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Ed Tech Vocab: Keeping Up with Trends in Education

eSpark

It is also often referred to as “hybrid learning” and can incorporate many different types of education technology. Gamification , one of the biggest trends in education, is the process of making learning more fun and engaging for students by reorienting lessons to feel more like games.

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Ed Tech Vocab: Keeping Up with Trends in Education

eSpark

It is also often referred to as “hybrid learning” and can incorporate many different types of education technology. Gamification , one of the biggest trends in education, is the process of making learning more fun and engaging for students by reorienting lessons to feel more like games.

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Shall We Play a Game (& Learn)?

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

Since chatting with Tom Driscoll via Google Hangout and Brian Germaine at the EdSurge RIDE event in the Fall , meeting up with Chris Aviles at Techspo14 , viewing Mr. Lewis'' Edmodo Webinar on Gamification , and engaging with my #TeamMAITs in class, I''m intrigued by the didactic nature of games. How many levels are in Candy Crush ?

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A Comprehensive Framework For Student Motivation

TeachThought - Learn better.

When researching student motivation and gamification late last year, I came across the most comprehensive gamification framework I’ve ever seen. While it is designed first and foremost as a way to frame gamification and its many strands, gamification is about human encouragement and motivation.

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A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers: Learning Models & Technology

TeachThought - Learn better.

In addition to new definitions, models, and strategies, citations and references will also be added periodically, as will updates, corrections, edits, and revisions. ” BYOD programs allow students to use their own technology (usually smartphone or tablet) in a classroom. Gamification. References & Citations.

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Being ‘The Guide on the Side’ is not Enough. Become The COO.

techlearning

Eventually someone gets back to me, and way more times than not, they couldn’t be happier to help or refer me to someone who can. cross-posted at Teched Up Teacher Chris Aviles presents on education topics including gamification, technology integration, BYOD, blended learning, and the flipped classroom.

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Trends to watch in 2015: education and technology

Bryan Alexander

The forthcoming Horizon Report thinks BYOD is one of the two major tech trends for 2016. Gaming and gamification should continue to attract experimental and creative faculty, plus allied staff, but that looks like a very slow growth area for now. I’m not referring to the uses of tech in sports, but funding.

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