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6 Tips for making the most of ed tech exhibitions

Neo LMS

For many teachers, edtech conferences are a major highlight of the school year and a great opportunity to connect with fellow educators. From lesson creation to assessment and gamification, there is something for K-12 schools, universities, vocational schools, and so on depending on the purpose of the conference.

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Make your LMS a social learning platform

Ask a Tech Teacher

Seminars held online, are called webinars. A modern LMS can include such an instant messaging feature with the possibility to have a conference chatroom where multiple users can share their views, have a discussion over a topic or share resource material with each other. Gamification and Virtual Reality. Breakout rooms.

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What Role Should Students Play in Your Personalized Learning Implementation?

Edsurge

Jennifer Bartell understood that the best way for her reading seminar students to overcome their academic struggles was by developing autonomy, but she feared relinquishing control of those already in danger of failing. There may be no better example of meeting students where they are than Arnold’s gamification of the learning process.

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Top 10 Digital Tools for the Classroom

Kitaboo on EdTech

KITABOO is one of the best digital tools for the classroom because its content is designed for bite-sized learning with knowledge nuggets, interactive assessments and gamification. Prezi Video enables users to design professional video presentations to be shared in classrooms, conferences, seminars, and the like.

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The Games Art Historians Play: Online Game-based Learning in Art History and Museum Contexts

ProfHacker

To begin with some definitions, game-based learning differs from gamification in several important ways. Sometimes the latter is reduced to bells and whistles such as gold stars and progress bars, but gamification is potentially a much more subtle and powerful teaching strategy.

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Trends to watch in 2015: education and technology

Bryan Alexander

There’s now a movement to teach humanities seminars online. One crucial impact of mobile technologies in education is the way they tear down our old boundary walls, the ones around in-session classes, or conferences, or meetings. This rising tide could pause. I expect to see numerous stories along these lines in 2016.

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Learning Revolution Free PD - Michael Stephens Live Keynote - Follett Challenge - Digital Citizenship Week - K12 Online Starts

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join us for a special post-conference keynote session with information superstar, Michael Stephens, tomorrow night! Volunteer at the 5th Annual Global Education Conference. K12 Online Conference - October 13th - October 30th. K12 Online Conference 2014 begins October 13!