Tag Archives: motivation
Help Students Most By Using Novelty!
Here’s why helping kids do novel tasks grows the brain more than repetitive tasks: Once the task is learned, brain energy slows. Students who were taught creatively, with novelty (and I like to think the Harley Way), score better than … Continue reading
Getting Boys To Read
I have some suggestions on my Summereaders website here about motivating books that boys like, but I just stumbled upon this website: http://www.gettingboystoread.com/content/summer-reading-suggestions-boys In the replies to the original post are some great suggestions that I’ll be sure to check … Continue reading
Try out Storybird!
Make books that can be viewed online or get them made into softcover books. Making books cooperatively (2-3 kids) is a valuable activity. Make sure you have a good speller/typist in each group. I’m supplying an account for you to … Continue reading
VoiceThread
http://voicethread.com/#q.b116426.i604779 Voice Thread lets students or teachers do oral presentations with visuals, then lets others add comments. The demo above is from an art class, and students, parents, and teachers added their comments to specific parts.
Make An Educational Arcade Game!
http://www.classtools.net/education-games-php/quiz Put in 6×4*24 and 6×4 will be a question in your video game, and 24 will be the correct answer. You can then play 6 different games with your questions. Use it for vocabulary, missing letter in spelling, etc. … Continue reading
Online Refrigerator Magnets
http://www.kongregate.com/games/QRious/fridge-magnets Use this for spelling practice.
Wordles
http://www.wordle.net/create Paste in a bunch of text and Wordle makes a colorful word cloud based on the frequency of the words in the selected passage (without the annoying the’s or and’s).
Dean’s Book, Winning Learners
My book is available at Lulu.com as a download or as a spiral-bound, ready-to-use book. Go here: http://bit.ly/qcP5vw WINNING LEARNERS: Prescriptive, FUN Games and Techniques, K-6 is for student teachers and beginning teachers who want to engage, motivate, and teach … Continue reading
More Learning Games Online!
Numberz – Given a target number, clik on numberz that add up to that target. Mesmerizing music and translucent graphics. You are playing against another player somewhere in the world, but it’s not a dog-eat-dog competition–Well done. Whack-A-Verb – You … Continue reading
Xtranormal Fun
http://www.youtube.com/create/Xtranormal Here’s a writing idea. You write the words like a play, and characters automatically speak your words. Make cartoon out of text for YouTube