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How to Find Learning Opportunities in Video Games Kids and Teens Love

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Every game has learning potential, from small games made for classrooms to big blockbusters made to be enjoyed at home. Sure, the games made for in-school learning are the easiest to implement (and to convince administrators to buy!); There are tons of games your students already play at home that are packed full of learning potential.

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Current Trends in Education

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Key points: Current education trends point to personalization and accessibility Keeping up with current trends in education is essential for educators Learn more about K-12 Tech Innovation News In the dynamic landscape of K-12 education, several trends are shaping the way students learn and educators teach.

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Babies and Mobile Devices. Where Are YOU on the issue?

Kevin Corbett

Nor, it seems, do a number of advocacy groups that want it pulled off the market because they think iPads and babies are a dangerous combination. She says babies learn through eye contact and interaction with the world. appeared first on | elearning, mobile learning, gamification and more. But I do not. Source: [link].

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Surveys Find Districts Are Using More Edtech Tools — and Teachers Are Bearing the Costs

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“Virtual” learning may be on the upswing—corporate VR learning, that is. The human resources advisory firm Future Workplace and Mursion, which provides VR simulations, commissioned a survey of more than 300 corporate learning leaders in organizations with at least 1,000 employees. All in this Edtech Reports Recap.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

” She posits gaming as the new site for “modern learning,” with an emphasis on skills training and data-driven self-improvement. There is much to learn from the Meeker report. There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” It’s just not what you think.”

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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

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Tech & Learning Rounds Up a Summary of New Tools for Schools Software & Online ACHIEVE3000 & ICIVIC ( www.achieve3000.com CLASSLINK ONESYNC ( www.classlink.com ) ClassLink announced the release of OneSync during IMS Global’s Learning Impact Leadership Institute. civics and government topics.

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Reactions to a College Alternative: Debating the Merits of MissionU

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Campbell: I would challenge anyone to find a thoughtful liberal-learning curriculum that has been carefully structured by experts for free on the internet. But, the specific value that's added within the university setting, with a structured and community-based approach to liberal learning, is that you have a much better opportunity.