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Many Education Games Are Worksheets with Points. 6 ways to find better learning games.

The CoolCatTeacher

8 Every Classroom Matters Shows with Gaming/Gamification Experts. Lesson Plan: Enabling Students to Game Their Way to Literacy with @TiffanyPickrell @ rockislandgirl @ak_leeg – A Minecraft Project aligned with literature and the Common Core. Zombie Based Learning: Yes, It’s Real and Meets Common Core Standards.

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Website Review: Prodigy Game

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aligned with Blooms Taxonomy, Common Core, ISTE, or other state/national/international standards. Here’s one I think meets all these basic requirements as well as makes students want to practice their math: Prodigy Math Game. are not distracting or overwhelming in colors, music, or activity. positive parent reports.

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Your midsummer ed-tech check-in

eSchool News

OER meets iPads in this district. Top BYOD tools for the Common Core classroom. With just 4 categories and less than a dozen tools, educators can hit a lot of Common Core standards. With just 4 categories and less than a dozen tools, educators can hit a lot of Common Core standards.

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Building A Cohesive Community — Where Educators Become Neighbors

ASIDE

It implies disparate elements coming together to coalesce around a common core. "Cohesion" refers to unity and solidarity. It doesn’t give one group more agency than the other. It suggests effort with lasting effects. We really liked his suggestion, and we are eager to take this framing back to our own school.

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BrainRush

Technology Tidbits

Also, a teacher can create their own or customize an existing game to meet their needs. Best of all the games are ideal for differentiated instruction (and aligned to Common Core Standards) using it''s unique engine to adapt to each student''s learning. differentiated instruction game based learning gamification'

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17 Take-aways from Summer PD

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Some had been teaching for thirty years and still enthusiastically embraced everything from twitter to the gamification of education. It was run like a flipped classroom where class members picked 60% of daily topics, then they read, tested and experimented. They wanted to get it right, see how it worked. They are life long learners.

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35 Take-aways from Summer 2016 Professional Development

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We experimented with some of the hottest tech tools available for the classroom such as Google Apps, differentiation tools, digital storytelling, visual learning, Twitter, blogs, Common Core and tech, digital citizenship, and formative assessment options. They wanted to get it right, see how it worked. They are life long learners.