When I began my gamification experiment this year, I asked the students in my classes a simple question: would you rather have digital or physical badges? I was ABSOLUTELY surprised when my students overwhelmingly demanded physical badges. Even after I said that these badges would be simply be printed on card stock, they were adamant! I originally thought that these students, who are digital ... Read More about Gamification: How I Make My Badges
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5 Digital Exit Tickets for Any Class
Happy Tuesday, all! Weird opinion - I like Mondays. ? Weird, right? I feel like I'm functioning at a pretty high level on Mondays ... I'm not sure if it's a "new week, new me" mentality or that I'm coming off of a weekend, but I feel super motivated! It's definitely not from more rest over the weekend because I'm busy shuttling my kids to various sporting events ? I hope that my Monday motivation ... Read More about 5 Digital Exit Tickets for Any Class
5 Activities for the First Day of School – Part 2
Happy Friday, friends! I'm coming to you today from as I take advantage of my last day off before school starts on Monday, and while I'm sad to see our summer vacation come to an end, brainstorming new activities and buying a new coffee mug are helping with my motivation to head back to my classroom ? If you're still looking for the first days of school activities that DON'T involve going over the ... Read More about 5 Activities for the First Day of School – Part 2
We can’t use Jamboard, but …
Happy Monday, all! I hope your week is off to a fabulous start! My Monday started as it has for more than half a year - with a 5K! In early December, I started running a 5k every Monday - I didn't necessarily intend to make it a goal or tradition to run a weekly 5k, but it quickly turned into just that! Today, I ran my 34th weekly 5k IN A ROW. Coming from an asthmatic 35-year-old mommy, with bad ... Read More about We can’t use Jamboard, but …
Chrome Extensions: 2021 Edition
Happy Monday, friends! I'm coming to you from my kitchen this evening, as a try out a new recipe for dinner. My daughters have VERY different tastes and are very picky - the only thing they can really agree on is that we must have steamed broccoli for dinner! - and my husband would prefer to just run through McDonald's. Fingers crossed that this recipe is a crowd-pleaser, or at least tolerated by ... Read More about Chrome Extensions: 2021 Edition
