Looking for a Storyline
My greatest struggle in putting a game like this together was finding the right storyline and how to start the adventure. I’m a MATH TEACHER! […]
Gamification
My First Canvas RPG
I have been thinking and pondering for a long time on how to create a Choose-Your-Own Adventure game in Canvas. I’ve never played any role […]
Tech Adventure, Part 5 (The Beginning and the End)
Each gamified course needs an onboarding module. In OPERATION: Tech Bingo, I called it Basic Training. For this Tech Adventure, it is called The Maiden […]
Tech Adventure, Part 4 (The Choice Board)
There was more freedom to create a choice board for course participants to pick and choose their lessons since lessons weren’t housed in a Bingo […]
Tech Adventure, Part 2 (The Map and Badges)
Once the Modules were finished, I began creating a map to use for the badges. I’m not sure when the idea hit me to make […]
Tech Adventure, Part 1 (Theme and Lesson Structure)
My next big project was to build a smaller and more manageable professional development course for an elementary school. My good friend is a technology […]
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 […]
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 […]