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Take a gander at this supersized episode before we head off to summer. This week, with Jamie on vacation, the crew invited their favorite cool substitute Jeremy Sederquist to fill in. We talk about how things are going in summer school, how Fabian is using Jamie’s workshop idea to create a mini-unit and how Jeremy inspired him to gamify his son’s chores. Jeremy talks about his plans for the summer...

This week, Fabian finally makes it to the finish line and is now starting his summer break. He shares the ups and downs of the final week of school including a virtual lightsaber competition. Scott is making preparations for his summer school STEM class by testing projects with his four sons. Jamie and Scott attended one of Shaun Moriarty’s graduate course sessions to sit on presentations created...

This week, Fabian discusses the difficulty of getting students to turn in his final assessment project, Jamie is in recovery mode but is thinking about her 4th/5th combo class, and Scott breaks down what he’s learning from the book Explore Like a Pirate; posing questions about theming a gamified class. Plus, Jamie finds a mystery item in her curriculum and shares a game in the ever popular segment...

This week, Scott shares how he prepares for his summer school STEM class, Jamie breaks down the end of the year Darth Vader boss battle, and Fabian copes with the reality of creating a design class from scratch. Plus our ever popular segment “Whatcha been playin’?”. Join @hofmannedu , @mrsjamiehalsey , and @findingmyaloha each week by subscribing to our podcast and rating and reviewing us on Apple...

This week, the crew discusses operating a classroom store and whether XP should be put on the market, a 7th grade park adventure featuring a game favorite, using Star Wars posters to teach about propaganda, and an #emc2learning activity called the Comic Book Creator. Plus our ever popular segment “Whatcha been playin’?”. Join @hofmannedu, @mrsjamiehalsey, and @findingmyaloha each week by subscribi...

This week, the crew talks about Scott's acquisition of probably the books that best describe him, Fabian's adventures in Advisory Olympics, and Jamie's boss battle experience. There is another great game in our ever popular segment “Whatcha been playin’…?”. Join @hofmannedu , @mrsjamiehalsey , and @findingmyaloha each week by subscribing to our podcast and rating and reviewing us on Ap...

Strap in! This is a long one! This week, Fabian’s voice is on its way out but he still can’t stop from sharing how he created a suspenseful arc for one of his history lessons for the middle ages and how his grade level organized a bio poem recital across Advisories and how this turned into an advisory olympics. Scott talks about how he not only awkwardly asked Peter Liljedahl out to grab some food...

Excited to have @TheBestEducator back on the pod to share the latest iteration of his classroom game. Learn how his theme changes as his Ss read new stories and encounter different characters. From wands to dragons to the Upside Down, you're sure to be inspired. Plus, our ever popular segment, “Whatcha Been Playin’…?” Join @hofmannedu , @mrsjamiehalsey , and @findingmyaloha each week by subscr...

What happens when 2 pods collide? An awesome episode with @heymsgray & @TeachManuel. They share the story of their collaboration with #TheGamifyEffect podcast & the #TGEChat. Plus, band karate, number munchers & overcoming trombone obstacles. We end with our ever popular segment “Whatcha been playin’...?” Join @hofmannedu , @mrsjamiehalsey , and @findingmyaloha each week by subscribing...

Thanks for checking us out! This week, we have fantastic and engaging educator Bryant Barker on! He talks about how he discovered gamification, how he gets students to love writing, and why living in Bentonville, AR sometimes has its perks when you need a Wal-Mart closeby. Bryant is a humble and enthusiastic person and has quite a few insights to share! He also shares a game he uses in his classro...

Scott is tired today. So he only brings about half of the energy to the program. Thankfully, Fabian talks about why it does not hurt to contact experts to collaborate with your classroom or even donate their time or even materials. Jamie talks about her attempt to convince fellow staff members to use EDUProtocols. And finally, we talk about a game we are about to play in our ever popular segment “...

Back in the saddle again! We are all back in the classroom and are trying new things. While Fabian inducted his students into the Jedi Order with Master Yoda making an appearance, Jamie is preparing for a presentation at CapCUE. Scott talks about how he introduced his VP to Canva and shares a game in our ever popular segment “Whatcha been playin’...?” Join @hofmannedu , @mrsjamiehalsey , and @find...

