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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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

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Today’s guest, Enrique Cachafeiro talks about the hardware, software options, and future of virtual reality. They are examples of things he is using and that he has presented about virtual reality. Vicki: So what are some of your favorite examples when you’re trying to convince people that this is a great model?

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

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? There are specific elements that you can add into the game – that you can’t do with the normal console version.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 31, 2017

So, Alfred, what’s the most transformational … Give me an example of a project or something you’ve done in some of these courses, that you’re like, “OK. Semester Project Examples. So they’ll write a simple game — you know, a tic-tac-toe, a Lights Out game. I’m really excited about that! Vicki: Yeah?

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

Formative assessments support competency-based education by making sure teachers understand students’ needs, so that they can modify instruction as it is happening. Tasking students with submitting a video essay, for example, provides teachers with the opportunity to assess students’ understanding of a topic.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

“I never want to make claims that games writ-large for any kid—under any circumstances—teach these sort of skills.” Instead of learning from a combination of books, lectures and software, as students do at most schools, the primary mode of instruction for kids attending Quest to Learn is games.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Topics include: Who has blind spots in their teaching and the impact on learning in the classroom. Examples of common teacher blind spots. ” Get your 45-day free Trial of Smart Lab for Game-Based Learning. Thanks for emailing and letting me know! In this episode, we talk about teaching blind spots.

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Bryan Alexander

MARCH 25, 2016

As one anecdote to consider, Kamenetz mentioned a new product, which provides surveillance software for K-12. The company making this software claimed as an achievement to have prevented three suicides by detecting self-harm signals through pupils’ digital activity. It needs a central authority such as LinkedIn, for example.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 12, 2018

There are times that it’s more appropriate to use technology in the pedagogy so that you can reinforce concept that the child is learning. Vicki: OK, Glen, if I came to your classroom, and you wanted to show me one of your best lessons that promote active learning, describe what I would see. Do you have an example of active learning?

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 5, 2017

Founder of www.connectedpe.com & over 100 educational software products & services. JARROD: Yes, so let’s say you’re doing a gymnastics unit and you’ve got a display, some sort of gymnastics presentation of skills, for example. Full Bio As Submitted. Jarrod Robinson. Download the transcript PDF. Recording starts 0:00:00].

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

Challenge: The Education Trust also found that only 4% of typical classroom assignments teach higher order thinking , a troubling statistic that proves teachers desperately need instructional tools that go beyond worksheets, apps, online games, and quizzes. Consider the ways that technology can streamline these processes for teachers.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 13, 2017

In this follow-on from one of my previous posts entitled Going to the wall , I'm going to highlight some of the features we plan to incorporate into our new experimental learning space (eXSpace) at Plymouth Institute of Education. One of those units will be located within the eXSpace.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2016

This year’s cohort, whose products range from game-based learning to AI-generated flashcards, has a lot to be excited about. It’s free for students, but the software isn’t free for all—teachers must pay $7 a year and Pro users pay $29 annually. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, Comprend.io FlashGrade, a D.C.-based

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The Game Agency

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Game Training Examples. The company enlisted an agency to create a game called Cloud Defense to help employees master cybersecurity. The game tracks and displays scores in the form of a leaderboard and provides rewards and feedback along the way. Some examples are: • Completion rates. What does success look like?

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The Game Agency

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

EverFi & The Game Agency Win “Best of Show” at ELearning Guild’s 2018 DevLearn DemoFest for The Creation of the Compassion Project. It is a perfect example of why our team loves coming to work every day.”. About The Game Agency. We couldn’t be more excited by this course or our partnership with EverFi.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 31, 2012

Speakers included Derek Robertson, Steve Dale, James Langley, Chris Mayoh and Julian Wood, who presented variously on games based learning, e-safeguarding, embedding the iPad across the curriculum, the use of QR codes and mobile devices in education, and how to engage readers with digital texts.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 3, 2014

Conference strands include Game-Based Learning: How to Use Games in Educational Settings, Games & Assessment, Connecting Educators With Game Developers: Make Your Voices Heard, Students as Content Creators & Game Designers, Research on Game-Based Learning, and Professional Development.

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MIND Research Institute

AUGUST 10, 2021

For example, take my personal journey to learn Spanish. For games to provide a valuable learning experience, they must offer meaningful engagement. The best game-based learning programs will actually boost students’ ability to reason and understand underlying concepts. The same is true in math.

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Educator Innovator

MAY 5, 2014

The secret of games’ success—their power to spark and channel students’ motivation to read and understand complex content—isn’t confined to digital games. Together, they develop games targeting specific instructional skills. Students work in groups to propose an official school snack.

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Edsurge

JULY 18, 2016

Kennesaw State University’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning has a robust directory of teacher conferences; you can search by subject area and location. Educational software company Vernier , for example, makes finding training opportunities as easy as searching by zip code.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Some problems are already being solved in creative ways by educators setting an example of the way forward, while others are more difficult and haven’t yet been solved. Makerspaces/Online Learning: In just one or two years, experts predict makerspaces and online learning will be common in schools. DEVELOPMENTS IN ED TECH.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 26, 2018

Students work on their own computers sometimes; however, there are many times (like the Avengers Photoshop example) where I want students interacting with and manipulating digital objects as they discuss and work together. The students love the Monster Quiz games and other activities that the SMART Notebook does so easily.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

A useful example of flow from Diane Ackerman’s Deep Play: “In Bone Games , climber Rob Schultheis recalls how he felt descending a mountain after a harrowing near-death fall: “The person I became on Neva was the best possible version of myself, the person I should have been throughout my life. Gamification.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Online courses, interactive multimedia content, and educational apps cater to diverse learning styles, allowing students to engage with the material at their own pace. The integration of interactive whiteboards, tablets, and educational software in classrooms has made learning more dynamic and engaging.

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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. If you use Keynote, learn how to use Magic Move. No problem.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Due to the COVID-19 crisis and the resulting lockdowns and social distancing mandates, there has been a growing need for schools to adopt online school management software for a variety of functions, everything from virtual instruction to communication with student families to operational tasks. Schools are experimenting and innovating more.

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