Wii Cruzin Now
Have you ever seen people doing things/going places and wondered why you weren't? Ok that's me! Here goes. Wii Cruzin Now!!!!
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Nine year old Caine Monroy made a super-detailed cardboard arcade in his dad’s used auto part store. His first customer happened to be filmmaker Nirvan Mullick, who was inspired by Caine’s inventiveness and decided to get Caine a flashmob of customers one Sunday. This is a film about that day.
We loved this video immediately. And when the video ends, it’s always good when my kid says, “I want to see it again.” If you’re inspired by Caine and his cardboard arcade, too, you can follow @cainesarcade on Twitter and visit CainesArcade.com to donate to his college fund (which is happily climbing)!!
via @Veronica.
Other kids makin’ it happen: Audri and his Rube Goldberg Machine, and Milah and Korben sing Depeche Mode with their dad.
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You All Have An “F”
That’s what my PowerPoint slide read as my 6th grade technology students started this third quinn. The shock and surprise on their faces was priceless. Immediately they told me that they start the 9 weeks with an “A”. I said nothing and displayed my second side, it read, “You are on a quest to earn an “A”. For the next 10 minutes we discussed why.
I teach in an urban middle school. Let’s just say that many of my students are not too concerned about giving their best effort to pass the class. Many say, it’s JUST an elective, it doesn’t count and if we only played games on the computer we would do better. I heard their request and turned the entire course into a game. Students started the 9 weeks with zero points (F). One student came up with a name - Operation Grade Up.
Gamification here I come, I’ll let you know how it goes.
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How the Angry Birds Almost Died Before the First Level
Rovio CEO Mikael Hed recalls how his father mortgaged his grandparents’ home to fund the game’s development.After several years in business, his mobile game company had yet to produce a hit. Rovio’s chief backer, Hed’s father, Kaj, was struggling to figure out how to keep the company going.
Read the article here: allthingsd.com
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Classroom Inspiration
I am in the habit of revamping some aspect of my curriculum every year. I teach middle school technology in an urban area and let’s just say my students believe that the class exists for them to listen to music, look at google images and play games. Although I have been teaching for 12 years, this is my first year teaching at this particular middle school. Over the holiday break I stumbled on this book and decided to gamify my classroom. I’ll let you know how it goes.
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‘If Fred Got Two Beatings Per Day…’ Homework Asks
The question read, “If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in one week?”
The school district spokes person called it a cross-curricular activity the teacher was doing for Black History month. Are you kidding me?
Read about other math problems students had for homework.
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Infographic: The Gamification of Education
Created by Knewton and Column Five Media
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vanish into small (by ewitsoe)
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