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Where Schools Need to Focus Their Ed Tech Efforts

EdTech Magazine

Inspecting the difference between schools with higher and lower student outcomes, higher-performing schools were much more likely to focus on tools that promoted student collaboration, assessments and games.

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Bethany Petty: Using Edtech to Enhance Learning

The CoolCatTeacher

They’re completing formative assessments. Bethany: Wow, EdPuzzle is just fabulous because you know you can embed that formative assessment right there in the video. In the classroom the formative assessment is extremely important, and those tools just make it fun. Use the tools as formative assessments and use that data.

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Learning Revolution Free PD - Google Summit - Student App Development - Maker Education - Reinventing Higher Ed

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

This is a free event bringing together educators, researchers, game developers and innovators from around the world, being held Monday September 15th - Friday September 19th. This conference will offer a variety of perspectives, from educators and game developers to researchers and administrators. See you there!

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Learning Revolution Newsletter - Weekly Free Event Calendar - Conference Keynotes Update - Edcamp USDOE - Digital Citizenship

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

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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Beginning the School Year with “Who I Am” Projects

User Generated Education

Most teachers and students these days know about Kahoot , a game-based learning platform that makes it easy to create, share and play learning games or trivia quizzes. Since I have been involved in maker education, I show the kids how to use LED lights creating circuits with copper tape. Kahoot Selfie.

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