It's interesting to hear the perspective of someone who describes themselves as non-competitive. I think that what I'm starting to see is that gamified education and rewards systems are of two varieties:

I love how much you delved into intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Very interesting to read about how rewards can be effective if they are then linked to internal motivation or achievement of goals. This

Kim - it is interesting to hear about the gamified aspects of ClassDojo. I have used ClassDojo's videos extensively with my classes to work on social emotional skills. I have also used it as a communication

Denise - I agree that gamification in education is not new. I had a similar experience to that which you mentioned but it was more negative. In fifth grade, I recall the teacher awarding some kind of ticket

Denise, you've done a great job outlining the gameful aspects of Khan academy. It is clear they have done a good job incorporating many of those engaging aspects that students enjoy while providing great

I agree that it is so important to find that balance. I also agree that the pandemic forced us to find ways to do many things we never would have thought were possible before! Teach a 6 year old to read

I am lucky that our school has a lovely Seed to Table program that does a lot of sustainability/nature/food education so my students generally have a good foundational understanding of what is living and

Denise, I am lucky to work from a beautiful building with a wall full of windows that look down on a lovely garden tended by the preschool students! Even so, it is different to look at nature out the window

I feel like all the schools and programs that I've hard of that have been successful at really integrating outdoor learning are private schools. I'm hoping that I can work on ways to help this work in

Kim - thank you for this great feedback! I know for a lot of students, COVID has led to more outdoor learning. Because I am teaching fully virtually and not in person, I am unfortunately spending even

Great video, Denise, thanks for sharing! I can see how this is inspiring for you and your creative math community you are envisioning. It is lovely to think about how sharing ideas with others in a supportive

Hi Denise, I'm having the same experience. I can only endorse people's skills and have had limited success seeing other people's projects. I have no idea how to endorse other people's projects. Sorry this

I love it, this is super helpful - thank you! I feel like our district put out a lot of information and videos but it was not all in one helpful package like this.

Andrea, I wonder if you might consider something like Denise is doing where you use Hive as a sort of innovation collaboration space except for people to share their creative ideas for improving the auto

Kimberly - I love that you come at this from a Reggio Emilia perspective! I've also found the approach to mesh well with the things I've learned throughout the Education and Innovation program at Webster

I think this is a great idea, Denise. At first I was thinking about how it could get tricky to have a platform outside of your school's learning management system as a source of materials but then I reread

You absolutely are not alone! I keep thinking about what I teach my students who get upset when they don't understand a new concept: it's okay to make mistakes and not get it right away - it means your

Thank you for your reply, Dr. Rodney. It is definitely true that state boards like ours in Missouri are still catching up! When we began this year of virtual learning we were not clear on what we needed

This was tremendously helpful, thanks for sharing!