This week, Fabian and Jamie are on spring break and enjoying their time off. Scott talks about his experiences with mirrors and why he is planning classroom olympics, Jamie shares an interesting classroom management technique she discovered on TikTok and how her book talks are going, Fabian shares a really fun classroom game if you need to kill a few minutes and his experience with the impostor ve...

Our favorite host substitute Jeremy is back on the podcast, but this time we are focusing on his exploits in gamification and why math does not have to be boring! Jeremy shares numerous examples of how he is engaging students in his classroom by combining Thinking Classrooms procedures with gamification. In order to make this even more fun he also 3d prints items to provide some tactile aspects. C...

This week, the crew talks about all the things happening in their classroom, or at home if you’re Scott and are on spring break. Jamie shares her experience with the Save Our Students activity from emc2learning, Fabian talks about using 8pARTS - an EDUProtocol - and Scott shares how his booth is a gathering place for board games and fun in his class. Finally, he shares a game in our ever favorite...

This week we thought we could make you aware of our side-project we are releasing bi-weekly with the awesome folks at EDUProtocols. In this episode we discuss smart starts which are a surefire way to get started with EP. We are trying to cover all bases by having a power user like Jamie, a dabbler like Fabian, and a newbie EP user like Scott share their experiences with some of their favorite prot...

This week we have a wonderful guest on our show! Sarah Page is an incredibly engaging 8th grade History teacher in Texas who infuses her classes with a lot of humor and heart and every once in a while dresses up as a historical figure. She is very active on TikTok and Instagram and shows incredible insight into her students and on top of all of that, she is incredibly funny! Join @hofmannedu , @mr...

This week the crew talks about Scott’s endeavor to score 16,000 pennies for his classroom, Jamie and Fabian talk about naming things with students, Fabian shares how he re-structured his summative for his Rome unit, how he prepared students with a pre-project mortem activity, and Jamie shares her experience with the Wicked Hydra EDUProtocol. Finally, Fabian shares a game he played with his boardga...

Hello all! This week the crew talks about Jamie's chicken PE game which is need of a name, her experience with a new SMARTboard display, Fabian gives an update of his design class and talks about his next steps, Scott updates everyone on his booth and asks how to include current events into a lesson. Finally, Fabian shares a game in our favorite segment "Whatcha been playin'...?". Join @hofmannedu...

It was Valentine’s day and the crew had nothing better to do than to talk about… well, Valentine’s day at school. Also, Fabian shares his experience with emc2learning’s Haiku Hullabaloo, Jamie shares how she tricked her students to forget about Valentine’s day craziness by doing an amazing Valentine’s day themed Eduprotocols infused activity. Lastly, the crew discusses how they include Black Histo...

Have a seat! Grab a menu! Today Scott shares how he got a booth from a restaurant donated to his classroom and how he managed to put it in his classroom. Jamie talks about a teacher bestie, and Fabian illustrates how he blocks out 10 minutes of writing time in his History class to create an opportunity to conference with his students and how it shaped out after a little over one week. Finally, Fab...

Hear ye, hear ye! This week we have John Meehan, freshly minted Director of Gamification, Innovation, and AI, on our show. This episode is entirely dedicated to ChatGPT and its implications for teachers, use in the classroom and even possible negative aspects. This is a wonderful conversation and an XL episode! As a treat at the end, we talk about a game Scott has been using with students in our e...

Join us this week for our continued coverage of ChatGPT and how Jamie uses it in her classroom. Fabian started a new semester with new students and talks about how he is planning on re-structuring his lessons to make room for daily conferencing. Scott has some explaining to do when it comes to his grapes addiction. Finally, in our favorite segment "Whatcha been playin'...?" Fabian talks about the...

This week, the crew starts out the new season with Scott's story about a cheese pocket. You have to listen to fully appreciate the weirdness. Also, Jamie shares how she talked to her students about how hard it is to be an adult and how she used ChatGPT to speed up her research and preparation for an assignment. Lastly, Fabian talks about how and why he is reworking his curriculum and pacing for th...

Happy New Year! Welcome to Season 4! In this episode we celebrate the start to another season, Fabian talks about his boardgame day before the break, how Jamie and Scott plan on starting the new year, and much more! Join @hofmannedu , @mrsjamiehalsey , and @findingmyaloha each week by subscribing to our podcast and rating and reviewing us on Apple Podcasts! Find us on Instagram @rebelteacherallian...