I expected today to go smoothly. Not so much. Four kids in my morning class needed their password reset due to account being accessed elsewhere. I don’t know what else could cause that so I reminded kids why I ask that they only play the Science accounts during Science class. Battle.Net was down so it …
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Dec 09
Speak Up 2012 Teacher Results
I wanted to try out making an infographic while at the same time taking some of last year’s Speak Up Survey data and making it a little easier to use for our district tech committee. I used Piktochart and made the following infographic just using the teacher data. There is so much data and even …
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Dec 06
Rules and Consequences
I came across this blog post this morning by Mark Barnes, author of ROLE Reversal and a valuable member of my PLN: Teachers still struggle with rules and consequences. I have been running my classes as Results Only Learning Environment (ROLE) after reading Mark’s book and having twitter discussions with him and reading his blogs. …
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Dec 05
Why Game? #gbl #gamification
What is the allure of gaming? In thinking about this I wondered what things I would do instead of playing games. When the weather is nice (and it’s not dark by 4:30 pm – Pacific Northwest short days) I could be doing outdoor things. Being outdoors and exercising beats out gaming so there needs to …
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Dec 04
Day 3 WoW in Science #gbl
Every 8th grader in both classes has figured the game out to the point that they are all playing and don’t really need me anymore. Kids playing the same race characters are helping each other so they are experiencing successes. So I was able to start a character in each class! There are some perks …
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Dec 03
State Rep Invited to Co-Teach #waleg
With the help and support of a member of our middle and high school Science PLC, Maren Johnson, I invited one of my state’s congressmen, WA State Representative Steve Tharinger, to visit my Science classes to co-teach with me and see what’s going on in Washington’s schools. And he took me up on it and …
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Dec 03
Day 2 WoW in Science #gbl
Today went much more smoothly. Kids were able to sign in to their accounts much quicker, everyone made sure they were on the Sisters of Elune server or realm, and questing began! Most kids got to about level 3 with some experienced players getting beyond that (especially if they got to play some yesterday and …
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Dec 02
Day 1 WoW in Science #gbl
I had both 8th grade classes decide on whether they wanted to play for the Alliance or for the Horde by straight majority rule. My 2nd period class is playing Horde and my 4th period class is playing Alliance! Pretty cool and provides an opportunity to have them share their experiences. Then I gave students …
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Dec 02
Learning Targets #ngss
As part of our state teacher evaluation program, Teacher/Principal Evaluation Project (TPEP), we have to have our learning targets and success criteria clearly posted. Learning targets are to come from our standards, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and for Science the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Clearly posting learning targets is supposed to be …
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Dec 01
Gaming and Motivation
I’ve never been intrinsically motivated to exercise. We talk a lot about instilling an intrinsic desire to learn in our students. Extrinsic motivators like candy, class money, certificates, prizes, badges, points, grades, any incentives are seen as counter-productive to fostering intrinsic motivation. I see that. I’ve read some of Alfie Kohn’s work and I totally …
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