1. E2 Educator Challenge

2. What is a Classroom Hack?
Hack (noun):
A clever solution to an everyday problem
Urban Dictionary

3. What is a Classroom Hack?
Classroom Hack (E2):
An innovative, possible solution to a common classroom problem that can be universally implemented
Becky & Kim

4. Teacher Hacker Personas
Introduce the five persona titles
Gamify
Personalize
Minimize
Delocalize
Strategize

5. Gamify
Knows how to spice things up in the classroom to engage students
Believes that learning can be fun
Uses simulations, animations, and more
Adds gamification elements (missions, task completion requirements etc.) to the classroom
Gamify

6. Personalize Crafts learning that reaches students individually
Pays attention to student needs
Selects tools that can be customized
Allows students to select the tools they want to use for projects
Personalize

7. Minimize Makes efficiency experts look like rookies
Paperless, productive, and avoids time sinks
Lets go of clutter and focuses on what really counts
Minimize

8. Delocalize
Builds collaborative learning environments in and out of the classroom
Focuses on global themes that are found in the local community
Teaches students #youmatter through encouragement and empowerment
Delocalize

9. Strategize Bases lesson decisions on how to best impact every student
Uses accessibility tools for equity in education
Ensures success through differentiation
Strategize

10. Identify a common problem Propose an innovative solution
E2 Learning Challenge
You can work alone, or create a class hack team!
Identify a common problem
Propose an innovative solution
Create a Mix that describes your Hack
Share your Mix with the world

11. Identify a common problem Propose an innovative solution
E2 Learning Challenge
You can work alone, or create a class hack team!
Identify a common problem
Propose an innovative solution
Create a Mix that describes your Hack
Share your Mix with the world

12. Identify a common problem Propose an innovative solution
E2 Learning Challenge
You can work alone, or create a class hack team!
Identify a common problem
Propose an innovative solution
Create a Mix that describes your Hack
Share your Mix with the world

13. Identify a common problem Propose an innovative solution
E2 Learning Challenge
Work in assigned teams of 5-6 Expert Educators to:
Identify a common problem
Propose an innovative solution
Create a Mix that describes your Hack
Share your Mix with the world

14. Identify
Identify a classroom problem that you are faced with daily. Use the brainstorming scaffold to help you get started.

15. E2 Challenge Brainstorming Scaffold
Problem of Practice
Impact on student learning
Theme/Topic
Solution proposal
Implementing the hack
Overview of how hack is implemented

16. Propose
Propose an innovative solution that is reasonable to implement, given the technical access available in your situation. Your solution must match one of the Hacker personas (pick one of the personas).

17. Create
Create an Office Mix or video to describe your problem and how it impacts learning, your solution, and how your Hack could be implemented. If you want, you can use the template to help keep you on track. Mixes/Videos must be less than 3 minutes. You can work alone, or as a team!

18. Each Office Mix/video should:
Create
Each Office Mix/video should:
Identify the problem
Describe how the problem impacts learning
Propose an innovative, reasonable solution
Overview how hack can be implemented

19. Share
Post the URL for your shareable Office Mix or video on Twitter using the following hashtags by March 16, 2016: #hacktheclassroom #contest Judges will score entries based on the rubric provided in the docs.com collection. We will create a collection of the top Class Hacks on our Educator Community and announce them on our April EduCast

20.
Materials available in the Docs.com collection (
Project description (Word Document)
Brainstorming scaffold page (PowerPoint)
Mix template (PowerPoint)
Rubric (Word Document)