Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Roanoke added Minecraft: Education Edition to the district’s Microsoft campus agreement as a pilot project in 2017; now the software has been rolled out to 14,000 students district-wide. Thanks to a strategic approach to PD and support, teacher collaboration has skyrocketed, kindergartners are coding and students are excited about learning.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 24, 2019

Today, what with Apple’s Siri, Microsoft’s Cortana, and your everyday text-based chatbots, AI has experienced at-home integration around the world. It doesn’t matter whether you’re five years old or fifty, learning is always more interesting, not to mention more digestible, when it’s fun.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 8, 2023

Zoom Google Meet Blackboard Collaborate Skype Microsoft Teams Webex Researcher tools There are numerous academic research tools that can help you in each stage of the research process. Google Classroom, Khan Academy, Edmodo, Nearpod, Socrative, and the list goes on.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

For example, I start with a simple, one-day, “make something fun” experience in Metaverse. With this in mind, I want my students to be familiar with terminology, and here are some examples. For example, when designing an app or game, error prevention is a basic part of making it usable.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

He was actually recently featured on the Microsoft blog about what he’s doing. Example Lesson: Using Minecraft to Teach Science. Give us an example. Vicki: So Jeff, how did the teacher that you worked with in this particular example feel about what these kids understood about Mars? Vicki: Happy Ed Tech Tool Tuesday!

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 2022

While I have long been a proponent of game-based learning, I had (up until this past year) been skeptical of the role of esports in education. In iCreate, students develop problem-solving skills through engineering challenges, collaborative inquiry projects, and media creation. Summer 2021: Farmcraft Summer Camp.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 29, 2017

So, one of the most important things that I noticed is – teachers [need to] really intentionally use those as positive examples and find those students who are effectively using technology to build others up and then model it themselves. Bayer Award for Excellence in Urban Education.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Minecraft: Education Edition gets a place of honor on the exhibition’s timeline in November 2016, though it’s the Microsoft-sanctioned version and not the earlier MinecraftEdu modification, or mod, from TeacherGaming. Microsoft acquired first Mojang and later the mod before releasing its Minecraft: Education Edition.

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Games based learning is one of the most important strategies for 21st Century education. We have enjoyed playing games since time immemorial, and video arcade games such as Asteroids and Space Invaders of the 1970's were just the start of the emergence of digital games.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2017

So this year, for example, I didn’t plan a school project, but we were doing a shared story on Ryan Hreljac. Vicki Davis : So teachers, Vicki is an example of someone I call a “teacherpreneur.” Vickie is a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert (MIEE), Skype Master Teacher, and PioNear. Vicki Davis: Yeah. We can all do this!

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 25, 2017

And then there’s a lot of other possible neat examples. they are a big time saver for students and teaches on long documents, for example, if you’re writing a book. Emojis can be a great way to replace variables to bring a better concrete understanding of what you’re doing when solving math problems. But that’s a fun thing.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 3, 2016

Whether my class is uploading their Scratch video games, or linking to their website efolios, we post our group work on the class wiki. Wikispaces is also the backbone of my global collaborative projects since 2006, with MAD about Mattering as the most recent example. ClassCraft (for Tracking Game Based Learning Experiences).

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 4, 2015

…Self-direct their own learning. Depends on what they’re learning, of course. But fundamentally, using a frame work ( this one, for example ), they could then use YouTube channels & iTunesU to access compelling content, WordPress to reflect on their ideas and progress, and twitter to publicize their thinking.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

An example of this will be providing students with ample opportunities to learn about astronomical concepts through the use of Slooh. They will be able to explore space through the use of online telescope feeds, participate in class-wide learning quests, and share what they learn with others. Territorium. –Chad A.

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