Technology Tidbits

AUGUST 16, 2020

My advice: pick one or two “go-to” tools ASAP that are easy for you and your students to use both within the classroom and remotely to start off and quickly become familiar with then continue using consistently throughout the year no matter where teaching and learning end up taking place.

Differentiated Instruction 69

Differentiated Instruction Flipped Classroom Game-Based Learning Mobile Learning 69

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

Researchers at the University of Missouri are working on HydroSci, an eight-hour long open world game in a 3D virtual learning environment where students must solve earth science problems (say, locate a source of pollution). More than 5 million students already use iCivics; they hope to grow that number fourfold by 2020).

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EdTech Learning Differentiated Instruction Strategy 226

Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2018

Images credit: EVERFI Lessons on The State of Financial Capability The FutureSmart Digital program has an ambitious goal of reaching 2 million students by 2020. For example, the more than 500,000 students who completed the FutureSmart course by the 2016-17 school year nearly doubled their scores on financial assessment tests.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 10, 2019

28:00] – Kasey shares a quote from the book that she used in Shake Up Learning, “If the work assigned is not something you’d let them redo in order to learn, it’s time to assess the relevance of the work you are assigning.” 2020 Shake Up Learning Book Study Dates and Information.

Handbook 65

Handbook Classroom Google Study 65

MIND Research Institute

AUGUST 25, 2020

And suddenly I had a huge dilemma, the same dilemma facing virtually all teachers, schools, and districts as they start school - in some fashion - this fall: how do you remedy the fact that a significant number of students, but not necessarily all, have large learning gaps in the math they should have previously learned?

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Differentiated Instruction Assessment Game-Based Learning Examples 94

MIND Research Institute

AUGUST 10, 2021

And by playing games, students can practice and revise their thinking as they move through the developmental stages of mastering math facts at their own pace (Bay-Williams & Kling 2014). Fluency was previously viewed in context with speed and assessed through timed tests. 11 Lessons on Game-based Learning and STEM Education.

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Game-Based Learning Gamification Strategy Exercises 145

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Colleges actively recruit gamers for their esports teams ( more than 170 colleges and universities participate in competitive gaming), courting them with substantial scholarships, which could total $100 million in 2020. Millions of people worldwide follow esports.

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Digital Citizenship Learning Guidelines Blended Learning 54

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. This year’s 6th most-read story focuses on the predictions educators and industry experts made for learning in 2022.

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