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

eSchool News

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. This year’s 2nd most-read story focuses on creating an elementary esports program. The benefits of esports are well documented.

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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Relationship over reproach: Fostering resilience by embracing a trauma-informed approach to elementary education. Fun Learning Strategies for Engaging Students Who Have Been Disengaged (Game-based Learning). Game-Based Learning Let’s Play! Learn More.

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10 Ways to Rejuvenate and Learn This Summer

The CoolCatTeacher

You can discover how to connect games to learning in the classroom. Let’s Play: Creating a Playful Classroom Game-Based Strategies for Language Instruction Level Up! Student Achievement Through Gamification and Game-Based Learning Sports and Games: Using Instructional Models in PE. Reestablish.

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7 Global Project Ideas from a Leading 3rd Grade Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Step 1: Teach Digital Citizenship. At the beginning, I do a lot of work on digital citizenship — that we behave on social media the way we do in real life. Vickie has been an elementary educator in Ontario, Canada for 16 years. Mrs Morgado (@MrsMorgado1) October 20, 2017. We can all do this! Bio as submitted.

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Common Sense Education Resources from ISTE 2015

Graphite Blog

Common Sense team members and certified educators presented on a range of practical and engaging ways to use specific technology tools for learning as well as our latest and greatest digital citizenship offerings. . DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP Digital Passport: Digital Safety for Elementary School Kids .

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Esports Emerge as Learning and Social Catalyst in Schools

edWeb.net

Dennis also was a classroom teacher for 13 years, with experience in elementary, alternative education, and special education. She is responsible for helping school districts build a culture of digital citizenship among educators, students, and their families. Dennis recently completed his Ed.D.

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Elementary Technology Favorites by Grade Level

Tech Helpful

One of the things shared was the list of "tried and true" technology usage by grade level at our elementary school. is a free game-based learning platform that makes it fun to learn – any subject, in any language, on any device, for all ages! She rocked it! New semesters are a great time to try new things.