Last summer, I was playing around with ways to spice up my Genius Hour time, and decided to add some of the elements of gamification to the mix. One of these was to create Challenge Cards. At the beginning of each Genius Hour, students have the option to choose a Challenge Card. The higher the … Read more
I know it’s an odd hobby, but I spend a lot of time reading blogs, tweets, Flipboard magazines, etc… about education. During the summer months, I’ve noticed some common themes in articles, and I thought I would share them with you here, along with a few resources for each. These are all topics I think … Read more
Update: *As of 1/2/14, you can now download all of my current Genius Hour resources in a bundle on Teachers Pay Teachers for $5. Or, you can still download them separately (for free) by clicking on the links below. This is a continuation from yesterday’s post regarding Genius Hour Challenge Cards. I shared the ones I … Read more
Update: *As of 1/2/14, you can now download all of my current Genius Hour resources in a bundle on Teachers Pay Teachers for $5. Or, you can still download them separately (for free) by clicking on the links below. As I mentioned last week, I have been toying with the idea of having the students choose … Read more
Since I have decided to gamify Genius Hour, I thought that it would spice things up to give the students surprise challenges. I haven’t designed the cards, yet, because I am hoping that some of you can give me more ideas. Please go to this link to add some ideas to my Padlet wall, tweet me … Read more
This is going to be one of those think-out-loud kind of posts. If you’ve been following this blog, then you know that I am a big advocate for Genius Hour, and that I have been playing with the idea of gamifying my classroom. Actually, I made an attempt at both of these last year with … Read more