In A Galaxy Far, Far Away: My Classroom Gamification Process (Part 1)

Today I started planning my 5th classroom gamification game…5th!!! Holy wow! Can you believe it has been that many already. I sat at my kitchen table and channeled my inner Jedi, Hans Solo, Princess Leia and Chewbacca and R2D2 organizing my thoughts and ideas for my newest game…“Star Wars: The Force Be With You. The …

Bright Ideas #5: Angry Birds Gamification…Bricks, Birds and Green Pigs

Last quarter my students and I jumped into the world of gamification! Using Super Mario Brothers I developed a classroom “gamified” behavior system.  We had a blast!  Not only was it fun and engaging, I saw improvement in student behaviors and it really changed me and our classroom too (I have more to say about …

Bright Ideas #7: Mini-Game: Keep. Trade. Auction

He shared with me the power-ups he uses with his classroom. Power-ups that were not tangible items or special activities. “Gosh” I thought, “I just don’t think that would work for my students. For my students, their needs and my goals for our gamification system earning tangible items and special activities was what they needed to motivate …

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I’m  a momma, wife, mismatch sock wearer,  youtuber, author, doodler, inspiration junkie,  Special Education teacher and inspiration junkie. Seven years ago a friend thought it would be a great idea to start a blog together.  With a deep breath and fear that all the weirdos in the world would start stalking me or the white van …