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Game-Based Learning Is Changing How We Teach. Here's Why.

Edsurge

Dan White, the co-founder and CEO of Filament Games, an educational video game developer based in Madison, WI, knows from personal experience that kids can get a lot more out of video games than entertainment, sharpened reflexes and enviable manual dexterity. Now I run a 40-person ‘empire’ at Filament.

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6 Digital tools that encourage computational thinking

Neo LMS

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. Read more: Are classroom robots the NextGen of learning?

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Can Designing Video Games Help Kids Gain Hard and Soft Skills?

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Isaacs, an educator at William Annin Middle School in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, teaches two classes on designing video games: a semester-long elective for eighth graders and a six-week course for seventh graders. Why video games? But Isaacs tries to incorporate a wide range of disciplines in his gaming classes.

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Top 5 new EdTech tools that you might use in your university

Neo LMS

Game-based learning. The best way to acquire and retain knowledge is by learning through games. The same gamification principle counts for many other subjects and the corresponding mobile apps, making this learning strategy universal. Robot teachers. They are patient and unbiased.

EdTech 347
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Making Sense of the Metaverse in Education

EdTechTeacher

With AR, one can overlay images, videos, and sounds onto an existing environment to “augment” a real-world scenario. For instance, images, videos, and sounds of a World War II battle could be superimposed on a textbook page describing a World Word II. Another underlying metaverse technology is Augmented Reality (AR).

Education 190
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A Fun Game and Mission to Teach Students About Giving Good Instructions

Teacher Reboot Camp

In our district, we try different unplugged activities with the elementary students, such as give simple instructions to your partner who is acting like your robot. With my college students last year they made DIY videos , but I decided to do something different with my 5th graders who love gaming.

Robotics 159
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A Fun Game and Mission to Teach Students About Giving Good Instructions

Teacher Reboot Camp

In our district, we try different unplugged activities with the elementary students, such as give simple instructions to your partner who is acting like your robot. With my college students last year they made DIY videos , but I decided to do something different with my 5th graders who love gaming.

Robotics 159