students. Heck, I personally spend hours playing Minecraft and lose all track of time. We may know Minecraft as a game that our students (and personal children) play. Yes, Minecraft…
Choice is very motivating. Try using my gamification template to create a Google Sheets choice board. Make a copy for each student so they can check off their choices and level up. Template Use alicekeeler.com/badgegame to make a copy of the template. Note, I have formulas all over the spreadsheet, be careful not to delete…
Youcubed out of Stanford is on a mission to reframe mathematics education. That there is no such thing as a math person, we are all good at math! Week of Inspirational Math The first step is to help students to have a growth mindset towards math. Youcubed provides what they call “Week of Inspirational Math.”…
Kahoot Brings Fun to Distance Learning We all know gamification works, kids will run to class and poke each other in the eye to do a Kahoot. This is my long standing joke I’ve said for years. Now we are in the position of having class online and we want kids running to learning even…
Immersive Reader Helps Our Struggling Students Google has awesome tools. Microsoft has awesome tools. Both are free. Why not set up both accounts to take advantage of the best innovation to help our students. Right now, Immersive Reader is a big deal for helping our students. Immersive Reader is a free tool that uses proven…
What if Rube Goldberg Played Fortnite? Guest blog post Steve Isaacs Fornite in the Classroom? Are your students playing Fortnite? Silly question, right? Here’s another question. Have you thought about bringing their passion for Fortnite into the classroom? There is no question about the fact that Fortnite is quite relevant to our students. You may…
Start Playing Minecraft Minecraft is a virtual world that can be used for collaboration and building. This is an excellent tool for students to demonstrate their learning. Important: You do NOT need to know how to play Minecraft to teach with Minecraft. – Steve Isaacs. Allow Students to Use Minecraft Easiest way to start teaching…
Roll dice right from Google. Fun and easy. Great for any classroom. Gamify your class with Google Dice.
GAMIFICATION with Google Slides. Instead of Jeopardy try a Water Bottle version for reviewing questions with students. Water Bottle Flipping is fun!
A Guest Post by Alicia Motter Impending inclement weather often precipitates conversations among teachers and students about snow days. Everyone wants one, don’t they? But the downside is that students remember less about the previous lesson because their routine has been interrupted. This is especially true when it happens right after starting new material. That…