“A game is about play and disruption and creativity and ambiguity and surprise,” wrote the late Jeff Watson, a game designer, writer, and educator who taught at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. Gamification is about the opposite—the known, the badgeable, ...
In some of the boxes, all the valuable items were on top, so as the participants unpacked the box they spotted those items first. Other boxes had their valuable items clustered in the middle or at the bottom, and in some boxes they were intermixed. After the participants had opened the d...
When it was first presented, the idea that students could learn new information at home and then come to school and use class time for critical thinking activities and reinforcement of concepts was unique. However, many teachers are using this strategy and achieving positive results. Students in ...
Irish Americans are more likely than the US population as a whole to be college graduates. While 33% of Irish Americans 25 or older have at least earned a bachelor’s degree and 92.5 have at least a high school diploma, for Americans generally, the corresponding numbers are only 28.2% and...
“Yeah, but I heard they’re getting some of the old faculty back,” Danny said. “Maybe even new ones. They’re going to start being a real school again. Probably.” “Maybe they’d hire somebody who showed up off the street,” Luke said. “That’s how I got on the team.” ...
As you have seen on our list of top debatable topics, there are many interesting and controversial options to choose from. Many of them can also be fun debate topics. They can all be reframed to better match the level your team is debating—middle school, high school, or college level....