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This week, Scott talks about his experience going to the AMLE conference and running into Katie Powell (Twitter), Jamie talks about sketchnoting, and Fabian talks about connecting with a student who is very disruptive in his class. Finally, Fabian talks about how he has been trying to make the boardgame Pandemic: Fall of Rome work in his classroom in our ever popular segment “Whatcha’ been playin’...?”

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Things mentioned on the show:

- Carrie Baughcum’s book My Pencil made me do it

- Pandemic: Fall of Rome

No guest this week, but we do have some fun stories from inside and outside of the classroom. Scott got yet another award and connects with his advisory, Fabian is restarting his game with a new group and is doing things a bit differently, Jamie does a follow up to her feeling like a fraud sometimes and talks about an emc2 activity called Poker Chip Challenge. Finally, Scott shares why a playing with your breakfast can be a ton of fun with students when he is talking about Anarchy Pancakes in our ever popular segment “Whatcha been playin’...?”.

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Hello everybody! On today’s pod, Jamie channels her inner middle schooler, Scott apologizes, and Fabian’s new class begins with a power outage. Other topics include: snowball fights and city states, existential teaching crises and what’s happening on our Discord channel. Plus, Fabian shares King Domino in our ever popular segment “Whatcha been playin’...?”.

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Things mentioned on the show:

Mini crockpot

King Domino and Queen Domino

On today’s podcast, Fabian and Scott discuss a Disney experience and Jamie shares a story about how her class takes charge and gets their work turned in despite a teacher error. Plus, the crew talks about cantina crawls, coin pouches, socratic seminars and reflecting on the mechanics of a year long game. In our ever popular segment “Whatcha been playin’...?”, Scott shares a hands-on version of Tetris. 

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Things mentioned on the show:

Socratic Seminar

Tetris

Hey Everybody! On this week’s pod, we talk about the coin frenzy happening on our Discord and toss around some ideas for incorporating currency into the game. Scott got his battle cards up and running. Fabian is launching a socratic seminar in his class and with the help of AI, he is combining a one-point rubric with a checklist so that students can reflect and grade their performance. Finally, Jamie has knighted some Jedi and uses another EMC2 foldable to accompany a novel study. In our ever popular segment “Whatcha been playin’...?”, Fabian shares Catan Jr, the ultimate “gateway game”. 

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Things mentioned on the show:

Equity Maps

One Point Rubric (article and podcast from Cult of Pedagogy)

EMC2 Learning

Catan Jr

Happy New Year! We ring in 2024 with Fabian and Scott living it up in Hawaii while Jamie is chilling in California. Fabian purchased a new toy from Galaxy’s Edge that will play a part in an upcoming scavenger hunt. We also talk about using Easter Eggs and Aurebesh in a gamified class. Jamie has acquired an Echo Dot and the crew brainstorms ways to use it at school. Scott has a deck builder idea brewing for his upcoming ancient civilizations unit. Finally, Jamie talks mystery games at her local game store and the game Anomaly in our ever popular segment “Whatcha been playin’...?”.

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Things mentioned on the show:

Sith Wayfinder images and  article

Aurebesh Language: website, app is also available for IOs

Echo Dot

Anomaly board game

Happy Holidays Rebel Teachers! The crew is officially on Winter Break and we reflected on the last few days of crafts, movies, and Secret Santa offerings. Scott made current events fun by doing an XP palooza for Chance Cards. Jamie had students research holidays around the world with a candy-themed Research Raiders project. Fabian gave his students a choice to either watch a documentary or play a game (strings attached though). It ended up being a relaxing mood in his class and now part of our ever-popular segment “Whatcha been playin’...?”.

#RTAlliance #xplap #rtalliance #teachersofinstagram #elementaryschool #middleschool #highschool #gamification rebelteacheralliance.com

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Things mentioned on the show:

Elfster

emc2learning.com

Patchwork Doodle

New episode is in the house! Today, the crew talks about the newest award given to one of the members (hint: he received one before), Jamie talks about how she engaged her student with a Station 2 Station activity which can be found on emc2learning, and Scott talks about how his son had to create a boardgame for class and how we might use this in our classrooms. Finally, Jamie talks about how she uses the boardgame Operation in her classroom in our ever popular segment “Whatcha been playin’...?”.

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Things mentioned on the show:

- Operation R2D2 edition (out of print)

- emc2learning.com

Welcome to the pod! On today’s episode, Fabian uses practical math lessons to help his students see the benefits of starting on time and turning in work. This created some lightbulb moments in his class. Jamie discusses an interactive presentation called Walk Thru California and uses one of Kevin Roughton’s History Mysteries to get students interacting with primary documents. Scott’s starting to get a class rhythm with starting his fourth year of teaching. With solid previous lessons and activities built into his year, he can start fine tuning and adding even more interactive elements to his classes…like a boss battle against Johnny. Plus, our ever popular series, “Whatcha been playin’?”.

#RTAlliance #xplap #rtalliance #teachersofinstagram #elementaryschool #middleschool #highschool #gamification rebelteacheralliance.com

Join @hofmannedu, @mrsjamiehalsey, and @findingmyaloha each week by subscribing to our podcast and rating and reviewing us on Apple Podcasts! Join our Discord on rebelteacheralliance.com Find us on Instagram @rebelteacheralliance, on Twitter @rebelteacherpod, and on TikTok @rebelteacheralliance. Leave us a message here!

Things mentioned on the show: 

Scribe chrome extension

California Weekly Explorer

Teach with Magic- Kevin Roughton’s History Mystery Labs

Game: Just Wild