By Gillian Judson – Feelings and imagination are rarely associated with curriculum discussions, but addressing emotion can help with student engagement. Source: Three Toolkits To Help Maximize Student Engagement
Month: July 2016
What is Gamification?
By Savas Savides (@SSavides) ‘OK, whoever finds the correct answer will get 5 points and a sticker. I’m writing the names of the students with the most points on the board. Let’s see who will be on the top!’ If you regularly set up in class mini competitions like that, you are already using gamification […]
Tips For Imaginative Educators #15: Change The Context
“Variety’s the very spice of life That gives it all its flavour.” (Source: The Task (1785), Book II, “The Timepiece” William Cowper 1731-1800) Most people like variety; it keeps life interesting. Unfortunately, few people associate typical schools or classrooms with variety. Indeed, it is the routinization of patterns and behaviours that makes most classrooms run like well-oiled machines. In […]