Gamerfying Class Dojo in the Classroom.
Most of you reading this will be aware of what Class Dojo is. I use it primarily as a point tracker. Yes, I know, it can be used as a portfolio and communication tool, too. I use something else for
Measurement with Kindergarten.
This week, I’m working with Kindergarten (it’s their second week of ‘big school!) and we’re looking at the first steps of measurement – mainly short, tall, shorter than, taller than, etc etc. As part of this introduction, I’m using a
Interactive Fantasy Roleplaying Narratives.
“Roll a D20” “That’s a hit. Roll 2D6” “The door shatters. What do you do now?” If you don’t understand the language above, then you never played the tabletop roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons (DnD). So, how do I introduce
Say Your Line!
I recently took a group of Stage 3 boys for CAPA. When they asked what we were doing for CAPA, I replied with drama. So many groans and moans were had. I explained to the boys that drama doesn’t have
Pigs. In. Schoooooool!
Bad Piggies was used as an introduction on an activity focusing on potential energy with Stage 3 this week. The game was projected wirelessly to the SMARTboard and a quick descrption was given: The goal of the game is to
Classroom Olympics.
During the 2012 Olympics, I did a really deep, day-long lesson/activity with Stage 3 involving the students teaming up into country groups and competing in Olympic games by playing Mario and Sonic at the 2012 Olympic Games on the Nintendo
The Apple and the Adjective.
I’ve been asked to do lessons on adjectives, both as introductions and revisions, for different classes. What I’m going to show you here is how I went about doing this. For this lesson, I needed my iPad, AppleTV setup, a
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I’d like to introduce you to a pretty deep lesson I do using the iPad game, Outwitters. This is a lesson I have used with students from Kindergarten right up to Year 6. Before I start, let me
Fruit Break Ninjas.
I take my personal iPad to each classroom I go to. My iPad has a huge collection of educational apps and games on it that range from Kindergarten to Stage 3 levels, and some beyond. I find the iPad is