Participate and share: Poster 
Participants will know strategies to implement effective small group instruction that targets individual needs using personalized learning through gamification. In this session, we will examine Boddle Learning and how gamification motivates and empowers students to learn. Participants will leave knowing tools to bridge the gap in equity and strategies to implement personalized learning based on instant data results for math small group instruction. By the end of the session, learners will be able to examine their classroom data results on assignments and know how to effectively target each student’s needs to accelerate learning and provide meaningful feedback that is positive to promote a healthy classroom climate. If selected for an ed talk, the session will be presented in a presentation style format with opportunities for the audience to participate in discussions, and tasks using devices. If selected for a different presentation style the presentation will be adapted to fit this style of presentation. Evidence of success will be that teachers will leave knowing strategies to personalize learning with gamification for all students. There will be opportunities for teachers to provide feedback and ask questions if needed.
Please note: This outline is for Edtalk if accepted. If accepted for a different presentation format the outline will be similar but different to adapt to the presentation style. Participants will have several opportunities to share, connect with others and engage in activities using devices.
5 min: The beginning of the session will first consist of a mentimeter social-emotional learning check-in to engage the audience and show them a quick check strategy to use in their classroom.
5 minutes will consist of reviewing learning gaps within education and how differentiation has always been vital in education and even more now after the pandemic. I will show example reports of data and learning gaps and how to link both through accelerated learning.
5 Minutes will be used to introduce equity in education. A quick explanation of equity within education will be addressed and how being able to target instruction and personalize learning for students helps all students accelerate and succeed. Teachers will have opportunities to share what the difference between equity and equality is and respond to a graphic comparing/contrasting the two via word cloud on devices.
20 minutes. The next 20 minutes will be used to introduce the Boddle platform for math up to 6th grade and ELA up to 2nd grade. I will engage the audience in a word cloud by having audience members share games they remember playing in school and how it affected their learning. From there the audience will learn more about gamification and the benefits of using it to motivate students and create friendly competition. The audience will also be aware of features to help reach all students such as text-to-speech, reteaching embedded videos, translation and pen tools.
15 minutes will be used to demonstrate to teachers the live feed features to create intervention and enrichment groups and how to view the live feed based on how students are performing. After having teachers share together peer to peer they will be able to present or say to other groups how they would group their students for small group instruction. The final minutes of this section will be dedicated to reflecting on the learning teachers made to reinforce personalized learning. The section will end by demonstrating how personalizing learning through gamification helps promote equity.
5-10 minutes. The session will come to a close with reviewing strategies and best practices to engage students in gameplay by creating personalized assignments and how small group instruction is readily available to work with all students. The presentation will end with teachers being able to ask questions and seek clarification if needed.
Below are some articles that discuss the importance of the session topic.
LEANLAB research on Boddle: https://www.boddlelearning.com/article/research-spring-2021
Reasons why differentiated instruction is important, by a Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia's School of Education and Human Development: https://www.ascd.org/blogs/7-reasons-why-differentiated-instruction-works
Amid Pandemic Challenges, Leaders of Color Deliver Solutions for Math Students https://velaedfund.org/rising-through-pandemic-challenges-leaders-of-color-deliver-solutions-for-disengaged-students/
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