Why do students not do the reading assignment (or any assignment)? Well, a variety of reasons. Assignment is not interesting to them. Assignment is not relevant to them. Assignment is too challenging. Directions are difficult to follow. Feeling that they will not be successful so they give up before they start. Lack of a sense…
Category: Gamification
Scramble with Friends
This week I was a substitute for an English class. Being a math teacher it is a little outside of my expertise, but I welcome a challenge and change. One girl in the class indicated she felt she needed to work on spelling. Not sure how I can tackle spelling in one hour I suggested…
Cut the rope: tangent to a circle
I am a fan of applying gaming principles (gamification) but I am also a fan of playing games to learn. While most games are not specifically designed for instructional purposes and many instructional games are not much more than a dressed up worksheet there is much to learn from games that are not specifically designed…
Non educational games
I was playing cut the rope after trying to figure out is solitaire cash legit on my iPhone and was thinking how this and games like it could be used to help students learn by discovery learning. This particular level requires that I shoot a plunger at a swinging piece of candy. I need to…
Gamification
On Saturday I attended EdCamp SF Bay in Oakland. It was an amazing and fun experience. I signed up to lead a discussion on gamification, or in other words… how to apply gaming principles to the classroom. The discussion was really good and I am feeling motivated to move forward with my gamification ideas for…
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