Chad Collins | CollinsClassSC

The golden snake does sound pretty amazing.

So proud of Michelle Gross, the 2026 Kentucky Teacher of the Year who was featured in my book (alongside Sarah Parnell and @collinsclasssc.bsky.social) for her work on "The Academy" classes! #PolyhedralPedagogy #kyedrpg

Blue Prince developers decided the player is going to do increasingly complex math puzzles/problems every gameplay run.

I hate these, but have family who love them. There's so many things in the game where it REALLY helps if you have the aid/perspective/skills of others (and that is awesome.) 🪏🐦

Fan of years where we get a bunch of Newberry Honor books - this group looks fantastic. 📚 #alayma

Middle School kids built the extremely solarpunk "New Generation City" for a school entry in the Future City competition, (they won best model!)

Giant edible landscaping everywhere, hunger eliminated. Free trolleys on cool magnetic tracks. Way more cool ideas (with almost no input from me.)

Christmas is saved thanks to the efforts of students who completed an optional seasonal challenge.

Our teacher team each made a character, and Santa swooped in at the last minute to help students unlock the challenge. Fifty-nine students defeated this boss in a tricky quiz! #EduSky #Gamification

New Tape Day: Absolute 10/10 album music for bugs by camiidae.

Thanks @turtlepalstapes.bsky.social for the excellent release + bonus stickers! 🪲🦗

Fate conspired to send me shopping in World Market at 4PM, precisely the time an in-store hunt for gingerbread men gift cards started.

Success means the Bonne Maman 24 Days of Jam Advent Calendar came home. A tiny jar of jam every single day will herald the coming of the season. 🎄

New arrival just in time for Thanksgiving Break...
Congrats to @watsonedtech.bsky.social and @kyedrpg.bsky.social on your book! 📖

Very awesome to be one of the HUGE group of teachers you included in the book when discussing Tabletop Role-Playing Games in the Classroom! @mcfarland.bsky.social

Found this weekend: Marbled Orb Weaver - Pumpkin Spider while cleaning out the garage today.

Looking extremely autumnal. Left it to continue its work in peace. #SpiderSky 🕷️🕸️

Josephine Sculpture Park - Frankfort, KY

First visit and probably didn't even hit half of the park after an hour. Completely free visit and completely awesome art.

Thanks to Bernheim Forest for hosting students today, where we saw Kentucky autumn at it's absolute peak.

Kids hiked to see the giant sculptures by artist Thomas Dambo, and learned how nature, art, and stories can all connect.🍂

Happy Halloween! 🎃
Had students embark on a spooky mission, where they read The Tell-Tale Heart, solved puzzles, and confronted Baba Yaga to save villagers.

Class had to score 80% on a repeatable mastery check "battle" over studied content to win. Halloween is always fun.

Stardew Valley Symphony of Seasons in Louisville at the Kentucky Center. 35 Piece Orchestra played highlights from the soundtrack to 2000+ attendees.

Conductor said with 130 stops it's the largest ever video game-music related tour like this. (We had 2nd row, awesome time!) 🌽🎃

First time visiting Hillcrest Avenue in Louisville after learning about how crazy their yearly Halloween setup is.

Still fun/impressive to walk through even in daylight. 🎃 #Halloween

@watsonedtech.bsky.social

She mentioned trying this with KBA nominees for student interest, please pass on my recommendation that she try "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell from the 25-26 list.

Book lends itself in so many ways toward setup for the type of adventure that'd work perfect.

The language arts teacher part of me absolutely loved reading about this librarian creating a ttrpg/novel study combo.

Equally cool to hear it's happening in the county next door! #TTRPGsky

Congratulations to Michelle Gross, the new 2026 KY Teacher of the Year! 🎉

Anyone who has worked with Michelle knows this was deserved. Really awesome when you see the hard work someone puts in every day for kids be recognized.

Heekin Pewter Company has an incredible booth set up at St. James Court Art Show in Louisville this weekend.

Second year I've run into it and purchased his work (look at that frog!) Told me he's been playing Dungeons & Dragons for 50 Years. Definitely checkout his Etsy store! #miniatures

7th and 8th Grade SCMS Advance Art students attended the St. James Court Art Show today.

Awesome field trip. Students interviewed artists on their process, and created works of their own. 🎨

Each student's completed character can be clicked to see how they are contributing to the battle, and copy/pasted to other areas of the map when the story moves elsewhere.

Yesterday, students used Google Forms to vote on which "Rangers" in class (students studying science,) will help on a team mission.

The nominated students designed their characters today and were added on to our interactive map to battle monsters and defend their allies.🏹 #Edusky #Gamebasedlearning

Thank you to @kyedrpg.bsky.social for sharing the stories of teachers in KY and beyond.

Honored to be mentioned, thanks for shouting out my awesome students! 🎉🎊

After decisions are made, students can login and see the impact their choice had on characters, setting, etc.

On my side, it doesn't take long to update some elements, (and it's extremely fun both to swap things around and see what students decide.) 🎮

This school year, students sign-in to our gamified learning hub and vote to make decisions that impact the story and setting of "The Academy."

Starting small, as in the pictured example where students help a character choose their class, (Magician, Knight, Beastmaster, Ranger, or Bard.) #EduSky

How a public library's summer game took over a Michigan city Summer in Ann Arbor, Mich., means thousands of people hunting for hidden codes around the city and reading books to earn points. It's part of a popular game organized by the public library.

Summer for thousands of people in Ann Arbor, Mich., means scavenging for hidden codes around the city and voraciously reading books to collect points. It's part of an enormously popular game that's been a triumph for the public library that runs it. www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...

Gamifying an Organic Chemistry Laboratory Course as a Strategy to Improve Students’ Motivation pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.... #GameBasedLearning

Summer Game Recommendation:
Blue Prince might be the best puzzle game I've ever played. Also very fun to play co-op.

Classic MYST vibe with a great gameplay loop. Not completed yet (refusing to Google anything,) but absolutely worth the $25. ♟️🖼️

Extremely cool character assets seen all from @finalbossblues.itch.io Check out/purchase their work/tools like this!

Trying out embedding extended learning/practice for students in a new way.🎮

Added 40+ character sprites to this year's learning hub. Each has a link to practice games on websites like @blooketofficial.bsky.social and @gimkit.com with a final challenge for students to prepare for.