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GlassLab Set Out to Prove Games Could Assess Learning. Now It’s Shutting Down.

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million grant from the Gates Foundation and MacArthur Foundation, GlassLab aimed to prove that educational games could be just as fun as their mainstream titles, and serve as reliable formative assessment tools. The first word in GlassLab’s name stands for games, learning and assessment). middle-school market.

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New to Competency-Based Learning? Here're Five Ways to Assess It

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He adds, “Kids are allowed to learn at their own pace, and can learn experientially.” When a competency-based approach to assessment is in place, students must show what they know as well as what they can do. Below are five ways to approach competency-based learning assessment.

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Bethany Petty: Using Edtech to Enhance Learning

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Education technology must enhance learning. Today’s guest, Bethany Petty gives us pointers and shares a common pitfall of those implementing new technology in the classroom. Using Edtech to Enhance Learning. In my classroom, I am a high school social studies teacher. They’re completing formative assessments.

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Google Masters For Kids of All Ages: Badges, Skills and More

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She also shares her micro-credential badging approach that has her fifth graders excited to learn. Today’s Sponsor: WriQ from Texthelp is a new FREE Add-on for Google Docs that helps teachers easily assess student writing and track progress over time by automatically scoring students’ spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors.

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Understanding Ethics Through Game Design and Educational Goals

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Adapted from Game-Based Learning in Action: How an Expert Affinity Group Teaches with Games by Matthew Farber published by Peter Lang. The idea of the EPIC Framework is to be a tool for teachers to refer to when considering which games to use in classrooms. The way students interact with games is different.

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Why It's Important to Teach Your Students Financial Literacy—and Three Ways to Do It

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Teaching financial literacy in the classroom is one promising way to improve financial capacity for today’s young people. Teaching financial literacy in the classroom is one promising way to improve financial capacity for today’s young people. There are many ways that educators can embed digital financial education into the classroom.

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Alabama Department of Education Gives Students Free Summer Access to Fuel Education Solutions

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Stride is an online, adaptive game-based learning platform that inspires students to practice and master concepts in math, reading, language arts, and science. Stride can also be used during the academic year for assessment and test readiness in the classroom. Ryan, General Manager of Fuel Education.