Avoidance of loss (grades) must balance with positive incentives to genuinely inspire student learning.
Category Archives: Teaching & Learning
Gamification Core Drive 7: Unpredictability & Curiosity
Incorporating techniques like random rewards and visual elements can create excitement and enhance student participation through mystery and surprise.
Links: Finding the Common Thread
Links challenges students to group 16 related terms into 4 categories. It encourages critical thinking, communication, and justification of reasoning. The game offers various variations including whole group and individual assignments. It’s a useful tool teaching critical thinking and communication skills.
The Limitations of Authority
In his book, Gladwell talks about the unrest in Northern Ireland, and how a British officer attempted to quell the unrest by cracking down severely on citizens and instituted a harsh curfew. The idea was that they would instill fear into the citizens and keep them from breaking any laws. The opposite happened.
The 8-Bit Instructor: Reflections on a Crazy Year (EP042)
It’s the final episode of the first season! I do some reflecting on this past year and the things I’ve learned as well as things that will hopefully continue on after things go back to “normal”.
The Fruits of Your Labor
One of my seniors really got me unexpectedly on Tuesday.
The 8-Bit Instructor: Gamification with Michael Matera (EP041)
This week, Michael Matera joins me to discuss gamification and applying gaming principles into your classroom.
The 8-Bit Instructor: Summer PL (EP040)
This week, I talk about tips for summer PL and some different ideas for what you could do. Plus, news and updates as well as a great Google Classroom tip.
The Post-Spring-Break Struggle
This week was a real struggle. Coming off of Spring Break is always tough. The end of the year is in sight, but there’s still a long way to go.
Spotting the Finish Line
With Spring Break coming to a close, we’re so close, but we’re not quite to the finish line.
The Educator's Quest 