student engagement Archives

01 May 2020

Create Immersive Learning Experiences with Augmented Reality (without fancy equipment)

https://videopress.com/v/dWGmA3Cx?autoPlay=true&loop=true&muted=true&persistVolume=false&preloadContent=metadata This episode was recorded in February before many schools began remote teaching. While the context of the conversation is a normal classroom, there are applications to remote teaching if you and/or your students have a device at home Generally when people thing of augmented reality, they think of Pokemon Go. The game tapped into the nostalgia of Pokemon fans everywhere, myself included. It created an immersive experience for users where they could actually see Pokemon in their physical environment through the use of their camera phone. Creating an immersive experience shouldn't just be limited to mobile games though. How…

The Best New Review Activity For Any Class

In this video, I chat about a new review activity I tried called the Three 3's. I really enjoyed it. Students had 9 questions and they had to ask a different person each question and summarize their answer. Got them up out of their seats and working with students they don't normally work with. Can work in any content area. Here is the example I showed in the video for my Pre-Algebra class. I got the idea from a book called Total Participation Techniques. https://youtu.be/RXWDuAKq_Lk

Are Classroom Games Contrary to Intrinsic Motivation?

In my first year of teaching, I played games as a review activity several times, usually for math. I did table vs. table, boys vs. girls, white shirts vs. blue shirts, etc. A few things happened that made me avoid games as a review activity for a while. I found that everyone would depend on the fastest problem solver for the answer. They either disregarded their own answer or didn’t try altogether. I thought “maybe I should have everyone come to a consensus and they all have to write down the work in their journal.” That turned into slower paced students…