With these items I will be able to create a safer and fairer competitive environment. I have been using games to teach Math for 3 years now. I have always seen such sparks in student's eyes when realize math is not something they have to fear but can have fun with. I have always by hand created all the gaming materials by hand and using whiteboards and expos I purchased to make it all work. A common issue that arose in the heat of competition was the final say from the teacher on who truly had the answer first. With the credibility coming to question takes away from the whole experience and I start to lose some of the students.
With a buzzer system it would no longer be did I truly get the correct person. We could focus on the math and the fun and take things like me eyeballing every group so closely to see who is truly first. I can focus on the math they are doing which all in all will help with seeing where groups are going wrong and start class discussions over the common mistakes popping up.
Usually I saved these style of games for review only around standardized testing, midterms and finals. Partially because the setup and running of it is very time consuming when having to essentially do everything by hand including being a human buzzer system. With this buzzer system I plan to use many Fridays along with the previously mentioned big test reviews for games such as Jeopardy, Family Feud, relays, and more with focusing on creation and observing/ discussing the work being done. All in all this will improve the system so much that what the students get out of it will greatly improve.
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With these items I will be able to create a safer and fairer competitive environment. I have been using games to teach Math for 3 years now. I have always seen such sparks in student's eyes when realize math is not something they have to fear but can have fun with. I have always by hand created all the gaming materials by hand and using whiteboards and expos I purchased to make it all work. A common issue that arose in the heat of competition was the final say from the teacher on who truly had the answer first. With the credibility coming to question takes away from the whole experience and I start to lose some of the students.
With a buzzer system it would no longer be did I truly get the correct person. We could focus on the math and the fun and take things like me eyeballing every group so closely to see who is truly first. I can focus on the math they are doing which all in all will help with seeing where groups are going wrong and start class discussions over the common mistakes popping up.
Usually I saved these style of games for review only around standardized testing, midterms and finals. Partially because the setup and running of it is very time consuming when having to essentially do everything by hand including being a human buzzer system. With this buzzer system I plan to use many Fridays along with the previously mentioned big test reviews for games such as Jeopardy, Family Feud, relays, and more with focusing on creation and observing/ discussing the work being done. All in all this will improve the system so much that what the students get out of it will greatly improve.