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Why Game Based Learning Is the Right Choice for Remote Teaching

Ask a Tech Teacher

I don’t know many kids who aren’t excited to play games. Savvy educators have built lesson plans based on this interest for years. It’s called Game Based Learning (GBL). It simply means teachers include games in their lesson plans to teach curricular concepts.

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How PS1X in the Bronx Does Digital Citizenship

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In 2014, Vargas was looking for resources to provide her grades K-5 students and their families with much-needed media-literacy and digital citizenship support. Like many educators, she struggled to find both age-appropriate materials and the time to gather the resources she needed to create an effective program.

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10 Ways to Rejuvenate and Learn This Summer

The CoolCatTeacher

Learn how to bring those in for students. Art Based Strategies for Literacy Instructions The Learning Science of Music Teaching Life Skills and Financial Literacy Shaping Global Citizens through World Crisis Education. I recommend selecting the games that build deep relationships and promote conversations.

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5 Favorite Activities to End the School Year

Ask a Tech Teacher

Many of these, educators would love to teach but “just don’t have time for “, even though they align well with broad goals of preparing students for college and career. If you’re looking for meaningful lessons to wrap up your school year, here are my top picks: Digital Passport. Cyber-bullying. How to search.

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Learning Revolution Newsletter - Weekly Free Event Calendar - Conference Keynotes Update - Edcamp USDOE - Digital Citizenship

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

. - Albert Szent-Gyorgi The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own "conference 2.0" virtual and physical events and those of our over 200 partners in the learning professions. And finally, the 2014 Global Education Conference will feature Rana Dajani, Daniel Edelson, Kern Kelley, Jennifer D. More information at [link].

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6 tips to help start an elementary esports program in your school

eSchool News

In one year, I shifted from being an educator who didn’t value an expanded role of video games in schools to a teacher developing an elementary esports curriculum, running multiple esports summer camps, and developing an elementary esports after school club. Minecraft: Education Edition is a great title to start with.

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Learning Revolution Free PD - Google Summit - Student App Development - Maker Education - Reinventing Higher Ed

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

. - Floyd Maxwell The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own "conference 2.0" virtual and physical events and those of our over 200 partners in the learning professions. We’re taking Google education summits online! Gaming in Ed: September 15th - 19th. Join the inaugural Gaming in Ed conference.

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