Throughout my search for resource to inform my upcoming inquiry project, I stumbled across a wonderful article pertaining to my inquiry question. The article is titled From duels to classroom competition: Social competition and learning in educational videogames within different group sizes. The topic I am delving into with my inquiry proposal is “how to implement positive competition in an intermediate classroom” and the article touches on a couple key issues related to the nature of developing competitive students in your classroom. The article itself views this through the lens of competition through educational videogames, however the nature is the same. Whether it is through videogames or sports, developing the competitive spirit in your students in a safe, positive, and experiential manner is the overarching goal. So where do we even begin with such a seemingly daunting task? Almost everyone could search their memory banks and dig up an instance in the past where competition went awry. Therefore, it is essential to keep this in mind moving forward with this question. Competition can manifest in many different ways, all of which I plan to explore, but remaining always mindful of ensuring it is POSITIVE is going to be vital.

Additionally, I plan on using RSA Style Animation to present my inquiry proposal and have been looking at various examples of this to gain a better understanding of how to organize it. To refer back to a previous blog post on the CUEBC Conference I attended in October, “RSA style is where you record a birds-eye view of you drawing something while doing a voiceover of the content you are drawing about”. I still feel one of the best examples of this is of the TED Talk from Sir Ken Robinson and is one I will be looking to for inspiration for the upcoming project.

• Nebel, S., Schneider, S., & Rey, G. (2016). From duels to classroom competition: Social competition and learning in educational videogames within different group sizes. Computers In Human Behavior, 55, 384-398. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.09.035

• RSA for Sir Ken Robinson’s TED talk:
  https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms