I was a part of the ADE team that traveled to Elkhart Indiana to conduct professional development for about 450 teachers today. I had a ball. It felt good to share best practices and a little bit of what works in my classroom as well as footage from what works in my classroom with a group of enthusiastic teachers such as the ones that I encountered today. My session was about games that can be used in the classroom to help students have fun, collaborate, and learn all in one swoop. I started off with riddles and we had a bit of fun with plickers QR codes as a form of formative assessment. I continued with games for formative assessment that are individual and those that can be used for collaboration. The teachers played a round of Quizizz as individuals and we compared it to the Kahoot experience. Kahoot is well known but Quizizz (in my opinion) is a better option. The teachers loved the memes and the fact that you can play at your own pace. They also mentioned that they loved the reporting that you can get from Quizizz as well as the ability to customize their quizzes. It was fun, but we really had a blast when the teachers played the collaborative game of Quizlet Live. I had 55 students at one time who really didn’t know each other’s names. They had to travel around to find their teams and they we started the game. Man! Those teachers had a blast! There were the same moans and groans that I hear in my classroom when my students play and the same sound of triumph when a group of teachers won! It was so much FUN. I believe that I am the mistress of fun stuff in the classroom so I will definitely so this workshop again! Please see the workshop presentation below...
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AuthorBianca Woodard is a social studies teacher at Midland Valley High School. She's an Apple Distinguished Educator (2017) and a Microsoft Certified Trainer. Archives
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