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Chromebook or Tablet for the Classroom? Finding the Best of Both Worlds

EdTechTeam

Schools often find themselves choosing between laptops or tablets, without realizing there is a way to have the best of both through hybrid devices such as the Acer Spin or Acer Switch, that starts as a laptop but allows the screen to fold or flip into a tablet. Laptop Mode as an Essential Daily Tool . Game based Learning .

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13 Virtual School Activities that Students & Educators Love

EmergingEdTech

These activities can be used as an effective form of teaching at any time during the school year or as part of professional development courses. You will find that the best virtual school activities are not academic, but instead focus on community building or include some form of social-emotional learning. Game-based Learning.

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K-12 Tech Innovation News

eSchool News

Digital learning platforms have transformed the way lessons are delivered and consumed. Online courses, interactive multimedia content, and educational apps cater to diverse learning styles, allowing students to engage with the material at their own pace. There are many technologies and technology tools used in K-12 education.

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What a Game Jam Taught Los Angeles Teens—and Their Teachers

Educator Innovator

But it wasn’t just the students picking up new game design skills, as the jam was the culmination of a year-long series of events aimed at helping teachers further incorporate games-based learning into their classrooms. Kids redeemed these points for awards like a laptop to use at the game jam.

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My top 6 gaming resources for STEM teaching

eSchool News

I have used this platform as a teacher to take professional development courses, and I’m currently planning to purchase an account to gamify my curriculum. In my classroom, we play a lot of games, frequently as the lesson. We then discuss what the students experienced in the game and make content connections via whole-group discussion.

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Top 8 Advantages of an Interactive STEM Curriculum

Kitaboo on EdTech

don’t pursue STEM courses because they find the subjects too difficult. But now with mobile phones, tablets, and laptops being a part of school education, it is much easier to deliver STEM courses on these devices, making the courses more interactive, accessible and engaging.

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Bringing Literature to Life in Open Sim

The CoolCatTeacher

They read, of course, the companion novel that goes along with it, and they’re able to sort of “see” and visualize what’s going on in the novel. We sat there on laptops in a classroom, and I tried to get all 25 students online at the exact same time. There’s Open Sim, of course there’s Minecraft. We overloaded our system.

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