During my Kenan Fellowship I made much use of my Lenovo tablet. The tablet was a handy way for me to snap pics and make videos to share on my blogs, but also to share with my students.

Several times I handed the tablet to my students to create videos about what we were doing with gamification which I later used in presentations to teacher groups.

Sooo the tablet was super easy and definitely used a lot. The portability of the tablet made it my “go to” over my personal (and large) laptop.

Initially, I used the tablet to record everything that I learned during my externship at NC A&T. These recordings helped me to understand what was going on in the lab, and were an easy way to review as I developed my lesson plan.

And, of course it was a cool way to photo my visitors. Like when Lisa dropped by

Or, when my colleague texted me, “I’m at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering,” and I replied. “I’m next door, stop in!”

I am so happy I had the tablet to help me with my fellowship and I highly recommend the use of this type of technology with future Kenan Fellows.

Oh for Heaven’s sake! How did I miss this??

The pics below are taken from my implementation of my Renewable vs. Nonrenewable Energy Resource lesson, which was created as a part of my Kenan Fellowship.

The twist – I have gamified my classroom. This was not a part of my Kenan Fellowship, but rather a strategy I learned from another Kenan Fellow during an offline session. Networking has really helped me learn and integrate new ideas in my classroom!

This pic documents one class determining our world rules.

I used all four classes as my focus group, then we narrowed down our rules.

This pic shows one of my “shy” students presenting her research to a sixth grade science class!

Overall, I have found gamification to be an intrinsically motivating way for students to learn.

Networking – a perk of Kenan!