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Why Game Based Learning Is the Right Choice for Remote Teaching

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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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What You Might Have Missed in January

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Game-based Learning in Remote Teaching. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. 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. Top 10 Reviews of 2020.

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What You Might Have Missed in October

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Digital Citizenship Week–Oct. Why Game Based Learning Is the Right Choice for Remote Teaching. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. October is Dyslexia Awareness Month. 19-23–Here’s What You Need. 10 Best US Colleges for Computer Science. How do I become a Web Designer?

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6 Digital tools that encourage computational thinking

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

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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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High School and Personalized Learning

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Technology advances and education evolves at an unprecedented pace. Educational trends have been changing towards personalized learning approaches. We’ve thus seen a fundamental shift in how high school students learn within the classroom setting. Thank goodness for technology! Read more for more benefits.

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How PS1X in the Bronx Does Digital Citizenship

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Regardless of their access to devices or internet at home, she aims to give students at PS1X Courtlandt School in the South Bronx, New York, the tools they need to thrive and succeed in a world of media and technology. Then she attended an NYCDOE workshop and learned about Common Sense Education's resources.