The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

We need more strategies than fist to five or thumbs up thumbs down. Teacher Mike Roberts give five strategies that can help us with formative assessment AND classroom management. Sponsor: The US Matific Games are coming this February. Try Matific free now and sign up to join their Math games. And its free! Listen Now.

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eSchool News

JULY 29, 2022

I was prepared to talk about the connections to STEM learning, the opportunity to engage otherwise disengaged students, the inclusive nature of gaming, the research behind gamification and game-based learning, and more. .

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Students can design a game in any subject to assess their peers. When students design games they use a lot of creativity and critical thinking skills. Students must imagine and design worlds, characters, levels, sound effects, game elements, and more.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2018

From additional Learning Tools for OneNote to a new way to use Minecraft: Education Edition , these new developments stem directly from the needs of Microsoft’s most important consumers. “[The CDW VV2 Strategy. When you can inspire a student with an immersive experience, it deepens their knowledge,” says Salcito. CDW Segment.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. I teach an elementary STEM class called iCreate in South Haven Public Schools. Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 2, 2022

Years ago when I discussed strategy with a Disney Cruise leader, they told me that people tend to remember how an experience starts and how it ends. 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.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) started collaborating on game-based learning (GBL) in developmental math and writing instruction in the mid-2000s, they had no idea what they were setting in motion. The CGN also has hosted three increasingly well-attended conferences, called the CUNY Games Festival.

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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. In January 2015, Mitch co-founded the nonprofit Games4Ed with Larry Cocco.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

At times it can seem we’re competing with smartphones and video games for students’ undivided attention. Perhaps the best strategy is to embrace the technology and harness it for learning. Then, students get a chance to play the game and really immerse themselves.

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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

OCTOBER 10, 2016

100+ Game Based Learning Resources to Get Started in Your Classroom From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Games are fun. Game based learning excites learning in my classroom. Game Based Learning in My Classroom. By Jennifer Roland.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

But we can use the cultural relevance of games to blend their physical and virtual learning opportunities in ways that will empower students. Games Make Us More Social Companies like Google are finding that SEL skills are more important to students’ success than the mastery of STEM subjects alone.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2016

At the turn of the 21st century, public interest in games as learning tools took hold. In the eyes of digital game-based learning proponents, the general public and today’s teachers finally understood something that students and educational researchers knew all along. The Basics of Digital Game-Based Learning.

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MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 22, 2019

Game-based learning and gamification at immediate glance may seem like similar and interchangeable terms. While both terms combine games and learning, the difference lies in how game elements are integrated into the learning experience. What is Game-based Learning?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2018

Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Leave this field empty if you're human: One strategy for reducing those enrollments has been a change in the way higher-education institutions measure students’ readiness for college-level work. Traditionally, students landed in remedial courses based on their placement test scores.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 8, 2015

By Tommy Peterson School districts share strategies for bringing games into the classroom.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

With my college students last year they made DIY videos , but I decided to do something different with my 5th graders who love gaming. In my book, Hacking Digital Strategies with Ed Tech Mission s, I have a mission for students to create a game walkthrough. I decided to try this mission out with my 5th graders.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

With my college students last year they made DIY videos , but I decided to do something different with my 5th graders who love gaming. In my book, Hacking Digital Strategies with Ed Tech Mission s, I have a mission for students to create a game walkthrough. I decided to try this mission out with my 5th graders.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 9, 2017

So that’s why we wrote out book, which include strategies and digital tools that can support vocabulary learning. And the third component is also never forgetting that we want to provide for incidental vocabulary learning at all times. So a lot of us do what we did when we were in school. I mean, what needs to trickle down?

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Enrique Cachafeiro has spent the last decade finding ways to evolve the state of the classroom as to take advantage of new instructional technologies and strategies.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 12, 2017

Her classroom was, and remains, a lively and engaged place for learning across many platforms. How does digital learning work with electives? An art teacher I am working with has students bring laptops from a STEM lab with them to art class. This is another frequently asked question. She divides her class into two groups.

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MIND Research Institute

JUNE 2, 2022

The jobs of the future are in STEM and will require students to have a strong foundational understanding of mathematics. In Motivated, Ilana Seidel Horn shows why certain teaching strategies create classroom climates where students want to join in. Novels with a STEM Impact. Game-based Learning Explorations.

