I don’t like grading quizzes. I think of a quiz as a formative assessment on both the student AND the teacher. What did the students learn from the previous lesson? What did I teach poorly? Quizzes should not be graded any more than a practice touchdown should count during a game. The data from the […]| Classroom Powerups
Unit 2’s Ladder Match Boss Fight Assessment was a huge hit! Which means that the students are going to want to have more of these creative assessments which is both good (they are super engaged and perform better) and bad (now I have to get creative instead of just giving them the test). So I […]| Classroom Powerups
A week ago I posted about a new LADDER MATCH boss fight. Overall it has gone really well but I did have some minor tweaks that came through play testing. Rebuilding the Jenga Tower Adjustment It became quickly apparent in the first game that recovering from a collapse of the Jenga tower or a failed […]| Classroom Powerups
In all of my preparations at the end of last year I forgot my #1 rule. Students competing against each other doesn’t work in my gamified classroom. I had transitioned a few years ago to students competing together against the game. I also forgot my second rule which was gathering game data from every student […]| Classroom Powerups