One of my favorite things we do at Wife Teacher Mommy with creating exciting and engaging resources and activities for students. Because let’s be real, there are some concepts that students need to learn, but aren’t engaging enough. We have a real treat for you today that will give you some fun ideas in the classroom. On today’s episode, I’m talking with Teresa Kwant about gamification in the classroom and escape rooms. 

Teresa Kwant is a former teacher turned teacher-author business owner. She graduated from the University of Utah in 2009 with a degree in elementary education. After graduation, she taught 6th grade in an elementary school for 5 years. Along the way, she found TPT and started dabbling in product creation. She now creates full-time and specializes in gamification in the classroom with products like escape rooms and game shows with PowerPoint and Google Slides.

Teresa is a pro at gamification and shares so much knowledge on gamification in the class room on this episode. Gamification in the classroom is when you integrate game elements into a learning environment. It takes an experience that students might have a hard time staying engaged with—like a whole-class lesson—and makes it more engaging. Teresa has done this with escape rooms.

Students learn best when they can get engaged in the activity and lesson. What better way to break away from the classic, “sit-n-listen” learning environment than with a classroom escape room? Escape are an engaging and unique lesson that students will learn from.

Escape room classrooms teach:

• Creativity
• Problem-solving
• Communication and teamwork
• And so much more!

If you're looking for new classroom actives, don't miss this episode! And if you love what you hear from Teresa today… be sure to join us at E&R where she will be speakingGamification in the classroom is the incorporation of game elements into a learning environment. When implemented well, it takes an experience that participants might otherwise not find fun—like a whole-class lesson—and makes it more engaging!

Head over to the show notes: https://www.wifeteachermommy.com/podcast/gamification-in-the-classroom/

In this episode on escape rooms and gamification in the classroom, I discuss:

• What gamification in the classroom is and what it looks like
• What an escape room activity is and how to do it in the classroom
• Teresa's history and how she began creating escape room resources
• The benefits of doing engaging and active lesson plans in the classroom
• How an escape room activity works in the classroom

Resources mentioned:

• Join the Wife Teacher Mommy Club!
• Teresa Kwant Website
• Teresa Kwant Freebie
• Wife Teacher Mommy: Mentioned on Podcast Amazon List