Tag: motivation

Jul 03

Gamification in EdTech Conferences #ISTELive #NCCEchat

I have been learning about gamification for years. I’ve helped create a few courses to give teachers ideas on how to gamify their classes to engage their students, motivate their students, and bring some fun and joy into their classrooms. I love playing video games so gamification works for me to the point that I …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2022/07/03/gamification-in-edtech-conferences-istelive-nccechat/

May 14

Who trains for a marathon during quarantine?

Races provide fuel for viruses. Dozens, hundreds, sometimes thousands of runners in close proximity, breathing for long periods of time greatly increases the risk of getting enough virus in your system to get sick. So races have gone virtual to follow quarantine orders and to protect runners and spectators. A virtual race is when the …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2020/05/14/who-trains-for-a-marathon-during-quarantine/

Feb 28

School as a Game

This post was originally published on the WA CORELaborate site! In a way, school is already a game. Think about it. Think about your top performing or A students. They have figured out how to play the game of school. They know how to complete assignments, turn in their homework, do well on quizzes and …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2017/02/28/school-as-a-game/

Oct 03

Medals for All vs Medals for Finishing

I started watching this season of Survivor. I’ve always liked Survivor and reality games like that because it appeals to the part of me that likes to see how people act in out of the ordinary situations. I did major in psychology in college after all. This season they are pitting Millennials against Gen X’ers. …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2016/10/03/medals-for-all-vs-medals-for-finishing/

May 20

Craving Acknowledgement [Revisited]

I published this post a little over a year ago. I wanted to re-publish it because of the lessons learned when I wrote it, especially the posts I linked to. It all started in 2011 when I wrote this. Last year [the 2012-13 school year] our middle school staff agreed to stop choosing Student’s of …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2015/05/20/craving-acknowledgement-revisited/

May 18

Teacher Motivation

One of my blog posts sparked a comment where the question of teacher motivation came up. Specifically if tying standardized test scores to teacher evaluation can be motivating to teachers. What follows is the comment along with the questions and my response: “Good luck with your efforts. Truly shameful that you’re not getting enough support …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2015/05/18/teacher-motivation/

Oct 20

Am I a Hypocrite?

Sometimes I feel like hypocrite when I denounce extrinsic rewards. I’ve been vocal at my school about my discomfort rewarding students for things they should be doing. Things that many of them do anyways. We even abolished our monthly awards ceremonies and student of the month award ceremonies last year. But now we have become …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2014/10/20/am-i-a-hypocrite/

Mar 25

What Am I Missing Here?

I need a fresh perspective on something I’ve been struggling with this school year. My reason for gamifying my courses was to motivate and engage more of my students whether they are gamers or not. Last week I reiterated something in blog post that I’ve learned in over 22 years of teaching, that no ONE …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2014/03/25/what-am-i-missing-here/

Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2013/07/03/characteristics-of-gbl/

Jun 11

Alternate Reality Game

This past Thursday Nicholas Provenzano hosted a Twitter chat at #NerdyChat on the topic of Gamification (see transcript here). Gamification is the idea of using the best of video gaming in the classroom. Why? Watch a kid play a video game. Video games hook the player and motivate the player to persevere through failure and …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2012/06/11/alternate-reality-game/

Load more