eSchool News

MAY 10, 2023

To facilitate effective teaching and learning, modern schools must equip every classroom with interactive touchscreens and utilize gamification techniques. Making sure each touchscreen device in each classroom remains optimized for the day’s activities means ensuring all system settings and software versions are current and up to date.

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Educator Innovator

MAY 29, 2014

Game designers are incorporating assessment tools into new learning games in ways that are useful for instructional decision-making, without overpowering teachers with irrelevant data. . Last fall, at Robinswood Middle School in Orlando, Florida, 65 students were learning about air pollution.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

The SMART Learning Suite works with any internet connected devices, so it’s compatible with whatever technology you already have in your classroom. Chromebooks, tablets, phones…they’re all the same to the SMART Learning Suite. From the Notebook, teachers can create activities and monitor/assess progress.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Several virtual reality options are available for classrooms. Today’s guest, Enrique Cachafeiro talks about the hardware, software options, and future of virtual reality. For example, if you’re studying lakes in earth science, you know how many times can you get a classroom out to a lake to study the science of the lake.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2017

classrooms. Finally, Google partnered with EdTechTeacher to announce apps teachers can use with Google Classroom like Soundtrap, that lets students make music and podcast online—but unlike most Google education products, the app bundles are not free. MICROSOFT CLASSROOM IS NO MORE. WHO GIVES A KAHOOT?: According to Erik C.

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Technology Tidbits

JANUARY 7, 2020

Game Based Learning is a great way to integrate technology into the classroom as well generate excitement for students. 50 Sites/Apps for Educational Games ABCya - A great site for games and mobile apps for elementary students. iCivics - A fantastic site w/ educational portal for learning about Civics.

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MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 26, 2021

AT MIND, our technique consists of language-independent, animated representations of math concepts presented through a series of puzzles that make learning math fun and engaging. ST Math does not implement a "teaching by telling" approach but instead facilitates a "learning by doing" method. Spatial-Temporal Game-based Learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 31, 2017

What happens when a school has every student learn Computer Science. Today’s Sponsor: WriQ from Texthelp is a new FREE Add-on for Google Docs that helps teachers easily assess student writing and track progress over time by automatically scoring students’ spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors. It’s a one-semester course.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 5, 2017

Listen to Rob Donatelli talk about 5 easy brain breaks for your classroom. Founder of www.connectedpe.com & over 100 educational software products & services. So you can imagine, it’s sort of like having an instant replay in your classroom and that brings out this enormous array of possibilities. [00:02:00].

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The SMART Learning Suite works with any internet connected devices, so it’s compatible with whatever technology you already have in your classroom. Chromebooks, tablets, phones…they’re all the same to the SMART Learning Suite. From the Notebook, teachers can create activities and monitor/assess progress.

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Game-Based Learning Learning Flipped Classroom Assessment 41

The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The SMART Learning Suite works with any internet connected devices, so it’s compatible with whatever technology you already have in your classroom. Chromebooks, tablets, phones…they’re all the same to the SMART Learning Suite. From the Notebook, teachers can create activities and monitor/assess progress.

Game-Based Learning 40

Game-Based Learning Learning Flipped Classroom Assessment 40

The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The SMART Learning Suite works with any internet connected devices, so it’s compatible with whatever technology you already have in your classroom. Chromebooks, tablets, phones…they’re all the same to the SMART Learning Suite. From the Notebook, teachers can create activities and monitor/assess progress.

Game-Based Learning 40

Game-Based Learning Learning Flipped Classroom Assessment 40

The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The SMART Learning Suite works with any internet connected devices, so it’s compatible with whatever technology you already have in your classroom. Chromebooks, tablets, phones…they’re all the same to the SMART Learning Suite. From the Notebook, teachers can create activities and monitor/assess progress.

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Game-Based Learning Learning Flipped Classroom Assessment 40

Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2016

This year’s cohort, whose products range from game-based learning to AI-generated flashcards, has a lot to be excited about. It’s free for students, but the software isn’t free for all—teachers must pay $7 a year and Pro users pay $29 annually. based automated grading software company, is trying to ease that pain.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

But while standardized test scores might improve, a recent study found that in 63% of classrooms, students aren’t using technology to “solve problems, conduct research, or to work collaboratively.” It’s no wonder that only 58% of teachers are comfortable using technology in class.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

We caught up with Gee to learn about what games he’s currently playing, what he’s learning, why he doesn’t trust people who don’t finish games, and how it feels to be one of the most respected voices in the game-based learning community at the ripe age of 68. How has this community evolved over time?

