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
Recite: Awesome Online Poster Creator
Happy Friday! In a late-night Pinterest session, I came across another neat tool for poster creation...Recite! Recite is an extremely easy to use website that requires NO sign-ups or log-ins...which is great! Simply access the site, enter your quote (or search for a quote from Recite's database), choose a template, and voila! Your poster is complete. Creators can download your ... Read More about Recite: Awesome Online Poster Creator
Gamified American Government: The Nuts and Bolts
Wow! The response to my last post, How I'm Gamifying my High School Government Class, was AWESOME! Your encouraging comments and Tweets are so reassuring, especially since I have absolutely no idea about the world of online gaming! Some of you expressed some interest in the actual setup of my gamified unit, so here it is! A quick note about the badges... I have been researching different ... Read More about Gamified American Government: The Nuts and Bolts