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How to Gamify Professional Development

EdTech Magazine

Wed, 01/02/2019 - 10:20. Digital breakouts, which use Google Forms among other tools, represent a type of gamification. Dozens of YouTube videos and blog posts provide step-by-step instructions for setting up professional development digital breakouts using Google Forms. . How to Gamify Professional Development.

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5 Steps to Gamify Your Elementary Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. She has been a presenter at ISTE 2019, NCCE 2016-19, the Southern Oregon EdTech Summit 2015-18, and IntegratED 2017-18. It’s called Next Level Gamification: [link] Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “sponsored podcast episode.”

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14 Effective Self-Directed Learning Strategies

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Now, we’re not just talking about Googling an answer to a quick question. Daniel Russell’s research on how to search like a Google scientist is eye-opening in this context. Gamification The use of game mechanics like points, badges, and leaderboards can make the learning process more engaging. Morris, T.

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K–12 Teachers Use Virtual and Augmented Reality Platforms to Teach Coding

EdTech Magazine

Thu, 02/28/2019 - 15:20. We also melded the missions of coding in education with AR for this exploratory study to see if we could get favorable results in timing tests and user experiences,” said Nathan Dass , a researcher and software engineer at Google AI. “We K–12 Teachers Use Virtual and Augmented Reality Platforms to Teach Coding.

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Power Up Your Classroom with Game Play [interview with Cate Tolnai and Lindsay Blass] – SULS022

Shake Up Learning

We discuss what types of classroom environments are appropriate for gamification and ways you can incorporate game-based learning today! This episode is jam-packed with inspiring nuggets that will get you started with gamification today. Kasey is chatting with Cate Tolnai and Lindsay Blass about gamification in the classroom. [01:50]

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Long Live the '90s: ‘Edtech’ Crazes Every Teacher (and Student) Secretly Wishes Were Still Around

Edsurge

2017 Equivalent: Google Drive. And if that’s not enough, Netflix has a reboot set for 2019. We know we still have Google and everything, but posing direct questions to you just made so much more sense. 2017 Equivalent: Most adaptative math programs (IXL Math, Khan Academy, DreamBox) have some gamification element.

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A Decade Into Experiments With Gamification, Edtech Rethinks How to Motivate Learners

Edsurge

But the pair also didn’t want to reduce collaboration online to a dry, empty Google Doc, either. This was in early 2019. But even as gamification has become a shorthand for engagement, edtech companies have found it challenging to draw a clear distinction between learning and just having fun. Quizizz is embodying this shift.