Classroom Game Design: Paul Andersen at TEDxBozeman

Paul Andersen has been teaching science in Montana for the last eighteen years.  He explains how he is using elements of game design to improve learning in his AP Biology classroom.  Paul's science videos have been viewed millions of times by students around the world.  He was the 2011 Montana Teacher of the Year and he is currently a science teacher at Bozeman High School.  For more information on Paul's work visit http://www.bozemanscience.com.

Paul Andersen has been teaching high school science in Montana for the last seventeen years.  He has been teaching science on YouTube for the last three years. Paul began his career teaching all the science classes at a small rural school in northern Montana. Paul is currently an AP Biology teacher and technology mentor at Bozeman High School.  Paul uses technology and game mechanics to increase engagement in his classroom.  Paul is the 2011 Montana Teacher of the Year and was one of four finalists for National Teacher of the Year.

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[Philip Ky]

ONLY IF YOU WERE MY BIO TEACHER!

[SingingFleas]

BE MY TEACHER.

PLEASE.

[paparise oana]

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[d3st88]

I have a kid brother (10) and he loves computer games where he can level up, but he doesn't like school or studying much. So I decided to reward him with eXperience Points for various tasks that involve learning and reading and ever since he is pretty much begging me to give him tasks. We collect his XP in an XLS file. He is lvl8 now :)

[Reski93]

Mr Anderson was the coolest... He's also the master of simon says... Like really the guy is Simon...

[povynoif009999]

the problem with churning out education like a factory is that it only rewards one kind of intelligence. The smartest kids in the world who happen to be slow readers or bad at math get abandoned by the schooling system

[eyes21st]

I've seen Pauls online work - It's excellent, Its among the best i've ever seen. I will be adding a link to his great education in our site.

[TOBI10795]

bio teacher fuckers, I used to watch this guys videos

[hihihoho1234]

only the smart ones stay in class, other ones go to work in factories... not all get smart there.

[AuthorTess]

"Who would want to be in a class at the Vulcan Science Academy?" My very introverted son, that's who. When he saw that movie at about age 11 spoke right up in the theater and said, "I want to go to school there, Mom!" It's not for every kid but as a self-starter, excellent reader, and dedicated gamer, he would have driven off like a rocket in Mr. Anderson's class. Like all good Vulcans, though, he is still trying to learn a big lesson from this video: failure is part of the process---it's okay.

[theFickleGuy]

this is just one perspective..., in asia, either china or japan or both, they have much more rigorous and fail is not ok teaching methods. its very disciplined there and they create very smart children like a factory. just different perspectives on things, u cant say either is wrong. i just wanted to remined ppl