Online math games are powerful motivators because they blend game-based fun with math practice, so students can learn while still staying engaged…
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How to make your students better writers with indirect characterization
...an easy way to flesh out your fictional characters, add juicy detail to your writing, and transform your bland...
An Escape Room Full of Spooky Secrets
Have fun this Halloween with an interactive escape room mystery based around INFERENCE!
AMAZing Math Puzzles That Make Students Think
Give students a reason to practice math with this fun math maze puzzle game. These online logic puzzles review math concepts and reward students with delightfully addictive learning
Teach Figurative Language by Fighting Monsters with Boom Cards
"The old tales tell of such wizardly barriers, which open not to a key such as ye can put in your pocket, but to a rhyme or a riddle's answer."Cecilia Dart-Thornton. The Ill-Made Mute. 2007. p. 245 I grew up reading folk tales where language was almost magical, and...
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I've been thinking a lot about the power of choice in education and how empowering it can be to give students a say in their learning. It just recently dawned on me that I really should extend this idea to creating resources for teachers as well. This comes from a...
How to use Choice to Unlock Your Student’s Imagination
How you can use choice to instantly wake up your students and unlock their imagination • GameWise
How Challenge can Gamify your Classroom and help you Differentiate
Welcome traveler. Shut the door, it's cold out there. Are you ready for a hot mug of gamification theory fun?! I know you just kind of stumbled in here, but if you're interested in practical tips for making learning more engaging, more productive and more AWESOME, you...