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KyEdRPG Spotlight: Chad Collins and "The Academy"

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

Chad Collins has been with Spencer County Public Schools (KY) since 2013, first as a middle school social studies and ELA teacher, and currently as the campus Gifted and Talented Teacher for Spencer County Middle School (SCMS) as well as Spencer County Elementary School. Or share them in the Comments below!

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When His Roster Outgrew His Classroom, This Prof Mastered Modular Online Curriculum

Edsurge

In 2013, he documented the experience in a case study in the Atlantic Marketing Journal, titled “ Operating a Very Large-Section, Hybrid Principles of Marketing Class at a Public University: Lessons Learned over Ten Years.” At the end of the day, students assess how they did and adjust accordingly.

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The Games Art Historians Play: Online Game-based Learning in Art History and Museum Contexts

ProfHacker

To begin with some definitions, game-based learning differs from gamification in several important ways. Sometimes the latter is reduced to bells and whistles such as gold stars and progress bars, but gamification is potentially a much more subtle and powerful teaching strategy.

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Creating a Vision for Your School and Getting Buy In from Stakeholders

The CoolCatTeacher

We created opportunities for teachers to use mentor texts — so anything related to Genius Hour, MakerSpace, gamification — a lot of most recently published texts through practitioners and facilitators in the education world right now. We invited teachers to uncover the uncommon dots in education.

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How to Play: Models for Game-Based Learning #SXSWedu

EdTechSandyK

Notes from a panel session at SXSWedu 2013 [link] Teaching is a complex undertaking. Who are students and teachers in 2013? Kids in 2013 have well developed game playing abilities, but they check those skills at the schoolhouse door b/c that''s not their school experience. CATS - Heavy focus on assessment.

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Reinventing The School Desk: Tip Tap Tap And The Internet of Things

Fractus Learning

Assessment is subjective. The Need for Autonomous Assessment. Teachers’ observation skills and subjective judgment are used quite frequently in terms of assessing students’ behavior and performance in the classroom. For example, in primary level teachers will prescribe printed textbooks and worksheet assessments.

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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

Edsurge

million (Seed) 2015 Sinovation Ventures Ready4 $8 million (A) 2016 TAL Education, Yongjin Group, ZhenFund Securly $3 million (Seed) 2013 Sinovation Ventures, ZhenFund Swing Education $7.8 EduLab , a subsidiary of JIEM, a Japanese research and assessment provider. (It 2014 TAL Education, Yongjin Group, ZhenFund One Month $1.9

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