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BreakoutEDU: A Professional Development Workshop

User Generated Education

I recently got the opportunity to offer a professional development workshop for educators of gifted students at the 2018 14th Annual Fall Gifted Education Institute.

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5 Simple Ways to Gamify Your Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Game based learning can be simple and free. Want to hear another episode on game based learning ? Listen to Michael Matera, teacher and author of Explore Like a Pirate , share ideas for using games in your classroom. Purpose Games – [link]. Game based learning can be simple and free.

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It’s Game Over for the Institute of Play. But Its Legacy Lives On.

Edsurge

The news came as a surprise to educational game developers and researchers, many of whom credit the Institute of Play for supporting and growing the game-based learning industry. It has published research and games, facilitated trainings and workshops, and even designed schools. educational institutions.

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Video Games for Relationship- and Team Building

User Generated Education

I had the privilege of taking a workshop on Fortnite Creative facilitated by Steven Isaacs. I decided to take this workshop because I knew that many of my students (3rd-7th grade gifted students) were playing Fortnite. They had no problem taking this challenge and running with it. My Reflection. This went better than I expected.

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IBM and Sesame Workshop Aim to Personalize Learning for Preschoolers

EdTech Magazine

By Meg Conlan The new partnership will combine Sesame Street programming with Watson technology to reimagine early childhood education.

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I gamified my classroom and students are soaring

eSchool News

An average child today will have played 10,000 hours of video games before the age of 21. If playing games is part of our culture, even part of our identities, then it stands to reason that students can be highly motivated by game-based learning opportunities. So what if we make classrooms the game?

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5 Steps to Gamify Your Elementary Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Blog: [link] Twitter: @ hmarrs24 Resource: I’ve created a Google site that accompanies a three-day workshop that I do on gamifying your classroom at the elementary level. Outside of teaching, she is a wife and mother of two amazing kiddos.