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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Subjects like math and science — the ones only “smart” kids do well in — demand that you find patterns, unravel clues, connect one dot to another, and scaffold knowledge learned in prior lessons. Do these descriptions sound familiar (ask your game-playing students)? by Open University. Grades 3 and up.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 18, 2022

While most students have returned to in-person learning, many have remained in the online classroom. Some kids who homeschool also solely attend classes online. Online discussions are easy to have using video chat platforms or even chat rooms. When they’re at home behind a computer screen, that’s an even more difficult task.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Here are nine ways to celebrate in your classroom including websites, games, activities, printables, quizzes, audios, songs, interactive maps, crafts, flashcards, videos, webquests, books, posters, trading cards, lesson plans, word searches, puzzles, speeches, articles, animations, biographies, and more (click the titles for the link): 1.

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APRIL 10, 2020

Overall, it is America’s most-popular holiday with Christmas a close second. Here’s a good mixture of games, lesson plans, stories, and songs that can be blended into many academic subjects: 18+ Interactive Easter websites. The site also provides Easter-themed facts, jokes, crafts, and games. Easter color-me.

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Fractus Learning

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Video games and especially video games for kids can be quite a fiery topic. Do kids spend too much time in front of the television? Do they enhance intelligence? Are they too violent? While there is plenty of research […].

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

Kids don’t expect that and often don’t know how to handle it. Cyberbullying occurs on not just social media like Twitter, Facebook, and topical forums, but multiplayer games and school discussion boards. Kids who are cyberbullied are more likely to: use alcohol and drugs. It now regularly happens in the cyberworld.

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APRIL 2, 2021

Overall, it is America’s most-popular holiday with Christmas a close second. Here’s a good mixture of games, lesson plans, stories, and songs that can be blended into many academic subjects (for updates on this Easter-themed list of websites, click here ): 18+ Interactive Easter websites. ABCYa Easter Egg Hunt.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

A while ago, flashy props and chunky textbooks were among the most popular teaching aids. If we were to use two words to describe games, they would be related to “fun” and “engagement.” Students of all ages love games and everything that gives them a purpose. You could include names from popular movies or TV series.

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

Kids don’t expect that and often don’t know how to handle it. Cyberbullying occurs on not just social media like Twitter, Facebook, and topical forums, but multiplayer games and school discussion boards. Kids who are cyberbullied are more likely to: use alcohol and drugs. It now regularly happens in the cyberworld.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 24, 2023

Are you looking for a fun and exciting way to get your kids interested in science? Or do you have kids at home who need an educational yet entertaining activity? In this blog post, I cover some of the best resources where you can access a wide variety of entertaining and educational science games. The games are free to use.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

A few days ago, young children were welcomed to explore a virtual world full of blue skies and sunshine right alongside a doe-eyed blond baby boy, who has become one of the most popular characters in children’s programming. Moonbug also owns “Blippi,” “Little Baby Bum” and other popular kids programs.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

While most parents agree that it should be part of the modern school’s program, only a small percentage ( about 40% of schools) teach coding. Before we dive in too deep, let’s first understand what coding is like for kids. How Does Coding for Kids Work? Benefits of Coding for Kids. 1 It’s a Foundational Skill.

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MARCH 8, 2021

Here’s a great quote I heard in a sponsored video: “It might sound crazy to you and me but the kids love it.” Kids have a passion for learning and playing games. It uses tools already popular in your school — Google Classroom or MS Office 365, a browser, and an app (iOS or Android).

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Neo LMS

JULY 19, 2022

Most young adults and older professionals today rely heavily on technology. Still, despite the digital age we are living in, some adults question how much exposure to tech kids should have before they reach a certain age. FlipGrid is quickly becoming one of the most popular edtech tools to aid students in and out of the classroom.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 11, 2018

While some teachers are still grappling with the intricacies of EdTech, Gen Z kids are more than eager to welcome technology into the classroom. As toddlers and kindergartners, kids are introduced to creative arts in the form of painting, music, dance, reading, and writing. How Edtech can help.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 3, 2021

There are many reasons for this, but the most pressing was the need for information related to COVID-19, especially during the early months of the outbreak. If things weren’t challenging enough, the added stress of a lack of engagement by remote learners on video calls compounded things further.

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JUNE 10, 2020

COVID has changed how we address summer PD so I’ve collected the most popular AATT articles on how to spend your education time this summer. This summer, model it by offering educational activities students will choose over watching TV, playing video games, or whatever else they fall into when there’s nothing to do.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

Here are five ways edtech can kick up your social studies program: Simulations and games. There are lots of social studies-oriented games and simulations. It is described by many as the nation’s most comprehensive, standards-aligned civics curriculum. Click here for more history-oriented games and simulations.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2023

More than 50 years after Don Rawitsch introduced Oregon Trail in his eighth grade class, the debate continues : Can games become a legitimate tool for learning? Proponents of game-based learning have good reason to be optimistic—but also cautious. Proponents of game-based learning have good reason to be optimistic—but also cautious.

