The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Don’t worry, you don’t see the gory zombies of movies, but the game is engaging (and aligned with Common Core Standards!). Jane McGonigal’s 2012 TED Talk shares how gaming can help those who game have resilience and how good games can improve the world. Students tweeted as different characters.

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Game-Based Learning Classroom Learning Study 150

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

Wednesday, March 26th at 4pm Multiply the Impact: Martin Esterman’s Newest Math Game , We welcome Martin Esterman, 2012 National STEM Video Game Challenge winner, for a look at his newest math game, Multiplication Blocks, available on GameUp! Again the focus is on how ed tech can help with addressing the challenges of the Common Core.

Libraries 59

Libraries Common Core Conference Learning 59

Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Technology Integration and the Common Core by Andrew Miller The CCSS call us to integrate technology in intentional and meaningful ways to have students meet rigorous standards. See examples at varying grade levels of successful PBL projects aligned to Common Core and ISTE NET Standards and for various subject areas.

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Resources iPad Mobility eBook 91

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The report is always a big deal in technology circles – “a tech industry event in its own right,” as Wired’s Steven Levy put it in 2012 – and many publications and pundits dutifully cover Meeker’s observations, often adding very little analysis of their own.

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Gamification. Common Core) for individual students. A Definition for Digital Citizenship (Heick 2012). I really believe I could have hit a mosquito in the eye with a pine needle at thirty paces; I couldn’t miss because there was no such thing as a miss.” ” Game-Based Learning. Genius Hour.

Technology 40

Technology Learning BYOD Digital Citizenship 40