

I have a bulletin board in my room entitled “Duolingüista” (This is the Spanish word I came up with for “duolingo-er”) and each class has a scoreboard where we write the winner’s name and their XP total. For every 100 XP points earned, they receive 1 point of extra credit. Students can play outside of class on their home computer or on their smartphone. They are encouraged to play outside of class too!Įxtra Credit:Duolingo is the only way to earn extra credit in my class now. We select the winner by the amount of XP points, because this totals how many minutes they spent practicing, including review. Students are motivated to get to my class on time (or even early) so they have extra Duolingo time! When the buzzer goes off, they know to put away their device so we can begin class.įridays: Students begin a drumroll and I project the teacher dashboard to announce the winner each week. (No prep!!) I set a timer that covers the passing period and the first 5 minutes of class. Teacher Tutorial Video – Student set-upĭaily: This is their bellringer.Teacher Tutorial Video – Setting up your dashboard.

