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Game Based Learning: Make Fast Teaching Games with SMART lab

The CoolCatTeacher

Sponsored Post by SMART Learning Suite From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Formative assessment and game based learning make a powerful combination in the classroom. I love SMART lab, a new feature of the SMART Learning Suite. So, here’s a tutorial.

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Top 5 new EdTech tools that you might use in your university

Neo LMS

Game-based learning. The best way to acquire and retain knowledge is by learning through games. If you are wondering how it works in practice, here’s a good example: Duolingo is a free mobile app that helps students to learn foreign languages. Robot teachers.

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Top 100 Sites/Apps of 2014

Technology Tidbits

As w/ the previous year''s list, more and more mobile apps are making the list as mobile learning continues to be the rising trend in education. However, that''s not to say that there isn''t a good amount of websites and Learning Management Systems showing up as well. iPads/Chromebooks). . iPads/Chromebooks).

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?Updates, Upgrades and Overheard: What Was Unveiled at ISTE 2017

Edsurge

GOTTA CATCH ‘EM ALL: Newsela , a popular online resource which allows teachers to select and assign articles based on students’ Lexile levels, is aiming to bring its materials to younger students. So the company plans to release three new articles a week aimed specifically at elementary students. WHO GIVES A KAHOOT?:

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30 Sites/Apps for Differentiated Instruction

Technology Tidbits

Arcademics - One of my favorite sites for game based learning (K-8th grade) in a wide range of subjects. Also, there is an educational portal that allows teachers to track/monitor students, generate detailed reports, and assess student's learning to make it easy to differentiate instruction.

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What’s happening at FETC 2018?

eSchool News

Today’s technology-rich classrooms are clawing to get at the latest game-based learning tools and digital applications. Long gone are the early 2000s edtech games such as Reader Rabbit and Carmen Sandiego. The Game Based Learning Pavilion at FETC is a highlight for many of the conference attendees.

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How One University is Gamifying Medical Education

Edsurge

This article is part of a series on innovative teaching methods in higher education. There was a strong interest from my department head—and myself—to explore using mobile games in our programs,” she says. That’s different than simulations, which are more common in medical education and training but lack game-based elements.

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