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Category: Student Engagement

  • Distance Learning

We Made a Thing

  • by John
  • Posted on March 1, 2021March 8, 2021

PS: Dig this comic book-like presentation? It’s a fully editable Google Slides template, and just…

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  • Distance Learning

Get To Know Me Slides

  • by John
  • Posted on August 10, 2020August 8, 2020

Doing the virtual teaching thing this fall? Take your “About Me” survey to the next…

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  • Awards

The Force is Strong with Edutopia

  • by John
  • Posted on August 2, 2020August 2, 2020

A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away… (Easter 1993: Sweatpants under shorts.…

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  • #QRBreakIN

Class is Lava!!

  • by John
  • Posted on July 28, 2020

Ready to add a little heat to your sleepy back-to-school syllabus? Then watch your step!…

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  • Coronavirus

Keeping Busy During Quarantine

  • by John
  • Posted on May 29, 2020June 22, 2020

Hi folks! Like many of us during these uncharted times of the COVID-19 shutdown, I’ve…

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  • Student Engagement

Open Source Template Tuesday: Fun and Games with To Kill a Mockingbird

  • by John
  • Posted on September 3, 2019

It’s Open Source Template Tuesday! Time to change the game on one of the most…

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  • Gamification

Open Source Time Corps

  • by John
  • Posted on August 20, 2019September 3, 2019

It’s Open Source Template Tuesday! Watch the amazing Math Master kick the year off with…

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  • Gamification

Two Rooms and an Open Source Template Tuesday

  • by John
  • Posted on August 13, 2019August 13, 2019

It’s Open Source Template Tuesday! Watch an off-the-shelf game go BOOM! Hi! If you’re new…

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  • #QRBreakIN

Career Changing

  • by John
  • Posted on July 25, 2019July 26, 2019

Some thoughts from my first ever presentation as a conference keynote speaker. Yesterday I was…

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  • Student Engagement

Get Your Tickets for Open Source Template Tuesday!

  • by John
  • Posted on July 9, 2019July 10, 2019

It’s Open Source Template Tuesday! See how one Florida educator is changing the game! Hi!…

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  • Game Reviews

Friday Game Break LEGO Blind Bags!

  • by John
  • Posted on July 5, 2019July 9, 2019

Unleashing the power of play with a different game every Friday! Happy Friday! And thanks…

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  • Classroom

Open Source Template Tuesday Is Inevitable!

  • by John
  • Posted on June 18, 2019June 18, 2019

It’s Open Source Template Tuesday! Seventh graders assemble to outwit the Endgame! Hi! If you’re…

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  • Book

Join the Voxer Book Study!

  • by John
  • Posted on June 17, 2019June 16, 2019

Spend an action-packed summer chatting it up with fellow educators and CHANGE THE GAME for…

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  • Gamification

Open Source Diagon Alley

  • by John
  • Posted on June 11, 2019June 11, 2019

It’s Open Source Template Tuesday! Expelliarmus, Sleepy Lectures! Hi! If you’re new to the blog, welcome!…

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  • Book

PRE-ORDERS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!

  • by John
  • Posted on June 10, 2019June 17, 2019

Get ready to feel the #EDrenaline Rush! What if going to school captured the thrills…

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  • Student Engagement

The Force is Strong with Open Source Template Tuesday!

  • by John
  • Posted on June 4, 2019June 8, 2019

It’s Open Source Template Tuesday! And The Force is strong with this one… Hi! If…

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  • Gamification

LEGO Blind Bags

  • by John
  • Posted on May 23, 2019May 24, 2019

Feeling lucky? Hungarian-American psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi has spent his life’s work researching the positive psychology…

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  • Classroom

Rally Coach Relay

  • by John
  • Posted on May 15, 2019

Cooperative learning offers a powerful alternative for traditional teaching—interaction! Kagan structures are instructional strategies designed…

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  • Classroom

Welcome to The Matrix!

  • by John
  • Posted on May 9, 2019May 8, 2019

Ready to see how deep the rabbit hole goes, Neo? Looking to change the game…

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  • #QRBreakIN

The Never Ending Passion Project

  • by John
  • Posted on May 2, 2019May 2, 2019

Wanna’ see something really scary? Robert De Niro as the sociopathic Max Cady in the…

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  • Classroom

The #EggDashChallenge is Hopping in 8 Countries and 38 States!

  • by John
  • Posted on April 18, 2019

Hundreds of teacher videos. Thousands of happy students. One worldwide #EDrenaline Rush On March 21,…

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  • Classroom

Let’s Play JENGA!

  • by John
  • Posted on April 4, 2019

Any content. Any course. Game on! Here’s a super easy activity to add a fun…

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  • Classroom

Blackout Poetry!

  • by John
  • Posted on April 2, 2019

Celebrate National Poetry Month with a revealing take on close reading! Blackout poetry to reveal…

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  • Classroom

#EggDashChallenge: Week One Report

  • by John
  • Posted on April 1, 2019

Twenty three states, two provinces, and FOUR countries! Can we #FillTheMap before Easter?! On March…

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  • Classroom

#EggDashChallenge: Day One

  • by John
  • Posted on March 26, 2019March 26, 2019

Schools all over North America are getting EGG-cited! Last week, we posted a high-energy video…

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  • Gamification

#EggDashChallenge

  • by John
  • Posted on March 22, 2019March 23, 2019

Ready to join a learning revolution? You’ll have to break a few eggs… We’ve got…

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  • Classroom

Text Quest: RPG Dice Roll

  • by John
  • Posted on February 12, 2019

Part one in an epic four part series on how to gamify *any* lesson plan!…

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  • Classroom

NPR Student Podcast Challenge

  • by John
  • Posted on January 14, 2019January 9, 2019

File this one under “Awesome:” Submissions are open NOW through March 31. Teachers: Submit your students’…

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  • Classroom

Research Thesis Shootout!

  • by John
  • Posted on January 6, 2019January 7, 2019

Turning thesis writing into a Wild West showdown. This week, my eleventh grade students are…

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  • Classroom

A Sprinkle and a Dash

  • by John
  • Posted on January 4, 2019January 8, 2019

Magic Potion EDU Podcast | Episode 024: Meet Them Where They Are with @MeehanEDU Keven…

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  • ASCD

Sneak Preview

  • by John
  • Posted on November 29, 2018January 6, 2019

Huge presentation tomorrow for VASCD18. So I decided to ask my students which experiences, specifically,…

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  • Classroom

Best Twelve Bucks I’ve Ever Spent

  • by John
  • Posted on October 23, 2018January 6, 2019

1. A set of 240 fluorescent Avery circular labels costs like $12. 2. Icons are…

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  • Dream Rush

Teacher Sparks!

  • by John
  • Posted on October 1, 2018January 6, 2019

Michelle Hill reached out my way on Twitter and asked me to sit in with…

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  • ASCD

Fantasy Sports in Your Classroom

  • by John
  • Posted on December 2, 2017January 6, 2019

Fantasy sports in the classroom? Virginia teacher leaders changing the game one week ago today…

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  • Classroom

Dialogue vs. Discussion

  • by John
  • Posted on February 25, 2017December 20, 2018

This entry was featured as a guest blog post on the Teacher 2 Teacher community forum this…

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