OPERATION: Tech Bingo, Part 5 (Black Ops)
One of my favorite things about the course is the addition of Black Ops. I wanted to have a few “Easter Eggs” in the course […]
Gamification
OPERATION: Tech Bingo, Part 4 (eXperience Points)
Teachers in the course earn two things: badges and points. When teachers earn a badge, they also earn 30 minutes of professional develop time that […]
OPERATION: Tech Bingo, Part 3 (Covert Ops & Medals)
The Bingo board has 24 lessons on it in five categories: Canvas, Google, SMART, Tech Standards, and Web Apps. These technology applications are those that […]
OPERATION: Tech Bingo, Part 2 (Badges)
I wanted a way to disseminate badges that was more hands-off since we have so many teachers in the district. Printing, cutting, and awarding paper […]
OPERATION: Tech Bingo, Part 1 (Missions)
I am an Instructional Technology Coach and my job is to support teachers on two of our ten high schools. I am available to them […]
CSI Algebra 1
My next gamification project was to take Clark Creative Education’s CSI Algebra 1 curriculum and make it an interactive experience in our learning management system, […]
The STAAR Review Course (Covert Ops & Medals)
The STAAR Review course included optional assignments for students to earn more eXperience Points. By doing these optional assignments, they would level up faster. Covert […]
The STAAR Review Course (Intro and Missions)
I moved out of the classroom in 2016 to be an Instructional Technology Coach. I’m still in this role and help teachers on two of […]
The Beginnings of Gamification using Canvas
In 2012, I took a job at Seven Lakes Junior High. I moved down from high school to the junior high so my son could […]
The Master’s Degree Research Project (The Discussion)
This will be the last, boring post as I wrap up most of what was in my Master’s research project. Here I’ve added the Discussion […]