eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2015

Collaborative efforts will help expand knowledge about game-based learning’s potential for students. Games4Ed was formed by over 25 representatives from different sectors of gaming and education who came together to examine the possibilities and issues regarding the use of game-based learning on January 20, 2015.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

November 1 , 2015 In his classic, ‘What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy’, James Paul Gee highlighted the importance of incorporating principles of game-based learning into.read more.

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Graphite Blog

MAY 15, 2015

Are you curious about game-based learning but don’t know where to begin? In our April 27, 2015, Digital Classroom webinar, Matthew Farber , classroom teacher and author of Gamify Your Classroom: A Field Guide to Game-Based Learning , suggested clear steps you can take today to integrate games into your teaching.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MAY 15, 2015

May 16, 2015 Game-based learning is an educational trend that has gained so much popularity in recent years. At its core, game-based learning involves the use of the learning principles underlying.read more.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 12, 2015

March 12, 2015 With more and more educators embracing game-based learning, it’s important to evaluate and choose the program that works best for you and your students. Math games' But with an abundance of.read more.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 28, 2015

August 28, 2015 Zondle is another great web tool and mobile app to use in a game-based learning approach. Zondle allows you to create, play and share educational games to support teaching, learning.read more.

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Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2019

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. Beginning in 2015, the group pursued fee-for-service work to generate revenue and become less dependent on grants.

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 18, 2016

The number of American teachers using games in classrooms–particularly with younger students–has doubled over the past six years, according to a large survey released last week that measures national ed-tech use. T he 2015 Speak Up survey findings are the latest in a series of reports released each year by the Irvine, Calif.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 30, 2015

Frank Smith The influence of 3D printing, adaptive learning technologies and wearable technologies in the classroom is growing.

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Neo LMS

MAY 30, 2019

Of particular interest, I thought, was Finland’s focus on early childhood learning — what they call ECEC (Early Childhood Education and Care). Student involvement and game-based learning. Read more: Why students love a game-based learning experience. How edtech supports everything: EDUDigi.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

In January 2015, Mitch co-founded the nonprofit Games4Ed with Larry Cocco. Games4Ed facilitates collaborations between educators, researchers, game developers, publishers, and policymakers to further the use of games and other immersive strategies in schools.

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MIND Research Institute

OCTOBER 19, 2017

And teachers are already leveraging student's love of games in their classrooms; 74% of K-8 teachers use digital games in instruction. How Do We Know if Game-based Learning Works? Games make brains grow. Video Gaming Can Increase Brain Size and Connectivity. Share the Game-based Learning Infographic.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 30, 2020

She has been a presenter at ISTE 2019, NCCE 2016-19, the Southern Oregon EdTech Summit 2015-18, and IntegratED 2017-18. Heather is passionate about integrating technology in education to amplify student voice, increase communication, and engage students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

News and Trends: Sunday, November 22, 2015 This was a busy week at my school. 8 Ways to Level Up Game Based Learning in the Classroom. But authentic games do. Kids weren’t too excited to be there but we got so much done anyway. The response was amazing from parents but it was about the students.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 7, 2015

However, that does not mean there are not a lot of new items to look through, as sites/apps for programming/coding, Math/STEM, and Game Based Learning played a predominant role in this year's list. Ignite Teaching - An excellent free iPad app for Project Based Learning through collaborative digital presentations/projects.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

November 2015 November has been a busy month. Top 10 Blog Posts of November 2015: The Cool Cat Teacher Blog. 8 Great Ways to Level Up Game Based Learning in the Classroom. Top Shows of November 2015: Every Classroom Matters. 10 Ways to Flip a Kid and Turn Their Day Around. What To Do When Someone Hates You.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The fate of the games seemed in limbo in Sept. 2015 after News Corporation sold Amplify. Today, Amplify announced that it is merging its games division—the team and its assets—with StoryToys, an Irish developer of children’s learning apps, into a new company: Touch Press. But now they have found a new home.

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Graphite Blog

JULY 3, 2015

And learn how to use CueThink to make math collaborative and social. SCIENCE Best Middle and High School Science Games for NGSS. The Next Generation Science Standards' focus on experimentation is tailor made for game-based learning. But what games are good for classrooms?

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2016

100+ Game Based Learning Resources to Get Started in Your Classroom From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Games are fun. Game based learning excites learning in my classroom. Game Based Learning in My Classroom. Sept 2015).

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techlearning

JANUARY 28, 2016

From programming, STEM, and game-based learning to assessments and stories, there’s something for everyone in this best-of-2015 list.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2016

Gaming is growing, that’s for sure. We read about it in survey results, we hear about game-based learning in conference sessions and during webinars, and we stumble across it in news coverage. In 2010, 47 percent of teachers said they used online videos, and that jumped to 68 percent of teachers in 2015.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

September 3, 2015 Game-based learning is becoming an important pedagogical approach in the 21st century instructional paradigm. With the rise of digital games and the widespread of connectivity comes.read more.

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MIND Research Institute

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Access to technology is not enough to improve student learning. A 2015 study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found that simply having access to computers and other digital devices had no impact on students’ proficiency in reading, math, and science. By using game-based learning.

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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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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2018

It proved most successful in the first endeavor, says Jessica Lindl, who served as GlassLab’s CEO from its start to 2015. While games focus on problem-solving abilities, he claims, most exams test for content and knowledge—things that require more memorization than problem-solving skills. “If middle-school market.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Then in 2015, the company took a gamble: It raised $12 million for its first round of outside investment. Today the company has nearly 60 full-time staff, almost quadruple the number from early 2015. Quizlet will not be the only edtech company seeking to monetize by allowing other education companies access to its large user base.

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Along with being a full time teacher at University School of Milwaukee, Matera is also a nationally known presenter and international consultant of game-based learning. ASCD named him an Emerging Leader in 2015 for sharing his ideas for using accessible and gamified teaching methods as part of instruction.

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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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Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 30, 2016

-based Ambient Insight, predicts a five-year compound annual growth rate, or CAGR, of negative 6.4 billion drop in worldwide revenue from 2015 to 2021. However, sales of mobile learning, simulation-based learning, game-based learning, and “brain-training” software are all on the rise.

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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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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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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2016

The national report, From Print to Pixel: The role of videos, games, animations and simulations within K-12 education , reveals that in 2010, only 23 percent of surveyed teachers said they used games, compared to 48 percent of those surveyed in 2015.

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eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

A recent report from The NPD Group found that by the end of the 2014-2015 school year, K-12 teachers spent roughly $500 on school supplies with 47 percent of it sourced from their personal funds. Voki allows my students to demonstrate their learning in a unique and meaningful way.” ”

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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. I seek out collaboration and tackle problems with the help of other team members as a result of my experience in the classroom,” he said.

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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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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2016

Florida Virtual School (FLVS), a statewide public school district in the state of Florida and international provider of education products and services, has selected D2L , a global learning technology provider, to deploy its Brightspace platform as the district’s new learning management system (LMS).

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 2, 2019

Alternative modes Today, education has expanded beyond traditional learning spaces into distance education , blended learning, flipped classrooms , mobile learning, and online delivery through technologies such as MOOCs ( Massive Open Online Courses ). Again, this mode is dependent on high quality video content. Parlour, A.

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