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Game Based Learning in Action

The CoolCatTeacher

Game-based learning might not be what you think. On today’s show Matthew Farber, author of Game-Based Learning In Action: How an Expert Affinity Group Teaches with Games , talks about how to use games in the classroom effectively. Game-Based Learning in Action. Vicki: Hmmm.

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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Research note: As Wall (2021) indicates, there is a definite connection between trauma and student behavior as well as student learning. Relationship over reproach: Fostering resilience by embracing a trauma-informed approach to elementary education. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 30(1), 118-137.

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KyEdRPG Spotlight: Chad Collins and "The Academy"

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

Chad Collins has been with Spencer County Public Schools (KY) since 2013, first as a middle school social studies and ELA teacher, and currently as the campus Gifted and Talented Teacher for Spencer County Middle School (SCMS) as well as Spencer County Elementary School.

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Games or Worksheets: Is there really a question about the choice?

User Generated Education

I work part time with gifted elementary students at two Title 1 schools where most of the students qualify for free or reduced lunches; and where they and/or their parents are learning English as a second language. ” I have been using games in my classrooms (elementary and higher education) for decades.

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

Edsurge

So the company plans to release three new articles a week aimed specifically at elementary students. Each article will contain five “power words”—high-utility academic vocabulary—which students can click on to get a “student-friendly, article-friendly” definition, with a 10-question quiz at the end of the article. WHO GIVES A KAHOOT?:

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Google Masters For Kids of All Ages: Badges, Skills and More

The CoolCatTeacher

She also shares her micro-credential badging approach that has her fifth graders excited to learn. 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.

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Top 8 Advantages of an Interactive STEM Curriculum

Kitaboo on EdTech

Simulation-based scenarios can be created where students have to perform certain tasks and make decisions and then view the results in real-time. By creating game-based learning modules, publishers and educators can enable students to find solutions and solve problems. Making mistakes is a part of learning process.

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