I wanted to build team spirit among the teams of teachers and found an idea to do a Survivor competition. We scheduled two hours for this portion of the afternoon. Upon arrival in the cafeteria, we had locally made cookies and coffee.
For the first part of the Survivor competition, the teams had to create a banner and chant that represented them. Each team them presented to the entire group. The competition was broken down into three categories: Outwit, Outplay, Outlast.
For Outwit, the teams had to list as items they could for the given topic in 60 seconds. We used countries, vegetables, cheese, and cars. Next, they had to do a quiz about the school's mission and vision statements. Finally, they had a quiz to create school goals based on our action plans.
For Outplay, teams had a Scrabble competition. We paired up the teams and they were given eight minutes of game time. How ever many points they got in the game, it was added to their overall score. Using iPad minis, the teams were matched for a chess competition. They earned a point for each piece captured. I was amazed at how many didn't know how to play chess!
For Outlast, teams had a relay competition around the square field. A team member had to run a leg while carrying a big orange cone. After we moved to the gym for a free throw competition. Each team member was given two turns to add to the final score.
The winning team was given a huge box of supplies to divide among themselves.
For the second part of the afternoon, we held an EdCamp with a focus on using more technology with students. We had four twenty-minute sessions. Each session had four different options. We had seven people present the technologies. Here are the following technologies that were presented:
Edmodo
Remind
Weebly
Snapshot (part of Edmodo)
Subtext (also a free app on Edmodo)
NoRedInk (also a free app on Edmodo)
Piktochart
QR Codes
Symbaloo
Croak.it
YouTube
ClassDojo
Skype Classroom
Animoto
Code.org
Tackk
Padlet
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