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The Game Agency

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Export the games as a SCORM package (SCORM 1.2 or 2004) and load into your Learning Management System (LMS). Your learning management is full of great elearning courses and content but how do you assess that your learners are retaining that content? Once you build a game, you can embed it right on your LMS dashboard.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 13, 2017

The use of it in the eXSpace, if I am to be critical, may not necessarily prepare my student teachers for the classrooms they will be entering on placement, mainly because most schools won't have the 7000 series yet. This has the potential, if used effectively, to connect students, teachers, and devices together.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 3, 2014

Conference strands include Game-Based Learning: How to Use Games in Educational Settings, Games & Assessment, Connecting Educators With Game Developers: Make Your Voices Heard, Students as Content Creators & Game Designers, Research on Game-Based Learning, and Professional Development.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 26, 2018

Today, I had 15 photos on my interactive display at the front of the classroom. In this post, I’ll be sharing seven pedagogical shifts that make interactive displays a key to a student-centered classroom. In my Computer Science classroom, students are collaborators and co-creators. SMART Technologies sponsored this post.

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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. For example, take my personal journey to learn Spanish.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 29, 2018

From stop motion to video controls and cool add-ins for formative assessment and graphics, learn about this Swiss Army Knife of Google tools – Google Slides. Kasey: Pear Deck is a formative assessment tool. Adding those formative assessments in and preparing for those. Let’s look at it. Vicki: Yes.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Learning Models, Theories, and Technology: A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers. Purpose: Improving our chance for a common language in discussing existing and emerging learning trends, model, and technology in hopes of innovation in classrooms, and collectively, education at large. Challenge-Based Learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2017

And while they can explore a wide variety of topics from the US Constitution to Ecology and Ancient China, I also like that you can assign these nonfiction texts at three different lexiles to supplement what you’re doing in the classroom. Learn more about formative assessment. Listen Now. Vicki: And this is so important!

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eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2023

The integration offers educators’ free access to export and upload Canva lessons, presentations, and other materials into Lumio to create interactive lessons with game-based activities, formative assessments, and more. Canva for Education makes it easy to create and communicate visually in the classroom and beyond.

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MindShift

JULY 29, 2015

Educators and students are quickly becoming more comfortable with classroom technology, allowing them to shift from thinking about the technical side of integrating a new tool to focusing on how it improves learning. It is Web-based and free. ABCya : This app offers an interactive game-based learning environment for language.

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eSchool News

MAY 31, 2016

classrooms will now have access to CodeMonkey’s coding curriculum, including software programming and critical thinking. Software programming and critical thinking are the new building blocks for our children to compete within a 21st century global workplace. classrooms.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

One notable piece of K-12 tech innovation news is the integration of interactive devices and digital learning tools, transforming static learning spaces into dynamic, multimedia-rich environments. The proliferation of educational apps and online resources has expanded learning beyond the confines of textbooks.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2014

Be a Presenter at Reinventing the Classroom. We want YOU to present at the Reinventing the Classroom conference on May 1st - all about the impact of ed tech on the classroom experience, and kicking off our self-proclaimed May as "Ed Tech Month." A Look At Physical And Digital Spaces Conversations Classroom 2.0

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 3, 2016

Here’s what I’m using all the time in my classroom right now. 36 Tools I’m Using Right Now in My Classroom and Life. She also has a Technology Jump Start Course with 8 modules to help get you comfortable with technology in the classroom.) Haiku Learning is the tool I use to blend my classroom.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

For us in education, and although the schools are opening back their doors and students are back to their classrooms, a new hybrid modus operandi is in place where both synchronous and asynchronous modes of teaching are harmoniously working together. They can be used in flipped classrooms or in blended learning environments.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

As we wrapped up 2020, we thought for sure that 2021 might bring us a reprieve from pandemic learning. Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Well, it did–but it also didn’t.

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