Today, I stumbled upon an awesome new tool on Schoology's public resource page...Quizizz! Quizizz, a gamified student response system, is fun to say and even more fun to play! Teachers simply access the Quizizz website, make a FREE account, and create their review game. Quizizz provides the teacher with a split screen during the creation process, which I find extremely helpful. I'm able ... Read More about How to Create Review Games with Quizizz
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Gamified Government: Mission Accomplished!
My gamification experiment is over, and the results are in! The most common questions I received from my students were... ... Read More about Gamified Government: Mission Accomplished!
Great Gaming Sites for Social Studies Classes
Do your students appreciate gaming for than homework? My guess is that the closer we get to the wonderful month of May, your answer is a resounding yes :) Below are two of my favorite online game sites that are actually relevant to our wonderful content! ... Read More about Great Gaming Sites for Social Studies Classes
Review Activity for the Flipped Classroom
My Presidents Unit is rapidly drawing to a close, and my students are preparing to reap one of the benefits of the flipped classroom. Constant access to lecture material! To help my students access and manage video resources for this unit, I created a Blendspace board that includes the instructional videos they were assigned. This board is included below. My students are really ... Read More about Review Activity for the Flipped Classroom
Gamified Government: Keeping Track of Experience Points
My gamified unit is drawing to a close! I will most definitely continue gamifying my classes next year...most likely as a course long activity. However, I will admit that, other than having no clue about the gaming world, the thought of keeping track of my students' experience points was extremely daunting, and nearly deterred me from attempting gamification...simply because I compared it to ... Read More about Gamified Government: Keeping Track of Experience Points