Thanks to Bernheim Forest for hosting students today, where we saw Kentucky autumn at it's absolute peak.

Kids hiked to see the giant sculptures by artist Thomas Dambo, and learned how nature, art, and stories can all connect.🍂

Happy Halloween! 🎃
Had students embark on a spooky mission, where they read The Tell-Tale Heart, solved puzzles, and confronted Baba Yaga to save villagers.

Class had to score 80% on a repeatable mastery check "battle" over studied content to win. Halloween is always fun.

Each student's completed character can be clicked to see how they are contributing to the battle, and copy/pasted to other areas of the map when the story moves elsewhere.

Yesterday, students used Google Forms to vote on which "Rangers" in class (students studying science,) will help on a team mission.

The nominated students designed their characters today and were added on to our interactive map to battle monsters and defend their allies.🏹 #Edusky #Gamebasedlearning

After decisions are made, students can login and see the impact their choice had on characters, setting, etc.

On my side, it doesn't take long to update some elements, (and it's extremely fun both to swap things around and see what students decide.) 🎮

Trying out embedding extended learning/practice for students in a new way.🎮

Added 40+ character sprites to this year's learning hub. Each has a link to practice games on websites like @blooketofficial.bsky.social and @gimkit.com with a final challenge for students to prepare for.

North American Wheel Bug seen enjoying my backyard today. 🪲

"Title Screen" of New Class Hub for Next Year🎮

Going beyond Google Classroom, this year we're using a very classic RPG video game style world as the class learning hub.

Students will use the same tools I'm using to build characters and grow the setting.
Looking forward to sharing more!