This week, EMC² Learning was selected as a finalist in the category of “Curriculum & Instructional Technology: Startup” for the 2023 District Administration Top Ed Tech Products Awards. Each year, District…
Trick or treat! The Spirit Halloween costume meme has been taking social media by storm. And here at EMC² Learning, we wanted to cook up an easy to use template…
Since opening our doors in March of 2021, EMC² Learning has been committed to playing with purpose and helping passionate educators around the world get their hands on student centered,…
They say that a picture tells a thousand words. And if that’s true, your classes are about to get a whole lot more to talk about! Because this week, EMC²…
Eighteen short months ago, EMC² opened its doors to a small but passionate community of creative teachers that we lovingly referred to as “Tinker Teachers” and “Engagement Engineers.” These teachers…
Who says summer vacation ever has to come to an end? This fully editable collection of Google Slides transforms your classroom into a virtual travel agency — and gives your…
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! As working classroom teachers, we know how hard it can be to maintain serious momentum right up through the last day of school. And we think…
Season 2 of EMC² Learning’s Sundown Showdown arrives with an action-packed collection of 12 different stand-alone activities, all wrapped together in a cleverly themed “Island Oasis” pedagogy reminiscent of reality…
After a full year of building this incredible community, and weeks of speculation surrounding the #MarchMegaSurprise, the time has finally come to share the exciting news! You asked for it, and…
Welcome to the Amazin’ Online Marketplace! This one-stop-shop virtual shopping experience is home to quite literally ANY item that you can imagine. Your goal? Help us dream up a full-blown…
With just a few short weeks remaining before the holiday break, EMC² Learning is proud to announce our brand new lineup of building toy-inspired classroom activities. We think they’re the…
TRICK OR TREAT! Ready for a sweet upgrade to an everyday review activity? We’ve got the PERFECT way for your students to show what they know! Say hello to the…
Early in our respective teaching careers, we came to the all-important realization that you don’t get into education to make money: you get into education to make a difference. Each…
BACKTO SCHOOL DRAFTING TABLE Welcome back to another exciting school year! While it might yet be a stretch to call this partially masked, partially vaccinated teaching environment “the new normal”…
Hey folks! John here. And today I’d like to share some insider secrets from the work we do here at EMC² Learning. Each week, Michael and I set out to…
Looking for a creative way to get your students excited to hit the ground running with the start of the 2021 school year? We are SUPER excited to announce the…
Any course. Any content area. Any grade level. Far too often, those first days of class are invariably the same. Awkward icebreakers. Forced introductions. A few personal anecdotes from the…
Time to let the cat out of the bag! It was sixteen weeks ago when we opened the doors to EMC² Learning. But what you might not know is that…
Looking to get your students to do a bit of creative writing? Want your room to be filled with the sound of excited explorers? We do too! We have the…
Happy Teacher Appreciation week! As working classroom teachers, we know how hard it can be to maintain serious momentum right up through the last day of school. And in a…
EMC² Learning’s Sundown Showdown arrives on the scene with a full “season” of 12 different stand-alone activities, all wrapped together in a cleverly themed “camp against camp” pedagogy reminiscent of…
Side Quests are an amazing feature of many gamified classrooms. And while these optional assignments aren’t quite the same as traditional “extra credit,” they are a phenomenal way to add…
At EMC² Learning, our mission is to help schools engage at the speed of life. But that’s not just the speed of our student’s lives. Around these parts, we do PD…
What would happen if you found yourself in possession of the long lost cell phone that was once owned by one of the most celebrated figures in all of world…
Text Quest is a plug-and-play pedagogy that can quickly be adapted to any course or content area. In short: it’s lightning fast Gamification 101 — built for rapid replay value…
Egg Dash Challenge Freebie! LET’S GET HOPPING! In this egg hunt-themed inspired review game, students divide into competing teams of heroic egg hunters to retrieve as many locked eggs as…
LET’S GET MESSY! In case you haven’t already had the pleasure to see student artwork in action: Sketchnoting can be a powerful tool in any teacher’s playbook. And Graffiti Pages are a…
We know how great it feels to be cheering for your home team. And whether your students are playing in the room or on the Zoom, being a part of…
Here at EMC² Learning, we play a lot of games. No for real. Like, a LOT of games. And while all of this playtesting might seem like we’re just goofing…
IT’S TOURNAMENT TIME! Why sit on the sidelines when you can get your classes in the game? March bracket tournaments have transformed a once-passive sea of spectators into a passionate…
Hey folks. John here! Michael and I have some really exciting news to share in today’s blog entry. But we wanted to set the stage quickly by taking a brief…
PS: Dig this comic book-like presentation? It’s a fully editable Google Slides template, and just one of the hundreds of resources already available to our community of EMC² Engagement Engineers! We’re…
When Walt opened the Disneyland Theme Park in 1955, he envisioned creating a place where everyone could come and be playful together. A far cry from the seedy, shady local…
In eXPlore Like a Pirate, Michael wrote at length about the problem of what he likes to call “The Jeopardy Effect.” Chances are if you’ve ever run a traditional game-like…
Here at EMC², we’ve developed a sort of reputation for being pretty big geeks for all things game-inspired. Michael’s Explore Like a Pirate: Gamification and Game-Inspired Course Design to Engage, Enrich…
From Crossfit to Orange Theory and just about every trendy new workout craze in between, we’ve noticed a pretty clear trend. Muscle Confusion is actually, like, a really healthy way…