Neo LMS

MARCH 2, 2021

As we prepare for spring, it is always good to have some new ideas to promote student engagement and foster more collaboration in the classroom. Whether we are in virtual, hybrid, or in-person learning, it is important to have a variety of tools that help us transition between these spaces and expand the when and where learning happens.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2023

This unique program leverages the power of play by using engaging, hands-on digital resources to educate and inspire students in grades 9-12 to consider exciting careers in a variety of STEM professions. The future STEM innovators are sitting in classrooms all across the country.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 24, 2018

Generally speaking, this free interactive STEM lab takes 2-4 days to complete and includes extension science experiments that you could add to the unit. Fire Forensics: A Free STEM Module for Middle School Science. Each learning module is designed to connect classrooms to real-world science and engineering.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Well, now we can all use Book Creator in our classrooms using the Chrome web browser. Make books, send the link to parents and even include audio and video. Now we can all use Book Creator in our classrooms, on any device, using the Chrome web browser. Minecraft in the Classroom. Minecraft in the classroom.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Maker High offers an immersive learning experience hosted on Roblox for educators to teach chemistry in middle and high school classrooms. Maker High is a new experience on Roblox from the award-winning GoldieBlox team that leverages the power of gamified learning to deeply engage learners in chemistry.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

Blended Learning In my opinion, the best 21st-century classrooms are “bricks” and “clicks,” blending together the best of face-to-face and online. Blended learning is not new. Blended Learning Classrooms are made of “bricks’ and “clicks” and every teacher should be ready. Learn How 2.

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eSchool News

JULY 4, 2022

In one year, I shifted from being an educator who didn’t value an expanded role of video games in schools to a teacher developing an elementary esports curriculum, running multiple esports summer camps, and developing an elementary esports after school club. I teach an elementary STEM class called iCreate in South Haven Public Schools.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 12, 2018

Thirty-three-year Presidential Award Winning science teacher Glen Westbroek believes in creating active learning experiences in his science classroom. Today we kick off science week on the 10-Minute Teacher talking about active learning, Next Generation Science Standards, and what an engaging science classroom looks like.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 6, 2019

What is STEM? The acronym STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. More recently, arts were added to this educational model, as educators believed that art and creativity play an important role in the understanding of the former subjects in the STEM Curriculum , thus changing the acronym from STEM to STEAM.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Innovate with iPad: Lessons to Transform Learning – One of my favorite books for teachers who use iPads with young children. Using Book Creator in the Elementary Classroom – T his is a FREE Resource great for K-4 educators looking for ways to use Book Creator in their classroom.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

Maintaining engagement becomes simultaneously more crucial and difficult as classrooms try to keep up with today’s fast-paced world. I believe the answer has been in front of us this whole time: video games. You may gasp, but gaming is a multi-billion-dollar industry for a reason. Visit Classcraft at ISTE Booth #970.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In one year, I shifted from being an educator who didn’t value an expanded role of video games in schools to a teacher developing an elementary esports curriculum, running multiple esports summer camps, and developing an elementary esports after school club. I teach an elementary STEM class called iCreate in South Haven Public Schools.

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

This years list has quite the variety and covers a wide range of educational content, such as: game based learning, programming/coding, educational resources, and more. This is a great way to integrate STEM into the classroom as well as monitor student's progress in real-time.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 3, 2018

Santha Walters uses drones in her English classroom to teach writing, collaboration and more. Learn how she does it, what standards she teaches, and technical issues of working with drones in the classroom. This Thursday, April 4 at 2pm ET/11 am PT join me for 12 Tips for Building Your Digital Classroom sponsored by PowerSchool.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2018

You can also watch this Course Hero video on Vimeo. Garg is an innovative educator, famous at UCLA for the organic chemistry music video extra-credit assignment he initiated. Tell us how they put innovation, creativity, and collaboration into play in their classrooms. One of the simplest things is classroom demonstrations.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Kelly, a two-time recipient of the Canadian Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence in STEM, believes that mission- and game-based learning are ideal for captivating students across the curriculum, not just in technology class. EdSurge: You talk a lot about mission-based learning. And he should know.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 25, 2018

Students start with a zero and level up as they use videos, one on one help, and game-based mastery to master physics. Flipping Awesome Physics with an Asynchronous Flipped Gameful Mastery Learning Classroom. That’s the basic idea of a flipped classroom. Asynchronous flipped gameful mastery learning.

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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2016

Annual survey reveals digital resources such as game-based environments and online videos have experienced increased use in classrooms. Teachers’ use of game-based environments and online apps has doubled in the last six years, according to the annual Speak Up survey released on May 5.

