The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

The strategies will not only help you be more engaged, present, and fulfilled as a teacher, but you’ll also apply your learning to your classroom and your students.” Game-Based Learning Game-Based Learning (GBL) isn’t only about having an activity based on points. Course: Level Up!

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The primary trends identified by the team were: adaptive learning, open education resources (OER), gamification and game-based learning, MOOCs, LMS and interoperability, mobile devices, and design. To those working in higher education, some of the trends presented by the team may not have come as a surprise.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 2, 2022

And so, as I'm ending the school year, I try to think of ways I can be present with my students and in the classroom. And so I also just try to find things to do that they love and projects STEM activities with Legos or maybe making fidget or fidget spinners, things like that. Again, they love doing like catapults and making rockets.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The ability to collaborate on writing assignments, presentations, spreadsheets, etc. 9 Game-Based Learning —Game-based learning will continue to be a significant trend in K–12 education. There are limitless possibilities for game-based learning in education.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 19, 2023

Go to everfi.com/coolcat to learn more and sign up to get a virtual swag bag full of free goodies to get the school year off to a great start. Click Here Sponsor This week's guest Rachelle Dené Poth is an edtech consultant, presenter, attorney, author, and teacher. I heard one presenter at ISTE say “ChatGPT got mad at me.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

make themed puzzles and games available during sponge time — right before lunch or at the end of the day. if you’re just getting into game-based learning, this is a great starting point. More games and simulations: Lots more web-based puzzles. Lots of web-based simulations.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The Future is STEM/STEAM. We celebrated National STEM/STEAM Day just a few weeks ago, a reminder of how important it is to foster our students’ curiosity around math and science endeavors. STEM/STEAM is everywhere you can imagine and is an indispensable part of our everyday lives.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 29, 2017

Vicki: Yes, you can use Ed Tech and Social Emotional Learning! Her original research went into the design of Renton Preparatory in Seattle, which was a 2016 Top Three STEM School in the nation. Michelle, you’ve done some fantastic work with Social Emotional Learning and Ed Tech. Dr. Michelle Zimmerman @ mrzphd is with us today.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Games4Ed facilitates collaborations between educators, researchers, game developers, publishers, and policymakers to further the use of games and other immersive strategies in schools. Mitch served on the Board of the Ed-Tech Industry Network (ETIN) of the SIIA from 2012-2019, was cochair from 2015-2016, and was the chair in 2019.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Again, this years list sees a lot of tools for STEM that focuses on programming/coding. Book Creator - A fantastic mobile (iOS/Chrome) app for creating stunning eBooks/presentations, that can be used for digital storytelling, project based learning, and more. Top 25 Sites/Apps of 2018 YO Teach!

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Challenge encourages game-based learning to help kids learn to have fun with math. If they build it, they will learn from it. That’s the idea behind the national K-12 Game-a-thon, which invites students to let their imaginations and problem solving run wild as they design, build and share their own math games.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

In 2016 Karen published Innovate with iPad: Lessons to Transform Learning as a way to help educators see how technology can help students create their own content instead of consuming someone else’s. At present Karen is teaching Kindergarten at Norma Rose Point, in Vancouver, Canada. Blog: Learning and Sharing with Ms.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

In both of these Five Minute Assessments, I like to always have them present it as well, so you might want to add a little five-minutes extra onto the back end of both of those. A big part of classroom management, I think, stems from the fact that students just sit all day long. Vicki: Awesome! OK, what’s our fourth?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

GBLNYC has over 500 members and hosts monthly events ranging from networking socials, educational game demonstrations, expert presentations, and game design workshops. This year we have renewed with vigour our invitation for students to present at the GEC. Register here. Food and drinks will be provided!

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2019

Despite popular myth, games actually discourage negative behaviors, benefit mental health and improve social skills. Of course, not all games are created equal. Certain elements are consistently present in quality games and quality learning tools. The best games are just fun, and the learning is almost invisible.

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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. Students can also work on their STEM skills and learn the basics of programming. Box Island: One Hour Coding - A fun free iOS app for ages 6 on up learning the basics of coding.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 30, 2017

He is an expert in STEAM and STEM and science. She has presented in various school districts. Carol believes this is the best time to be a teacher and a student with the integration of technology to expand the classroom globally and to display learning in new and exciting ways. The Biggest Heartbreak of 2nd Grade Teachers.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

They are examples of things he is using and that he has presented about virtual reality. Enrique Chachafeiro @ @8bitbiologist is an amazing presenter. She saw Enrique present in Second Life recently about how we can really change things using Virtual Reality. Vicki: Virtual Reality is a new education paradigm.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 1, 2016

They are vital components of the web, and social media are important for education - because learning is essentially social and personal. My initial interest in researching the social web stemmed from some early work my colleagues and I did around wikis and blogs in medical education in 2005-2006. Unported License.

