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High school #ELA | husband & father | #edtech enthusiast | Google Certified Trainer | I like nerdy socks | host of The Educator's Quest podcast

Joined November 2018
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Introducing scarcity and impatience in the class is a good way to insert some urgency into your classroom. #EDU #edutwitter educatorsquest.com/2024/10/1โ€ฆ

Gamification Core Drive 6: Scarcity &ย Impatience

By implementing strategies that introduce scarcity and impatience, teachers can enhance student motivation and value in learning outcomes.

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Students will invest more when they have ownership of something. Find ways to incorporate ownership and possession into your classroom. #gamification educatorsquest.com/2024/08/0โ€ฆ

Gamification Core Drive 4: Ownership &ย Possession

In the classroom, students can be very possessive. This behavior reflects Core Drive 4: Ownership & Possession, driven by our natural possessiveness. By incorporating game design techniques thaโ€ฆ

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Creativity and feedback are vital to a great learning environment. And it helps increase student engagement. #gamification #edchat educatorsquest.com/2024/07/2โ€ฆ

Gamification Core Drive 3: Empowerment of Creativity &ย Feedback

My elementary-age daughter loves the arts. Drawing, dancing, creating clay objects, and designing rooms in Canva. She loves doing it all, and I hope that spirit never goes away. Children have such โ€ฆ

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Playing NES as a kid helped me learn how to work through challenges. That feeling of success is the same thing we want to establish in our students. #gamification #education educatorsquest.com/2024/07/1โ€ฆ

Gamification Core Drive 2: Development &ย Accomplishment

Playing challenging video games as a kid prepared me for lifeโ€™s hurdles. In education, using game design techniques like boss fights and progress bars can give students that same sense of accโ€ฆ

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The first in the series about the 8 Core Drives of gamification and how they can be applied in the classroom. #gamification educatorsquest.com/2024/07/0โ€ฆ

Gamification Core Drive 1: Epic Meaning &ย Calling

The Octalysis frameworkโ€™s Core Drive 1, Epic Meaning & Calling, motivates people through higher purpose and narrative. It can be applied in a variety of ways in the classroom.

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Engage students in assessments by turning it into a boss battle. Classes unite to defeat a common foe. #gamification educatorsquest.com/2024/06/2โ€ฆ

Boss Battles: Assessments with aย Twist

Engage students in assessments by turning it into a boss battle. Use Google Sheet to track progress and incentivize success.

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There are a few different kinds of motivation when it comes to gaming. Each had it's own use. #education #gamification educatorsquest.com/2024/06/1โ€ฆ

Divisions of Gamification: Left Brain/Right Brain, White Hat/Blackย Hat

In a previous post, I discussed a general ideas of what gamification is. Before getting into the specifics of different game techniques, thereโ€™s one other part of the framework to understand.โ€ฆ

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What is Gamification? It's not quite as complicated as people may think. #engagement #edchat educatorsquest.com/2024/06/1โ€ฆ
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Get your students thinking about vocabulary deeper than definitions. #Teacher #gamification educatorsquest.com/2024/06/0โ€ฆ

Links: Finding the Commonย Thread

Links challenges students to group 16 related terms into 4 categories. It encourages critical thinking, communication, and justification of reasoning. The game offers various variations including wโ€ฆ

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Matching Minds is a fun, easy to set up game that will get students thinking. Free resources available. educatorsquest.com/2024/05/2โ€ฆ

Matching Minds: A Quick-thinking Creativityย Game

Matching Minds is a fast-paced, word association game that challenges studentsโ€™ vocabulary. Players compete to come up with unique words that fit specific categories. Setup is easy; just duplโ€ฆ

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Anybody have any solutions you've already come up with to combat students writing essays using AI? #edchat #edtech
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Great tips for editing video! Thanks @tonyvincent #GaETC2022
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Ms. Armstrong @MsCArmstrong3
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Day 2 is off to a fantastic start! Learning about more things I can do with @Google Slides with @comicsocks - such great info! #GaETC22 #NavigatingTheFuture @GaETConf
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I learned that I can use a master slide deck for a template for my kids. I am also going to be implementing Choose your own adventure. Thanks @comicsocks @GaETConf #GaETC22 #NavigatingTheFuture #Domorewithgoogleslides
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Keeping it classy at the top with @tonyvincent! #GaETC2022
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Adobe Express can really turn your world upside down! #GaETC2022 #AdobeEduCreative
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Thoroughly enjoyed sharing the power of using narrative for engagement and retention! @GaETConf #GaETC2022
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I'm excited to share some tips for Google Slides and some gamification ideas in just a few days at @GaETConf! #edtech
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Sometimes you just have to go back to the good parts of the teen years.
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