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CUE 2018: 5 Steps to Create More Accessible, Personalized Professional Development

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In order to make sure educators were getting the professional learning experiences they needed , Douglas and her team went through several steps to create more flexible (and fun) PD. In order to meet this vision, Douglas said Tulare needed to find an option for professional development that was easy for teachers to engage in.

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How Video Games Can Teach Reading Just as Well as Books

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“Story-rich games like ‘ Gone Home ’ and ‘ What Remains of Edith Finch ’ can be analyzed for many of the same narrative characteristics found in traditional texts, such as setting, plot, character development, mood and tone,” he says. Exploring New Worlds Narrative digital games aren’t just for high school students.

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Making Sense of the Metaverse in Education

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.” Also, K20 Educators is a new social learning network where educators can meet in the metaverse (“eduverse”) and learn about fundamental metaverse technologies. The goal of the network is to prepare teachers for the metaverse by providing “meaningful & innovative professional learning experiences.”.

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How One University is Gamifying Medical Education

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This article is part of a series on innovative teaching methods in higher education. Even with an idea, the duo was still missing a crucial skill set in the game development: programming. Through the program, Brown and Urdaneta-Hartmann hired Vincent Mills, a senior at Drexel University majoring in Game Art and Production.

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Teaching with Games: TeacherQuest’s District-Wide Vision

Educator Innovator

This article is part of the Teaching With Games case study series at Institute of Play, produced in partnership with the Joan Ganz Cooney Center. We asked our program facilitators a few questions about what teachers can learn from TeacherQuest. What resources are available to help teachers implement game-based learning?

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Coding and Computer Science during CSEdWeek

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This year, CSEdWeek took place from December 5th to 11th, and two of edWeb.net ’s professional learning communities (PLC) presented webinars that highlighted the importance of coding and computer science in education. This article was modified and published by eSchool News. WATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING. “

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Newsletter Sponsor Click for more information Partner Spotlight CORE Education is a not-for-profit educational consultancy, professional learning and research organisation. Share your experience with game-based learning with an audience of game developers and peer educators! Get in touch with Musarat here.