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Cool Cat Teacher’s Gift List 2016 Edition

The CoolCatTeacher

Explore Like a Pirate: Engage, Enrich, and Elevate Your Learners with Gamification and Game-Inspired Course Design by Michael Matera is one of those books I keep by my desk as I become better at Game Based Learning. It is an ebook but you can download and print if you wish. This is on my list as a top 3 book of 2016.

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Rise Of Learning Platforms: Importance Of eLearning In Higher Education

Kitaboo on EdTech

It includes the use of heavy graphics, video, and gamification to deliver highly engaging content. Techniques such as audio-visual learning and gamification encourage continued engagement while boosting productivity. These courses are required when demonstrating difficult concepts. How KITABOO Makes Online Learning More Effective?

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8 Reasons to Create Interactive Textbooks for Engaging K-12 Students

Kitaboo on EdTech

For K-12 students, interactive textbooks/ebooks act as a learning companion, as it offers constant interaction. With the availability of eBook creation software, it has become very easy to create an interactive textbook. Here’s our list of the 8 best eBook creation software. Make the Course Interesting with Gamification.

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How to Use Digital Textbooks in the Classroom

Kitaboo on EdTech

A four-year university-wide study conducted by Florida Virtual Campus reports that 70% of the respondents surveyed said that they had spent at least $300 on textbooks in the year 2016. Related: 9 Benefits of Interactive eBooks. Here are some ways that instructors can use digital textbooks in the classrooms.

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2016 Global Education Conference - 53 Live Sessions on Tuesday, Day Three!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We are partnering with Chrome Warrior and using their gamification platform to provide an enhanced professional development experience for Global Education Conference attendees. We are ready for another great day of sessions and keynotes! IMPORTANT NOTES: Simple instructions on joining the conference for newcomers: [link].

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Trends to watch in 2015: education and technology

Bryan Alexander

What can we expect in 2016 from the intersection of technology and education? Unless the worm turns globally, I’d expect planet MOOC to keep growing in 2016. That should extend into 2016. The forthcoming Horizon Report thinks BYOD is one of the two major tech trends for 2016.

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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

techlearning

The adaptive Apex Learning Tutorials for intervention, remediation, and preparation for high-stakes assessments were proven to improve students’ performance on the Tutorials from pretest to posttest by more than 50% and by an average of 23 to 26 percentile points during the 2016–2017 school year.

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