User Generated Education
NOVEMBER 27, 2022
Playing chess requires a lot of “if-then” logical analysis and “what-if” scenarios, all necessary ingredients for developing logical and critical thinking. Below is a video clip of its soft start where she and another students are teaching some of their classmates how to play. Some Academic and SEL Benefits of Chess.
User Generated Education
JANUARY 30, 2022
I understand and believe in value of learning through board games, and have incorporated them into my classrooms – both elementary and higher education – throughout my decades long teaching career. Research indicates that there is power in using board games in the classroom.
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Teacher Reboot Camp
SEPTEMBER 8, 2018
I recently took on a new position teaching 400+ elementary students Computer and Technology. I’m taking the time before we go into coding to help students learn about giving instructions, since the most important thing all my elementary students learned this past week is that a computer works by following instructions.
Teacher Reboot Camp
SEPTEMBER 8, 2018
I recently took on a new position teaching 400+ elementary students Computer and Technology. I’m taking the time before we go into coding to help students learn about giving instructions, since the most important thing all my elementary students learned this past week is that a computer works by following instructions.
The CoolCatTeacher
JUNE 9, 2017
She regularly contributes literacy insights at Dr. Kimberly’s Literacy Blog and has collaborated in writing classroom curriculum and language arts sections as well as chairing the Elementary Reading National Evaluation Preparation Committee for Pearson Education.
User Generated Education
AUGUST 14, 2022
Most teachers and students these days know about Kahoot , a game-based learning platform that makes it easy to create, share and play learning games or trivia quizzes. Because my learners are elementary age, they don’t (or shouldn’t) have their own Instagram account. Kahoot Selfie. Fake Instagram Account.
MindShift
AUGUST 13, 2015
Their teacher, Kate Selkirk, was using this game as a starting point for an eight-week unit on math concepts — data analysis and graphing, proportions, probability and slope. Students fill out games analysis worksheets at the Roll-A-Ball game during a trip to Coney Island in Brooklyn, NY May 28, 2015.
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