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Conference Week, 2019! UCSS and AMLE19
Things are about to get quite a bit [more] interesting for me. Saturday, bright and early, you’ll find me at the Utah Council for the Social Studies (UCSS) presenting a gamified hour on the topic of gamification. Here’s my blurb: … Continue reading
Posted in Conference Presentations, Conference Submissions, Games and Gamification, Rough Ideas and Arguments, Teaching Memos
Tagged American Middle Level Educators, AMLE, AMLE19, board games, conference, Conference Presentations, conferences, game, game night, games, gamification, UCSS, Utah Council for the Social Studies
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Teaching Memo: How to Use Film [effectively] in the Classroom
In class this week, my students and I watched and discussed The Biggest Little Farm – an ingenious movie that I fully expected to be intensely boring but that I’ve now seen four times and absolutely adore. (Aside: When I first … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Philosophy, Political Considerations, Teaching Memos
Tagged biggestlittlefarm, effective teaching strategies, film, film in class, graphic organizers, learning, movie, movies, pedagogical practice, pedagogical strategies, pedagogy, scaffolding, Teaching, teaching strategies
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Teaching Memo: Why I Love the IDM (Inquiry Design Model) Blueprint
A year ago, in searching for Social-Studies professional development resources and tools, I came across a single-page lesson-planning document that has been a friend to whom I return every month or two, as I develop new lessons for my classroom. … Continue reading
Posted in Rough Ideas and Arguments, Teaching Memos
Tagged C3, C3 Teachers, curriculum, historical thinking, how to be a teacher, how to plan, IDM, inquiry design model, lesson planning, lesson plans, NCSS, pedagogical practice, pedagogy, planning, social studies, teacher, Teaching, teaching methodology, thinking like a historian
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Gamification as a Boat-Building Exercise
Unlike many teachers, I do not teach the same content every year. Sometimes, I wish I were planning a unit I’ve taught many times before – and I’ve lived that experience in the past – but most of the time … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Games and Gamification, Rough Ideas and Arguments, Teaching Memos
Tagged advice to new gamifiers, classroom game, classroom management, education, engagement, game, game my class, game-based learning, games, games in the classroom, games to learn, gamification, gamify, learning, presentations, student-centered classroom, twitter
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Classroom Code of Norms, for students and by students
Last year, my sixth-grade team of teachers worked together with students to guide students to create a class-wide set of norms for behavior. The process was energizing and gave the students a voice in their own expectations, so I decided … Continue reading
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