Tag Archives: classroom

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.

Matching Minds: A Quick-thinking Creativity Game

Matching Minds is a fast-paced, word association game that challenges students’ vocabulary. Players compete to come up with unique words that fit specific categories. Setup is easy; just duplicate the slide deck, create categories, and pair up students. The game promotes creativity, communication, and brainstorming. The team with the most points after the final round wins.

XP and Grades: Moving from Subtractive to Additive Grading

In my gamification journey, I’ve learned a lot through trial-and-error. In this blog series, I’m going to outline how I developed my gamified grading system to increase student engagement and focus on learning. To begin, I’ll look at why I changed the way I grade and some initial setup.

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 8-Bit Instructor: What Marvel Strike Force Taught Me about Collaboration (EP039)

This week, I look at Marvel’s mobile game, Marvel Strike Force, and what we can learn about collaboration and how to use it in class. Plus, news and updates from Google and the Department of Education.

The 8-Bit Instructor: Digital Escape Rooms with Karly Moura (EP038)

In this week’s episode, Karly Moura joins me to talk about creating your own digital escape room activities for class. Plus, some news and updates from Google and the Department of Education.