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The Game Agency

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Learners take on the role of a student whose goal is to bring emotional awareness to a group of individually unique in-game characters. Each conflict presented allows students to explore, make mistakes, but ultimately leads them through to resolution. EVERFI, Inc.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 18, 2018

Mary is also a specialist in engagement, and uses digital tools to engage students and ignite their learning. She has presented throughout New York State and numerous other conferences including MACUL (Michigan) and at ISTE Philadelphia, Denver and San Antonio. Blog: [link]. Twitter: @mrshoward118.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 6, 2014

Once we begin accepting proposals, presenters will be able to choose their own session times - so get yours in early! Deadlines Library 2.014 , October 8th + 9th, 2014 Upcoming deadlines: Presentation proposals will be accepted between now and October 1st for Library 2.014. How can you apply game based learning to some of your lessons?

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MIND Research Institute

AUGUST 10, 2021

When presented in familiar contexts, students can extend their knowledge to problem-solve in our data-driven world. Games that Build Fluency. Games are a powerful teaching mechanism to get students problem solving in mathematics. For games to provide a valuable learning experience, they must offer meaningful engagement.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 27, 2017

Whether it is learning from home through online courses, professional development, conference workshops or as a keynote speaker Kasey is a relentless innovator of ideas and a devoted transformer of classrooms and teaching.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Our conference co-chair, Lucy Gray, has created some great toolkits to help you get involved in the global education community -- we encourage you to take advantage of this free opportunity to connect your classroom to the broader learning community! Gaming in Ed on YouTube. For a full list of presenter recordings, please visit [link].

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 25, 2017

A lot of times we think of Google slides as the presentation tool, which of course it is, and there’s nothing wrong with that, please don’t get me wrong. It’s fantastic for kids to just do a presentation. So lots of real fun things that you could do with slides besides just a traditional presentation. ERIC: Sure.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

. — Deepak Cheenath That puts CoCo’s strategies to keep students engaged or motivated to learn at complete odds with what many edtech companies have been trying to do to teach literacy or STEM — mimic online games like Robolox or Minecraft that children spend hours immersed in outside of school.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 18, 2018

In this case, learning was meaningful for the students because it had traction in a fantasy world that stood in as a facsimile for the real one, the central dynamic of play and a key feature of its value for development and learning. Sorcery for STEM.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 29, 2018

Vicki: Oh, see, I love this, because we’re getting ready to use Google Slides for our app presentation for Shark Tank. I use the keyboard shortcut Command+K, and then you just drop down slides in this presentation, and you choose a slide. When you insert the link, you’ll be able to see the options to slides in this presentation.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 2, 2018

That’s one of the things I demonstrate when I show this in presentations. Vicki: Well, when I do my “ Fifty-Plus Tools” presentation , I always show how you can go on Wikitext and you can pull out, say, the Emancipation Proclamation, and you can put it into Wordle, and you really frontload that vocabulary. Steve: (laughs).

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MIND Research Institute

APRIL 19, 2017

Student Engagement: The Difference a Game Makes. If school were a game, would students want to play it? This is the question that fueled Greg Toppo and Kurt Squire during their presentation at the Deeper Learning Symposium. Watch the full presentation: Length: 39:29. The Best Lesson: Learning from Failure.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

With over 20 years classroom experience, Tricia is all about “putting the STEAM back in STEM.” Innovations in Games-Based Learning video series. Alice Keeler— Teacher and Google Certified Innovator, author, keynote speaker, and workshop presenter. I’m the gamification guy,' come talk to me. UNC MEITE website.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 11, 2020

They should understand science concepts and draw on them to answer questions and solve problems as well as connect them to other STEM concepts. Three-dimensional learning – The standards are based in three learning dimensions central to science and engineering education: Practices, the behaviors of scientists and engineers.

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MIND Research Institute

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Integration homework requires students to apply varying skills to a single task, such as a class presentation, book reports or a science fair project. Related Parent Resources: The Role of Parents and Students in Game-based Learning. Parents, 4 Pitfalls to Avoid When Your Kids Are Learning Fractions.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 26, 2018

But while this device might not warm our hands, it warms us up to experience learning together. I use a variety of apps that not only show the current presentation on the board, but it also show on student devices. Shift #5: Formative Data Collection and Dissemination.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2014

Be a Presenter at Reinventing the Classroom. We want YOU to present at the Reinventing the Classroom conference on May 1st - all about the impact of ed tech on the classroom experience, and kicking off our self-proclaimed May as "Ed Tech Month." Interested in presenting? Or sign up to be an Inpire Presenter !

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 1, 2014

We will be using your input to possibly create content for multimedia projects for our 2014 conference and for workshops and presentations that we give in various locations related to global education and this event. Learn about proven activities and program examples and get resources for immediate implementation in your classroom or program.

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