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It’s Game Over for the Institute of Play. But Its Legacy Lives On.

Edsurge

The news came as a surprise to educational game developers and researchers, many of whom credit the Institute of Play for supporting and growing the game-based learning industry. The experimental institution, called Quest to Learn , opened its doors in 2009 and became the subject of many books and articles.

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Teaching with Games: TeacherQuest’s District-Wide Vision

Educator Innovator

We asked our program facilitators a few questions about what teachers can learn from TeacherQuest. Those interested in game developer takeaways should check out the Q&A on gamesandlearning.org. How does your approach to game-based learning connect to or build on established teaching practices?

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Helping Others Along – Motivation Theory and the SAMR Model

techlearning

A teacher’s efficacy belief is a judgment of his or her capabilities to bring about desired outcomes of student engagement and learning.4 <PDF> 2009- 05-25 from [link] Shippee, M. & 2004) What is a “Professional Learning Community”? & Reiman, A. & Dotger, B. unpublished).

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Key Digital Skills for 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Richard Riley, Secretary of Education under Clinton, quoted in Trilling & Fadel, 2009, p. Evaluate digital content critically The Internet is full of all kinds of information and unless you know how to critically assess sources you will probably end up wasting your time reading pseudo-knowledge from pseudo experts.