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Ed Tech Vocab: Keeping Up with Trends in Education

eSpark

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. The presentation of material is adapted to students’ needs based on their responses to questions and tasks.

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3 Websites to Gamify Your Math Class

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DimensionU is a collection of engaging interactive multiplayer fantasy games for grades 2-10 (some can be played solo) that focus on core skills in mathematics and literacy. Content aligns with Common Core, state standards and classroom instruction. Click the link for more detail. – See more at: [link]. ProdigyGame.com.

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Integration of Digital Badges to Acknowledge Professional Learning

A Principal's Reflections

The idea behind this platform is to provide professional learning with a pinch of gamification. ?For NMHS teachers will be able to take the tools presented in this platform and seamlessly integrate them into meaningful learning that addresses the standards in their respective content areas.

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Ed Tech Vocab: Keeping Up with Trends in Education

eSpark

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. The presentation of material is adapted to students’ needs based on their responses to questions and tasks.

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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. Prodigy is a free, adaptive math game for grades 1-7 that integrates Common Core or Ontario math into a role-playing game using a Pokemon-style wizardry theme. positive parent reports. encourage independence.

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Coding for the Common Core – Apps for Integrating Coding With Math and ELA

EmergingEdTech

She present the session “Coding for the Core: [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Image Source Dr. Leslie Suters is a faculty member in the College of Education’s Curriculum & Instruction Department at Tennessee Tech University. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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Building A Cohesive Community — Where Educators Become Neighbors

ASIDE

Despite the best intentions of dedicated presenters, sometimes the reruns of familiar talks can feel like a litany of mots du jour. It implies disparate elements coming together to coalesce around a common core. They are "something I give in a box and care about" to share with others; to hear them, we need to be present.