Tag Archives: students

Teaching Memo: A Restaurant Challenge

Posted on 2020/01/16 by Steve Capone

After we engaged with the “capitalism vs. communism” concept group, I needed to assess my students’ understandings and abilities to apply those concepts… so with that in mind, I’m writing today about a fun, engaging, and effective assessment and application … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching Memos | Tagged application, assessment, bloom's taxonomy, capitalism, classroom management, cold war, communism, concept assessment, effective teaching strategies, engagement, History, quiz, social studies, student, student engagement, students, teacher, Teaching | Leave a comment

Classroom Code of Norms, for students and by students

Posted on 2019/09/04 by Steve Capone

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 →

Posted in Education, Teaching Memos | Tagged class, classroom management, code of norms, student agency, student authorship, student care, student choice, student voice, student-centered classroom, student-centered teaching, students, teachers, Teaching | Leave a comment

Students Learning From Gaming

Posted on 2019/04/08 by Steve Capone

Last week, I wrote about bringing Dungeons & Dragons to the after-school classroom (incidentally, D&D was in the Times opinion section this past weekend) and about how I more-or-less stumbled into the whole thing. Today I’m writing just a bit … Continue reading →

Posted in Games and Gamification | Tagged D&D, Dungeons & Dragons, empathy, game-based learning, games, games in school, games in the classroom, gaming, GBL, learning, learning from games, learning to play well with others, role playing, role playing game, role-playing games, RPGs, students, Teaching | Leave a comment

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love D&D (or, How I Unintentionally Brought Dungeons & Dragons to my Middle School)

Posted on 2019/04/05 by Steve Capone

Come with me on this journey of discovery and fun. This is a long one, but maybe you’ll get something out of it. Permit yourself to have a good time being a kid. It’ll end well. – – – At … Continue reading →

Posted in Games and Gamification, Teaching Memos | Tagged after school, board games, D&D, diplomacy, dominion, Dungeons & Dragons, fun, game play, games, geeks, grownups, indoor kids, memoir 44, nerds, play, play group, settlers of catan, student play, students, ticket to ride | 1 Comment

On Student Motivation (and on making content matter through gamification)

Posted on 2019/01/28 by Steve Capone

So as not to bury the lead: gamification motivates more naturally than does the boring, standard approach to content. For those who see my posts and think, TLDR, you may be interested in homing in on the bold-faced ideas, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Games and Gamification, Rough Ideas and Arguments, Teaching Memos | Tagged choose your own learning adventure, curricular themes, curriculum themes, games, gamification, learning, motivation, student choice, student interests, students, Teaching, teaching memo | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: students

Classroom Code of Norms, for students and by students

Students Learning From Gaming

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love D&D (or, How I Unintentionally Brought Dungeons & Dragons to my Middle School)

On Student Motivation (and on making content matter through gamification)

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