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Why Game Based Learning Is the Right Choice for Remote Teaching

Ask a Tech Teacher

It’s called Game Based Learning (GBL). It simply means teachers include games in their lesson plans to teach curricular concepts. By using the games kids already love–want to play–GBL has an opportunity to turn students into lifelong learners who enjoy learning. More on Game-based Learning.

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Games Can Breed Uncivil Behavior. They Can Also Teach Digital Citizenship.

Edsurge

And how kids act in games can offer a glimpse into how they may act in other digital worlds—and the real one as well. As Games Evolve, Digital Citizenship Follows Higgins grew up with online games—back in the days of dial-up modems and laggy connections. But “games are different now,” he acknowledges.

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What You Might Have Missed in January

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Game-based Learning in Remote Teaching. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. Classes in Remote Teaching. 5 (free) Shortkey Posters. 9 Great Websites to Inspire 3rd Graders.

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What You Might Have Missed in October

Ask a Tech Teacher

Digital Citizenship Week–Oct. Why Game Based Learning Is the Right Choice for Remote Teaching. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. October is Dyslexia Awareness Month.

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Google Partners with ISTE and Others to Create Digital Citizenship Game

EdTech Magazine

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Be Internet Awesome aims to educate digital civility in an interactive way.

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6 Digital tools that encourage computational thinking

Neo LMS

This framework focuses on turning students from consumers to content creators through game-based learning and computational thinking (CT) skills while developing their critical thinking and problem-solving skills. With Roblox, students experience a new way of learning that breaks the traditional model of standardized curriculum.

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4 Ways to promote collaboration in digital spaces

Neo LMS

Blogging is useful for more than simply developing writing skills; students build digital citizenship skills as they learn to collaborate in the online space. Read more: How distance learning fosters global collaboration. Read more: Why students love a game-based learning experience.

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