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IXL Learning Acquires ABCya, Expands Game-Based Learning Offerings

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Since 2004, ABCya has provided students from pre-K to 5th grade with access to hundreds of educational games and apps. million downloads since its release in 2010, the MathBINGO app includes lively music, colorful visuals and playful characters that keep kids entertained as they practice addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

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Hoping to Spur 'Learning Engineering,' Carnegie Mellon Will Open-Source Its Digital-Learning Software

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The goal of the software giveaway is to jump-start “learning engineering,” the practice of applying findings from learning science to college classrooms. Some of the software that CMU plans to release as open source were already free to download, but until now the source code was not made available. But Kenneth R.

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@Spreaker Studio: The Best Way To Produce Live Audio In Your School For School Announcements in 2016

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What equipment would work for inside the classroom? What equipment would work for inside the classroom? Podcasting for Free in the Classroom. WebTalk Radio was heard on XM satellite radio and is recognized as the first broadcast radio program in the world to begin podcasting on Sept 15th, 2004. Listen in a New Window.

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Mobile gives the edge

Learning with 'e's

Firstly mobile technology is disruptive because when students are no longer tethered to specific locations such as classrooms or computer suites, different types of learning become possible, and in many cases, inevitable. 2004) Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone. 2004) Distraction: Being Human in the Digital Age.

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10 Ways to Publish Your Game Anywhere

The Game Agency

or 2004) and load into your Learning Management System (LMS). No need to download any software. DEPLOY YOUR GAME ON IPADS AROUND YOUR CLASSROOM. Get your learners up and moving during your training by placing iPads around your classroom for collaborative game play. You can launch the game and publish it anywhere!

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10 Ways to Publish Your Game Anywhere

The Game Agency

or 2004) and load into your Learning Management System (LMS). No need to download any software. DEPLOY YOUR GAME ON IPADS AROUND YOUR CLASSROOM. Get your learners up and moving during your training by placing iPads around your classroom for collaborative game play. EXPORT YOUR GAME TO YOUR LMS. All you need is the url.

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How Apps Can Help with Student Anxiety

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2006), classrooms teachers are left to use their own resourcefulness and basic classroom accommodations to support anxious children. with a different child) and require a different solution (Spiro, Coulson, Feltovich, and Anderson, 2004). Check out the screencast below for a more in-depth review of the app. References.