Team Up! 9:10am
Team Up! 9:10am
Sit in table groups of 2-3. Try to sit with people who work with similar ages.
Sit in table groups of 2-3. Try to sit with people who work with similar ages.
As a team:
As a team:
Choose a Superhero Team Name
Choose a Superhero Team Name
What is your superpower?
What is your superpower?
What is your kryptonite?
What is your kryptonite?
Where is your secret lair?
Where is your secret lair?
Build Challenge
Build Challenge
In teams, you will have 15 minutes to finish the Pringles Challenge.
In teams, you will have 15 minutes to finish the Pringles Challenge.
Each team will get 1 can of Pringles to create the EPIC Pringles Ring. Finish the ring in 15 minutes or less and your team wins the #SquadGoals badge!!
Find out more about this build challenge here:
carlyandadam.com/thecarlyandadam/pringles-ring-stem-challenge
Adventures in Gamification
Adventures in Gamification
Explore Like a Pirate
Explore Like a Pirate
by Michael Matera
by Michael Matera
Website: https://www.mrmatera.com/
Twitter: @MrMatera
#XPLAP Chats Tuesdays at 7pm PST
YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD6Twy3-HRnKa07H6xG3Ylw
WellPlayED Podcast:
https://www.mrmatera.com/wellplayed
#WellPlayEDU
Game Time- Treasure Hunter
Game Time- Treasure Hunter
What is gamification?
What is gamification?
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Why is gamification effective in the classroom?
Why is gamification effective in the classroom?
OR
OR
Why do I want to use gamification in the classroom?
Why do I want to use gamification in the classroom?
All members of the team roll one die each. Add up the number shown on the dice. That is the number of words your team can use to answer the first question. Roll again, answer the second question. Be ready to share out!
Break 11-11:15am
Break 11-11:15am
Theme 11:15-12pm
Theme 11:15-12pm
Choosing your theme:
Choosing your theme:
Needs to be something you like, your students like, and you are passionate about.
Needs to be something you like, your students like, and you are passionate about.
Can be created around an existing unit but doesn't have to be connected directly to curriculum.
Can be created around an existing unit but doesn't have to be connected directly to curriculum.
Borrow theme ideas from the world around you. Movies, TV shows, books, games, life experiences, etc.
Borrow theme ideas from the world around you. Movies, TV shows, books, games, life experiences, etc.
Other Ideas:
Other Ideas:
Super Heroes
Super Heroes
Disney
Disney
Pokemon
Pokemon
Amazing Race
Amazing Race
Olympics
Olympics
Dystopian
Dystopian
Pirates
Pirates
Hunger Games
Hunger Games
Space
Space
Master Chef
Master Chef
Lemonade Wars
Lemonade Wars
Time to Brainstorm!
Time to Brainstorm!
Click on this Padlet to add your ideas for themes you could use in your classroom.
Click on this Padlet to add your ideas for themes you could use in your classroom.
Feel free to add pictures, websites, etc.
Feel free to add pictures, websites, etc.
Check out the other themes being added. Do any of those strike a chord?
Check out the other themes being added. Do any of those strike a chord?
Pick ONE theme that you could build on over the course of this week.
Pick ONE theme that you could build on over the course of this week.
Lunch 12-1:00pm
Lunch 12-1:00pm
Setting 1:15pm
Setting 1:15pm
Setting- The location and backdrop for the action in your story
Setting- The location and backdrop for the action in your story
Could be anywhere that makes sense for your theme from a real place to fantasy, from the future, to the past, to the present.
Could be anywhere that makes sense for your theme from a real place to fantasy, from the future, to the past, to the present.
Take a minute to brainstorm where your game might take place.
Take a minute to brainstorm where your game might take place.
Go to your Planning Doc and add your ideas.
Go to your Planning Doc and add your ideas.
Characters 1:45pm
Characters 1:45pm
Who will your characters be?
Who will your characters be?
What role will your students play?
What role will your students play?
Heroes? Villains?
Heroes? Villains?
Will the characters be in groups? Houses? Crews? Guilds?
Will the characters be in groups? Houses? Crews? Guilds?
Examples from my game:
Examples from my game:
- Trainees, Astronauts, Payload Specialists, Mission Specialists, Pilots, Commanders, Supreme Commanders
- NASA Crews: Mariner, Apollo, Orion, Discovery, Columbia, Atlantis, Endeavor, and Enterprise
- Rogue the Astronaut
- Mechanical Engineers
Time to Brainstorm!
Time to Brainstorm!
- What characters will your students take on?
- Who will be the villain?
- Will they be in groups?
- What will the groups be called?
- Who will you be in the story?
Go to your Planning Doc and add your ideas.
Go to your Planning Doc and add your ideas.
Action 2:15pm
Action 2:15pm
There are two types of action in your game:
There are two types of action in your game:
The overarching goal for your class/game. Or otherwise known as the end game.
The overarching goal for your class/game. Or otherwise known as the end game.
AND
AND
Smaller, quick challenges.
Smaller, quick challenges.
Go to your Planning Doc and add your ideas.
Go to your Planning Doc and add your ideas.
Break Time! 2:45-3:00pm
Break Time! 2:45-3:00pm
Mini Game Break 3:00pm
Mini Game Break 3:00pm
Get together with your group and use ONE device for your team. Click here: https://kahoot.it/#/
Get together with your group and use ONE device for your team. Click here: https://kahoot.it/#/
Share Out 3:45pm
Share Out 3:45pm
Quest Day 1
Quest Day 1
Download Twitter or go to www.twitter.com
Download Twitter or go to www.twitter.com
Change egg to profile pic
Change egg to profile pic
Write your profile description
Write your profile description
Follow at least 5 educators including me!!
Follow at least 5 educators including me!!
