Shannon and Mary chat with Brandi Dugal from The Fidget Game, featured on Shark Tank, about unique ways to engage and motivate students to learn. They share methods for gamification, brain breaks, and other strategies teachers can use to increase student engagement. Listen for ideas to make reading more fun and how to help motivate even the most reluctant readers to get excited about their learning.
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- Fidget Game TikTok account
- Shannon's favorite (FREE) growth mindset activities via TpT-lower grades
- Shannon's favorite (FREE) growth mindset activities via TpT-upper grades
- The Fidget Game for purchase *Amazon affiliate link
- King Komodo game for purchase *Amazon affiliate link
- SquishyLand game for purchase *Amazon affiliate link
- The Vocabulary game for purchase *Amazon affiliate link
- ASCD: New Thinking about Student Engagement
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