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MIND Research Institute

AUGUST 10, 2021

When students approach problems at the conceptual level, their reasoning skills become stronger since valuable brain power is freed up to apply strategies that make sense to them. For games to provide a valuable learning experience, they must offer meaningful engagement. Play Free Games That Build Math Fluency.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

Avoid tools that promise to replace the teacher and instead consider how adaptive teaching and other digital strategies can support effective, engaging instruction. Let’s build technology that facilitates extraordinary teaching and learning. If it’s to finally time to transform education, edtech needs to focus on the teacher.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

Competing [in a game] doesn’t work as motivation for every student. It’s an interesting strategy, but still largely restricted to extracurricular activities like after-school coding clubs or art projects. Shoelace doesn’t want to “trick” kids into learning, an act Dexter likens to feeding them chocolate-covered broccoli.

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Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2022

Players must program a backend strategy and use their coding and problem-solving skills to outsmart competitors. It’s as much game development as it is gameplay. The best of these young coders are learning to use code creatively and developing a tangible skill set that they will use in future careers.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 6, 2014

Expert ed tech coach Les Foltos will show you proven strategies for using pedagogy to drive technology integration while implementing the ISTE Standards for Coaches. Education Revolution Google+ Community Game Based Learning in the Classroom. How can you apply game based learning to some of your lessons?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 25, 2017

In Google Docs you can use the highlighting tool to do blackout poetry where students start with some text and then remove all the words except what they want to leave for their found poem, you can also use the exact same tool to do summarization. Idea #5: Article Summarization with Black Out in Google Docs.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Based on current trends, being able to transparently communicate and work with others in both virtual and face-to-face teams is becoming an increasingly critical skill. Educators can align their instructional strategies to tap into this learning attribute by: – Using collaborative teams during projects.

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MIND Research Institute

JULY 28, 2016

From dice to educational video games, classes led by instructional technology teacher Ryan Read are increasingly full of game-based learning! Ryan shares his experiments with technology and game-based learning extensively on Twitter as @Ryan7Read. It really fosters engagement. RR: Start small.

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MIND Research Institute

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Which is why I asked a team of MIND experts to share their most effective, helpful homework strategies for parents. This approach has the added advantage of helping students develop multiple strategies for solving problems. ”. What strategy are you using? Why did you choose that strategy? Start a Dialogue. “W

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MIND Research Institute

APRIL 19, 2017

How can teachers work to eliminate boredom from their classrooms, and what strategies can they use to motivate and excite students? Here are some related resources to share with your colleagues or to use for staff development: Infographic: How Game-based Learning Can Support Strong Mathematical Practices.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 2, 2018

technologies in connecting educators and creating professional learning communities. Steve Dembo served for ten years as Discovery Education’s Director of Learning Communities and led their Innovation and Strategy team. He is the co-author of the book Untangling the Web: 20 Tools to Power Up Your Teaching.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 26, 2018

Principles of Instruction: Research-Based Strategies That All Teachers Should Know. Research Note: Every student response describe here is a quick and painless form of formative assessment. More about this at Rosenshine, B. American educator, 36(1), 12. Shift #6: Digital Manipulation of Many Objects.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Wednesday, October 1st at 4pm ISTE Webinar: Equity in Education: Actively Engaging Girls in STEM Education , Discover instructional strategies that engage all youth in STEM, with a specific focus on girls. Levine, Executive Director of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, who had to reschedule his conference keynote!

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 3, 2016

Haiku Learning is the tool I use to blend my classroom. Tip: To learn about my blended learning strategies, see my presentation on Slideshare Simple Steps to Blended Learning . For this reason, it is likely more important that kids learn to program apps than make web pages. . YouTube (for Tutorials).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 1, 2014

July 8th - July 11th in New Orleans, LA 21st Century Schools Summer Institute , The 2014 Summer Institute is comprised of two cutting edge workshops offering you strategies and tools that, if implemented properly, are guaranteed to increase student motivation, attendance, graduation rates, and test scores! Learn more here.

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