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Why students love a game-based learning experience

Neo LMS

However, the growing trend of gamification – defined as adding game elements to a non-game environment – has begun to inspire teachers to apply game elements to advanced grades, older age-groups and more challenging curricula. A digital game-based learning experience. Why students love game-based learning.

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20+ resources for engaging game-based learning

Ditch That Textbook

playing games on their smartphones and tablets. They’re everywhere, from our social lives to our work lives to our school lives. People kill time on the bus, in a doctor’s waiting room and even in the bathroom (eww … but true!) The sports world is a force to be reckoned [.].

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How Tablet Games Can Teach Skills to Students with Visual Impairments

Edsurge

Marty Schultz has added a twist to hangman, the classic word-guessing game. His tablet-run version of the game has the same goal: pick letters to figure out a mystery word. The tablet reads out each letter, building your association between the raised dots and the alphabet.

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150+ Digital Activities for the K-2 Classroom Inside One Simple App

The CoolCatTeacher

For iPad and Google Play Tablet Devices of All Kinds From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Digital Learning Collection has over 150 apps for kindergarten to second-grade classrooms. The challenge for many K-2 to teachers who have tablets in their classroom is finding the right app.

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FETC 2015 Kicks Off With a BYOD Bang

EdTech Magazine

Frank Smith A game-based learning event, executive summit and hands-on sessions are highlights of the opening day of the conference. Classroom Collaboration Curriculum Game-based Learning Hardware Leadership Management Mobility Notebooks Online Learning Policies STEM Tablets'

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Gaming in Early Elementary Education in Australia

The CoolCatTeacher

You’ll want to sign up for your free 30-day trial at coolcatteacher.com/reallygoodstuff and remember – it is only one app – all of the other apps are inside this one simple digital learning collection from Really Good Stuff. Now, that’s good stuff for every K-2nd grade iPad or Google Play enabled tablet! Listen Now.

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Chromebook or Tablet for the Classroom? Finding the Best of Both Worlds

EdTechTeam

Schools often find themselves choosing between laptops or tablets, without realizing there is a way to have the best of both through hybrid devices such as the Acer Spin or Acer Switch, that starts as a laptop but allows the screen to fold or flip into a tablet. Getting Creative with Touchscreens & Tablets . Illustrations.

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