Holy crap. I don't know how many of you are familiar with edmodo; if you've used it before or still use it today. I discovered it last year and it's an AMAZING tool to use with your classrooms! Anyhoo, I'm a member of the Gamification group in edmodo and someone posted something about this online Gamification course on Coursera that's free to take. Well, seeing that I'm very much interested in gamification and am currently gamifying my classroom, I signed up for the 6-week course.
So far, it's been a series of video lessons with embedded quizzes and hidden messages. It's really interesting, but honestly there's something more appealing to me than the fact that it's online or even free. The video player gives you the choice of watching the videos at your personal speed. I can speed up or slow down the videos as much as I want. This might not seem like a big deal to you, but my biggest struggle with school and other presentations that involve large groups is that most of the time they go a LOT slower than I would like. Again, I have zero patience. I like presenters to get to the point and move on. So I happily clicked away and found my ideal speed rate for these videos.
I'm at 2.0 (two point oh).
My kids walked by with their jaws open and squealed, "Why is he talking like that?!" I merely smiled and replied, "Cuz that's the way I like it." His voice didn't get all chipmunk-y either. I'm just getting through his (roughly) 10 minute videos in half the time. Thank you, God. And honestly, that's how my mind works--in double time. I just have never found anything in real life that is accommodating to that.
That's just part of the reason why I'm kind of a nerd. Little joys such as this. Also, the fact that I'm blogging and taking a gamification course instead of watching the Michigan State game is more proof. Hey....to each, his own, right? :)
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