What if we treated teacher professional development like a game, giving teachers autonomy to choose a pathway, learning what's important to them, in a quest-based, gamified way that includes levels, badging, and more?
10. Feedback on typical PD from classroom
teachers:
“The PD is dictated to me...”
“It’s boring...”
“I don’t have time...”
“I can read PowerPoint slides, myself...”
“I’m too tired at the end of a day of
teaching for a workshop...”
“It doesn’t address my needs...”
“There’s no
follow-
up...”
“When will I use this again?”
11.
12. What teachers really want in their PD:
Opportunities for
networking and
collaboration...
Differentiation!
CHOICE!!
Variety in format.
Motivation and inspiration.
Connectedness - relational and technological.
True accountability.
Fun.
38. LMS Integration
All evidences and reflections
are shared in the community
page in our LMS
Social elements such as discussion
boards grow community and
connectedness.
40. But, What About CEUs?
100XP = 0.1 CEUs
1000XP = 1.0 CEUs
100XP = 1 hour’s worth of PD
50XP = 30 min.
25XP = 15 min.
“Cash them in at regular intervals (1000XP?)”
45. Community Stats About two
year ago
89
Players
1,513Quests Completed
480Achievements Earned
117
Official SCS
Badges Earned
67,590
XP Earned
69.590
CEUs Acquired1ninja
Discovered
46. Community Stats To date…
420
Players
10,572
Quests Completed
2,386Achievements Earned
1,091
Official SCS
Badges Earned
484705
XP Earned
484.705
CEUs Acquired3Ninjas
Discovered
69. EPIC Academy by http://epicacademy.info is licensed under
a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0
International License. All quests designed by the teachers leaders of
Surry County Schools, NC.