Stick-N-Find Stickers

 

@BrianLockwood alerted me to Stick-N-Find stickers a while ago. Looks like they are finally available for purchase.

I love seeing this type of powerful technology available for household use. I want to stick on one my husband the next time we go to IKEA. I also want one on my pedometer which occasionally […]

Graphics Rethought

The graphics aspects of creating a game were still bothering me. I know of people who have gamified their classroom with almost no graphics, so they aren’t essential. However, in my readings, most recently Kapp’s The Gamification of Learning and Instruction by Karl M. Kapp, the aesthetics of a game do affect engagement. Since I […]

Quick Gaming Update

The start of the school year derailed my gaming thinking a bit. Now that the year is launched, my mind is going back that way thanks to some good reads.

I’ve been listing to Jane McGonigal’s Reality is Broken from Audible.com. She is helping me broaden the scope of the game I want to make […]

Student Passwords from Start to Finish

Third grade is the first year in which our students create their own password for logging into our different systems. Since it is their first attempt, we give them parameters such as, “Choose your favorite animal or favorite color. Make certain you choose one that you can spell correctly.” Then we have them append an […]

Migrating Teachers from Windows to Mac

This spring our school is migrating from Windows to Mac. For the next two weeks my teammate and I will be migrating the files of 70+ teachers from their Windows computer to their Mac.

We’ve already had the Out of the Box sessions to get the computers set up. For the past two weeks we’ve […]

How A Google Spreadsheet Tamed an End of Year Process

My department tracks the peripherals checked out to the teachers in my division. Each teacher is issued certain items, such as laptop, camera, vizualizer, etc. When teachers leave or when items are at end of life, we collect them back at the end of the school year.

In the past, notifying staff has been time-consuming […]