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Holiday Reading: 6 Books That Will Transform Your Classroom – SULS042

Shake Up Learning

Hear from Lisa on episode 32 of The Shake Up Learning Show , where she shared ideas from her book, her amazing Doc Locker of free resources , and her FREE Fake Instagram Template. [12:03] The Hyperdoc Handbook by Lisa Highfill, Kelly Hilton, and Sarah Landis. [14:14] Shake Up Learning Spring Book Study. Hyperdocs.co.

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Leveling Up Language Learners’ 21st-Century Skills with Minecraft

Edsurge

This involves navigating search engines, identifying key ideas, evaluating and assessing the quality of information and adapting it to the player’s own unique game world context. Several years ago, I was working with teenage Turkish students who were huge fans of gaming.

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How ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Primes Students for Interdisciplinary Learning, Including STEM

MindShift

Carter observed many of her previously demoralized students become invested in math due to the game. One student, who frequently demonstrated an apprehension towards math that translated into poor performance in class, on assignments, and during assessments, made significant progress as we worked through the project,” wrote Carter.

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