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How I Teach About Big Data and Lesson Plan

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter How I Teach About Big Data and Lesson Plan with Vicki Davis In this episode, I give you a peek into my classroom. While you might not be interested in Big Data or databases, it is part of your student’s future and so it is good to be introduced to the topic.

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Game-Based Learning Is Changing How We Teach. Here's Why.

Edsurge

I have to do a lot of the same strategic thinking that I enjoyed doing in that game.” He also ponders whether games can both teach and measure 21st-century skills, considers the barriers to a broader use of GBL in schools and discusses the not-so-mysterious motivational power of Pokemon. “Now I run a 40-person ‘empire’ at Filament.

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Research Quest: Free Middle School Science Project-Based Learning

The CoolCatTeacher

Predator and Prey Bioscience Investigations This project-based learning activity involves game-based digital manipulatives and gathering data from museum specimens. The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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The Future of eLearning - 10 Trends To Be Aware Of

ViewSonic Education

For those who don’t know what it is, eLearning refers to learning that utilizes electronic means to create a more dynamic and instructive learning environment. It doesn’t matter whether you’re five years old or fifty, learning is always more interesting, not to mention more digestible, when it’s fun.

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150+ Digital Activities for the K-2 Classroom Inside One Simple App

The CoolCatTeacher

Personalized Game-Based Learning for the K-2 Classroom. I think the ability to personalize learning while also seeing what students do with it gives us some powerful insight. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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FREE Webinar: 11 Reasons to Love Lumio

The CoolCatTeacher

The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “ sponsored blog post.” Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend.

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Modern Learning Strategies: 6 Channels Of 21st Century Learning

TeachThought - Learn better.

In pursuit, the theme of ’21st-century learning’ often surfaces, a popular label that, while perhaps cliche, still seems to be necessary as we iterate learning models, fold in digital media resources, then add learning algorithms, privacy concerns, and data analytics to an already chaotic event (i.e.,

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