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How to Use Gamification for Attention-Getting and Fun Learning

The CoolCatTeacher

Learn how it does it, how he keeps on track with lessons, and how to avoid common mistakes when adding gamification to your classroom. Sponsor: Advancement Courses is sponsoring DonorsChoose projects from August 18 – September 24. Listen to Paolo Tolomeo Talk about Gamification in His Classroom. Never stop learning!

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10 Awesome Courses To Improve Your Online Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

I’ve also included the links to Advancement Courses’ professional development courses that relate to this topic. This course is sponsored by Advancement Courses. Remember that if you register for any of these courses, use the code COOL20 to get the 20% discount reserved for my readers! All opinions are my own.

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Why gamification works [Part 2]

Neo LMS

In my last blog we started discussing the “why” of gamification , with a specific focus on the nature of motivation, lensed through one broadly held theory of motivation called Self-Determination Theory (SDT), not to be confused at this point with self-directed learning. Gamification and online learning environments.

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How 'Learning Experience Design' Helps Customize Online Courses at Scale

Edsurge

Today’s faculty is also tasked with something the school’s Jesuit founders could not have imagined: deciding not only which courses are taught but how to teach them—in person, online, or through a combination of both. Evenchik knew that delivering top-notch, online graduate-level courses required finding the right LXD team.

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Strategies for Motivating Students: Start with Intrinsic Motivation

Waterford

Elementary-aged children are highly motivated when their teachers prioritize content mastery and understanding over high test scores.[2] And finally, gamification can have an engaging place in the classroom if intrinsic motivation is prioritized.[4] Gamification and student motivation. Sources : Rovai, A., Wighting, M.,

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5 Tech tools every student should have

Neo LMS

But technology can be an incredibly useful educational tool for students of all ages, even young elementary-level learners. Nearpod offers educators real-time insights into how students learn using interactive videos, lessons, slides, activities, and gamification. The key to using edtech appropriately is to do so under supervision. .

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10 Ways to Rejuvenate and Learn This Summer

The CoolCatTeacher

This blog post will give some recommendations about what you need to do to feel rejuvenated and point to some courses that will help you do that. Advancement Courses sponsored this blog post. Student Achievement Through Gamification and Game-Based Learning Sports and Games: Using Instructional Models in PE. Let’s splash ahead!

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