I'm a percolator so I spent the rest of the summer thinking about what I wanted our PD game to look like and how to deliver it. I had several pages of ideas and notes. During our staff development the week before school started we had a FedEx Day to work on anything we wanted. I worked on the game.
I named our game Power House PD because we want to be a technology Power House. I decided on Edmodo as our delivery system. I chose 14 tasks and spaced them out over the year. They are roughly two weeks apart and allow time for holidays and testing schedules.

In a nod to the three houses of the Three Little Pigs, teachers can level up to be Straw Houses, Stick Houses and Brick Houses. (cue music "She's a brick house"...) Besides being an individual competition, teachers can earn points for their departments as well. I created a Google Drive (formerly Google Docs) spreadsheet Leader Board. I try to update the spreadsheet at least every other day. I also put a paper Leader Board in the teacher's lounge. I'm planning on updating that one every Monday.
So far, we've had one task and it's an ongoing one. (They can earn points the entire year for Tweeting certain things.) Our first task with a definite deadline will be posted on Monday!
What do you think? What can you gamify?
PS - if you'd like to check out our Edmodo group, tweet me. Or if you'd like help creating your own professional development game, let me know. I'd love to help!
Aimee,
ReplyDeleteI think it's really exciting that you're giving this a go with PD. I am looking forward to hearing more about how it goes, and while I won't be trying it now (first year in this job) I am definitely going to gamify in the future!
Good Luck,
Katy
After aggregating this research, I came to the realization that we as teachers are professional students--we have mastered the learning process, and it is up to us to transmit that process to our students.
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This is way cool. Have your peers enjoyed your PD game so far?
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