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Latest in Games and Learning Research Reveals Need to Empower Educators

MIND Research Institute

Last month I attended the annual Digital Media and Learning (DML) Conference at University of California, Irvine. DML 2017 was packed with interesting studies and perspectives from education, media and technology researchers from around the world. The Importance of Failure in Learning.

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5 Favorite Activities to End the School Year

Ask a Tech Teacher

These are game-based learning where students strive to type fast so they can beat an opponent. That last could be the most important part, giving students a chance to share their thoughts and organize their thinking as they move forward and integrate it into their knowledge base of interpersonal communications.

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Bringing Literature to Life in Open Sim

The CoolCatTeacher

Then of course, the curriculum is gamified, so they have different levels of challenges that they have to engage in — which are knowledge based — in order to learn the curriculum, but also succeed in the virtual world. Mary: I think that just comes with technology. It’s just this whole package of things.

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