Graphite Blog

JULY 3, 2015

Learn how to bring wacky fun to geometry lessons with The Land of Venn; how to personalize math practice and assessment with Front Row; and offer adaptive learning opportunities with Think Through Math. And learn how to use CueThink to make math collaborative and social. But what games are good for classrooms?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) started collaborating on game-based learning (GBL) in developmental math and writing instruction in the mid-2000s, they had no idea what they were setting in motion. The CGN also has hosted three increasingly well-attended conferences, called the CUNY Games Festival.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

OCTOBER 15, 2022

The principal's students were in an alternative setting and the main delivery and assessment of content came from an online course platform. The staff fully recognized the need to provide the students with a richer learning environment than simply watching videos that led to multiple choice quizzes and eventual unit tests.

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MindShift

JUNE 28, 2018

Adapted from Game-Based Learning in Action: How an Expert Affinity Group Teaches with Games by Matthew Farber published by Peter Lang. Educators must also play the game in advance and “think about the maturity of the students and the goals they have,” Schrier told me in 2016.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Kidaptive first entered the edtech market in 2012 with Leo’s Pad, a game-based learning app that offered mini-games and puzzles to assess cognitive skills in young children. In 2015, Kidaptive acquired Hodoo English, a language-learning company, in a deal that established Kidadaptive’s Korea headquarter.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

Under Jon’s Leadership, and with his CUE Professional Learning Team, CUE PL has trained over 32,000 teachers in 2015-2017. I mean, when I started using formative assessment like this to teach binary numbers, I used to teach – binary numbers used to take seven days. It’s like, why are people grading anything?

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

GlassLab game players hone their critical thinking and problem-solving skills by, say, designing a virtual city that comfortably houses and transports all its residents without destroying the environment. A forthcoming GlassLab game tackles proportional reasoning, a concept that often stumps students.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2018

we saw an opportunity to use video, animation, 3D gaming and avatars to bring financial concepts to life for the next generation. In 2015, we launched the FutureSmart Digital program—a gamified, web-based financial education course, in partnership with education technology company EVERFI.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2018

Among a slew of teaching awards, Garg has received UCLA’s Eby Award for the Art of Teaching and was named the 2015 California Professor of the Year. Getting a seat in Garg’s Chemistry 14D class—even one on the floor in the aisle—is for many undergraduates a cause for a victory dance, no doubt accompanied by the UCLA Eight Clap.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2016

At the turn of the 21st century, public interest in games as learning tools took hold. In the eyes of digital game-based learning proponents, the general public and today’s teachers finally understood something that students and educational researchers knew all along. The Basics of Digital Game-Based Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2018

Twelfth-graders’ scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress have barely budged over the last 10 years. Plus the decline in remedial enrollments appeared in 2015, not long after the Common Core State Standards were implemented. Traditionally, students landed in remedial courses based on their placement test scores.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2014

This is a free event bringing together educators, researchers, game developers and innovators from around the world, being held Monday September 15th - Friday September 19th. Our goal is to have you walk away with practical information and inspiration for furthering game-based learning in class and beyond. See you there!

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Learn about global Kahoots, how she tweets with her class and more global collaborative techniques in this show. Quickly create assessments for any grade or subject without special forms or equipment. Today’s Sponsor: GradeCam can save you time! Instantly scan and score with any mobile, desktop or document camera.

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Don’t miss our first TeacherQuest webinar, “Learning by Doing,” on February 24, 2015, 4:00 p.m. TeacherQuest is a unique professional development program by Educator Innovator partner, Institute of Play, and focuses on games and game design. PST/7:00 p.m.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

We''ve set up a new student entrepreneurship portal at StudentEnrepreneurship.com that provides quick access to the free HPLIFE interactive classes for students to learn business skills, and gives you a chance to sign up for information about the free online conference on student entrepreneurship we plan to hold in 2015.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 20, 2017

Another 2015 study shows that only 30% of teachers improve substantially with PD. If project based learning works – do it. In my opinion, if you can’t teach me about game based learning by using games, you’re not qualified to teach game based learning.

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The Game Agency

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

They provide active learning, resulting in higher knowledge gains and retention. Next, he introduced some gamification recommendations based on a meta-analysis—a study of studies—covering studies from 2000-2015. Research recommends: Include some fun to stealthily engage the learner before focusing on the learning.

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MindShift

AUGUST 13, 2015

But while blended learning — a mix of teacher-led and computerized instruction — is proliferating across the country, schools that wholeheartedly embrace games-based learning remain rare. Attempts to use games as assessments ruin the playful experiences that make them an effective learning tool, he said.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2017

Learn more about formative assessment. If you want to listen – Monica Burns did a fantastic podcast episode about her Favorite Formative Assessment Tools. If you prefer reading, see Fantastic, Fast Formative Assessment Tools (a post I wrote on Edutopia). Kecia: Oh yeah, absolutely.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

” Game-Based Learning. Learning through games (from physical to digital). The application of game-like “encouragement” mechanics to non-game entities. Put another way, it is making a game out of something that’s not. Mastery Learning. Model-Based Learning.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

For its part, Edsurge pushed hard with its marketing of SEL in 2017: “ Want Social-Emotional Learning to Work? ” “ Assessing Social-Emotional Skills Can Be Fuzzy Work; SELweb Offers Concrete Data.” How Game-Based Learning Encourages Growth Mindset ” (that’s sponsored content from MangaHigh.com).

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Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Take PD to the Next Level with Badges (credit: Denton ISD) A few weeks ago I had the privilege of speaking at the 2015 Technology in Action Conference (TIA) held in Denton, Texas. How it Works Badge Example From here, the teachers have CHOICE in their learning. The conference is always great and led by a stellar team in Denton ISD.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

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. Critical assessment of online content starts with an investigation into the authorship of the content in question.

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Educator Innovator

APRIL 21, 2015

Aside from formative assessments and checks for understanding, I ask students for feedback on how lessons were delivered. Like improv theater—where actors perform on the spot based on any proposed situations—game jams give designers a limited amount of time to create a deliverable. Were the directions clear?

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