Your Name and Title: Susan Fisher GIfted and Talented Department Coordinator, Lead Technology Teacher, and 7th grade Humanities Teacher
School, Library, or Organization Name: Ridgeview IB Charter School, Fulton County Schools, Atlanta, Georgia
Country from Which You Will Present: USA
Language in Which You Will Present: English
Target Audience (such as primary school teachers, high school administrators, students, etc.): All teachers of all grades can benefit from the ideas and projects shared.
Short Session Description (one line): 21st Century Gaming to Encourage Global Awareness and Responsibility in Students.
Full Session Description :
Susan Fisher, at Ridgeview IB Charter School, has created a perfect flipped, inspired, gamified, differentiated and project based classroom. The flexibility of the Inspired Classroom, in conjunction with the Flipped model has allowed her to move away from the traditional linear, sequential, and lecture-based teacher model. With the availability of information and resources on the internet, the teacher no longer has to be the one-stop shop for information and learning. In a true flipped and Inspired Classroom, the teacher fills the role of the facilitator that sets up a series of activities that lead the students as they learn on their own. This year that flexibilty has enabled her students to participate in the Urgent Evoke Game created by Jane McGonigal and the World Bank Institute to help students learn about their role as global citizens and future problem solvers. She has incorported her own game site for the kids, Collabornation, around the games central themes; food security, energy,water security,disaster relief, poverty. pandemic. education,global conflict, and human rights which align perfectly with her 7th grade world geography curriculum. Please see links below for my referenced game sites.
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