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DECEMBER 7, 2022

Yet, kids who can code are better at logical thinking and problem solving, more independent and self-assured, and more likely to find a job when they graduate. Here are ten unusual projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Alt Codes. 10 Unusual Projects.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

When teachers turn a lesson or tough-to-teach concept into a motivational gamed or use a fun competition to teach new concepts, students become immersed in their learning and are often more engaged–meaning they’re more likely to retain information. Popular among students (and teachers!), Rosenberg uses Gimkit , Kahoot! ,

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EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

It lives in a network of interconnected computers and includes a range of free, accessible, and decentralized games, communities, and venues for interaction. In these environments, metaverse users can interact with each other, build things (in groups or alone), play games and interact with avatars and 3D digital objects. Yes and no.

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

Kids don’t expect that and often don’t know how to handle it. Cyberbullying occurs on not just social media like Twitter, Facebook, and topical forums, but multiplayer games and school discussion boards. Kids who are cyberbullied are more likely to: use alcohol and drugs. It now regularly happens in the cyberworld.

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JULY 8, 2019

Programs are geared to the particular learning of Elementary and Middle School, and Middle and High School with games and lessons aligned to state and national standards like Common Core, TEKS and MAFS. There is also a section with math games for those who learn best by challenging themselves. General Coordinates Game.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 12, 2023

From interactive experiments on Steve Spangler Science to the captivating videos of SciShow, these resources are tailored to ignite the passion for science in middle schoolers. NOVA’s Education section (PBS) The educational arm of the popular PBS science series, NOVA, offers a wealth of resources tailored for middle schoolers.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

The AR that most people are familiar with is Pokemon Go. This app was wildly popular because of the seamless integration of real and fantasy. Metaverse has become one of the most popular AR apps in schools. Each scene can include clues, questions, directions, links, videos, polls, and more. What is Metaverse ?

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

Here are ten unusual projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Alt Codes. Here are ten unusual projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Alt Codes. Long list of websites by grade.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

. “Born connected: The rise of the AI generation”, reveals the app use and technology habits of children aged 4-18, detailing trends in screen time, social media and communications, mobile gaming, online entertainment, learning tools, and for the first time in the report’s history, use of artificial intelligence tools.

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MARCH 27, 2019

Overall, it is America’s most-popular holiday with Christmas a close second. Here’s a good mixture of games, lesson plans, stories, and songs that can be blended into many academic subjects: 18+ Interactive Easter websites. The site also provides Easter-themed facts, jokes, crafts, and games. Easter color-me.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 5, 2022

We all know that games and fun learning activities are more conducive to meaningful learning experiences and a higher level of students engagement and participation. In this post, I share with you a wide variety of resources where you can search for and find fun math games to use with your students in and out of class.

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EdTech4Beginners

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Kids learn and use so much information in their daily lives. Still, making use of toys as a way to help children learn is a time tested way to get our kids involved in education and make it fun for us as parents or teachers, to help them enjoy learning so that they can hopefully have a good relationship with education. Video Games.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Video games? Others fear what their kids may wind up seeing and hearing in online gameplay. I’ve seen kids be more attentive to their grades. In the classroom? Absolutely not! The reasons why pile up quickly. Some worry it could lead to their children spending less time on schoolwork and more time on screens.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Fingers point all directions but nothing changes the stark truth: Something causes kids to hate learning so much that they’d rather face their future without the knowledge or skills to do so successfully. ” Games remind kids of days when they chose their own seats, worked at their own pace, and responded to their own interests.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Here are fifteen ways to celebrate in your classroom including websites, games, activities, printables, quizzes, audios, songs, interactive maps, crafts, flashcards, videos, webquests, books, posters, trading cards, lesson plans, word searches, puzzles, speeches, articles, animations, biographies, and more: 1. More activities.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 11, 2018

Recently, James, you and your esports program have been in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and you’ve even had a kid who’s gotten a scholarship for esports. Very simply, esports is the practice of competitive video game play. So, there’s the idea of, you know, people play games and play video games.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2019

Adam Welcome, speaker and author of Kids Deserve It! WELCOME: I think so many educators are still just giving kids the latest technology as a substitute for what we used to do , essentially taking what we did on paper and pencil and now making it electronic. . eli.zimmerman_9856. Wed, 01/16/2019 - 13:21. & Run Like A Pirate.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Subjects like math and science — the ones only “smart” kids do well in — demand that you find patterns, unravel clues, connect one dot to another, and scaffold knowledge learned in prior lessons. Do these descriptions sound familiar (or ask your game-playing students)? by Open University. Grades 3 and up.

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