Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

When Roanoke County Public Schools gathered educators for their first training in how to teach with Minecraft: Education Edition (M:EE), “you could hear the rumble in the room,” says Jeff Terry, the district’s director of technology. And they’re learning history without even knowing it. That was early 2018. Kids open up with Minecraft.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

Digital Portfolios—Artifacts of Learning Digital portfolios support a formative approach by encouraging students to collect artifacts that they can share with both peers and teachers. Students might attend a field trip, using their phones to capture images that support a topic of study. D2L's Resources for Teaching and Learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 29, 2017

I did a study , several years back about some of the older children working with younger children, (pre-kindergarten), just very basic digital inking, starting with colors and talking to 3 and 4-year-olds about their favorite colors, showing them how to use the tool. See: Creating Elementary Portfolios and One Note in the Classroom.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 5, 2022

However, Kids might need some guidance from teachers or parents on how to locate games. Teachers can use ABCya games in various educational activities including in teaching writing, reading, social studies, science, math practice, typing practice, and more. The platform itself is simple and easy to navigate.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Are you studying Mars? In today’s show, learn about Minecraft EDU and how it is being used to teach. They were in this world together, and they basically – it was a simulated world – had to learn to work together on how to survive Mars. There are a lot of those practices about how to really engage kids.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2017

I think we’ve learned how to use social media in just a really positive way, and learned to communicate and build a global audience, and shared our learning, and learned with others. We’ll talk about how we want to respond to our friends around the world, and what questions we have. Vicki Davis: Wow.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

For example, if you’re studying lakes in earth science, you know how many times can you get a classroom out to a lake to study the science of the lake. Vicki: So what are some of your favorite examples when you’re trying to convince people that this is a great model? In Virtual Reality, you can do that whenever you want to.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 6, 2019

By providing them with enough knowledge and guiding them in the right direction, we will have more students opting for these branches of studies in future and developing many new innovative tools for the benefit of life around us. Related: How to Improve Student Learning Outcomes with Digital Learning.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

Here’s more proof: University of Glasgow researchers observed that playing video games improves communication, resourcefulness, and adaptability among undergraduates—all important competencies for our students to develop if they’re going to get ahead. A good game knows how to keep us challenged and in our zone of proximal development—or flow.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 7, 2015

The reason for this as not as many new learning tools came out this year compared to years past, while more current tools focused on regular updates. Code Kingdoms - One of my favorite sites for learning how to program (Javascript) by drag-n-dropping blocks of code (i.e Xtranormal) by typing a script. .

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Tech Helpful

DECEMBER 29, 2016

One of the things shared was the list of "tried and true" technology usage by grade level at our elementary school. Viewpure (free) web based www.Viewpure.com ViewPure removes all comments and related videos, allowing videos to be watched without distractions, or more likely, without "inappropriate content" from Youtube. She rocked it!

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 12, 2012

In the primary (elementary) and secondary (high) school sectors some can be conspicuous, because through various Teachmeets around the world, and also online during Twitter #edchats, they make their work known to the wider community. What/who has been your biggest influence when it comes to learning?

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

We’re talking about how to get people really excited about coding and interested in it. How can we condense down what we need to learn in coding to such a short period of time? He was a bit older than me, and he actually learned how to program in 1’s and 0’s. The name of the game is Potato Pirate.

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Brainscape

MAY 5, 2022

Brainscape's web and mobile app has been engineered to help students learn (and remember) common Mandarin vocabulary and grammar TWICE as fast as traditional study techniques. Whereas most other Chinese apps only teach you to recognize characters, this app teaches you how to write over 10,000 characters, one stroke at a time.

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MindShift

AUGUST 13, 2015

But while blended learning — a mix of teacher-led and computerized instruction — is proliferating across the country, schools that wholeheartedly embrace games-based learning remain rare. The game has a very specific role.”. At the end of May, the sixth-grade class left the bubble of their school.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 30, 2017

How to get started. Jessica Ratliff-Gordon is an elementary educator, author, and doctoral student at Northcentral University. Louis, Missouri, she began her teaching career at Buder Elementary within the St. with us and she has done a previous episode with us on game-based learning that was awesome.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 21, 2014

Go behind the scenes with game designers from the Museum of Science and Industry Chicago, makers of the GameUp title Code Fred, for an inside look at their creative process. See how they identified the goals of the game and what went into the development and evaluation of teaching resources. More About Game-Based Learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2017

They’re doing awesome things to drive inquiry based learning. This fun, visual tool lets students explore 150 different science and social studies units for elementary and middle school learners. Listen to Jennifer Casa-Todd talking about how to help kids become social media leaders. Vicki: Excellent.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Much like participation in an athletic team, esports players learn how to work together as an effective team by communicating and collaborating with each other. Because much of last year was very unpredictable, the normal content and study skills were not fully taught. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company.

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