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EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

For example, high school teacher and EdTechTeacher instructor Douglas Kiang designed an Underwater Dome Project for his computer science students to build community and encourage teamwork in his face-to-face classroom. One simple use of AR is to augment classroom materials.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 29, 2017

Vicki: Yes, you can use Ed Tech and Social Emotional Learning! Her original research went into the design of Renton Preparatory in Seattle, which was a 2016 Top Three STEM School in the nation. Michelle, you’ve done some fantastic work with Social Emotional Learning and Ed Tech. Dr. Michelle Zimmerman @ mrzphd is with us today.

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Educator Innovator

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

StoriumEdu is a new game-based learning system that gets students motivated and excited about writing. It seems like games are everywhere in the classroom these days. From science to math to engineering, game-based learning is enjoying a renaissance. Perhaps this shouldn’t be surprising.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

At times it can seem we’re competing with smartphones and video games for students’ undivided attention. Perhaps the best strategy is to embrace the technology and harness it for learning. I use games in my classroom in a few ways. 3D Game Labs provides an affordable platform for gamifying the classroom.

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Technology Tidbits

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Educandy - A wonderful site for creating educational games where a teacher just enters the questions and Educandy creates the game. Walnut - A excellent new site/app for finding educational videos and then taking quizzes to assess learning (think BrainPop).

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Again, this years list sees a lot of tools for STEM that focuses on programming/coding. Dystopia 2153 - An innovative new site that teaches programming/coding through the use of game based learning and graphic novels. Edji - An innovative new site for annotating texts for collaborative learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2016

100+ Game Based Learning Resources to Get Started in Your Classroom From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Games are fun. Game based learning excites learning in my classroom. It can ignite your classroom too.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2018

Karen Bosch explains why Merge Cubes are so hot, how they are being used in classrooms, and how she’s using them to build critical thinking and creativity in her school. It allows you to take photos and videos of what you are seeing. And it also has, within the apps, the ability to take photos and to take videos. Oh, sure!”.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Challenge encourages game-based learning to help kids learn to have fun with math. If they build it, they will learn from it. That’s the idea behind the national K-12 Game-a-thon, which invites students to let their imaginations and problem solving run wild as they design, build and share their own math games.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2019

Since my early teaching days, I have sought to instruct in an open environment, allowing choice and personalization for hands-on and playful learning. With this same intention, I introduced Minecraft into my classroom. So it began as STEM design challenges for my older, more adept students. I decided to check it out for myself.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2016

At the turn of the 21st century, public interest in games as learning tools took hold. In the eyes of digital game-based learning proponents, the general public and today’s teachers finally understood something that students and educational researchers knew all along. The Basics of Digital Game-Based Learning.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 8, 2016

We can learn a lot from a video game. In a video game. And not just in any video game, but one of the more popular games of all time, Minecraft, a LEGO-meets 8-bit open world game played by millions worldwide. Next page: When did video games and education join forces?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2019

In May of this year, Minecraft became the best-selling game of all time, surpassing Tetris, and the number of Minecraft videos on YouTube exceeded five million. You can hear dialogue, you get this sort of in-game notebook where you're gathering vocabulary.” By September, Minecraft was logging 112 million average monthly users.

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MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 22, 2019

Game-based learning and gamification at immediate glance may seem like similar and interchangeable terms. While both terms combine games and learning, the difference lies in how game elements are integrated into the learning experience. What is Game-based Learning?

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2018

Teaching financial literacy in the classroom is one promising way to improve financial capacity for today’s young people. Teaching financial literacy in the classroom is one promising way to improve financial capacity for today’s young people. There are many ways that educators can embed digital financial education into the classroom.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

GBLNYC has over 500 members and hosts monthly events ranging from networking socials, educational game demonstrations, expert presentations, and game design workshops. Join us for Creating Effective and Engaging Video Tutorials with the Martins 9/18 @ 3:00 pm EST [link] Global Education Conference 2014: Looking for Student Presenters!

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 7, 2015

The reason for this as not as many new learning tools came out this year compared to years past, while more current tools focused on regular updates. Students can also work on their STEM skills and learn the basics of programming. Box Island: One Hour Coding - A fun free iOS app for ages 6 on up learning the basics of coding.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2016

I tell her about what I do and how my company addresses society’s need to educate citizens for millions of unfilled jobs — in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) jobs, as well as jobs in computing. Can you really mandate computer science in all classrooms in this country? She smiles. “Oh Oh really.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

The reasons are not only that they are fun but they are making a positive impact on a generation of students whose favorite sport is video games. – Vicki, your podcast host and friendly fellow classroom teacher. Like, well, my kid plays video games enough. I don't want him to play any more video games.

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