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Game Education: It’s in Their DNA – Guest Post from Courtney Pepe

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The iPad displays a picture of a word, and students play a guessing game, Wheel of Fortune Style, where they place Scrabble tiles that can be read in front of the iPad. Game #4 – Sphero the Robot. They smile, laugh, and applaud as the iPad visually prompts them to shake the robot so it will change color over and over again.

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7 Educational Transformations for Any Classroom

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These lessons can be done on any platform, with my favorite being Google Slides, as it works best on our school’s iPads. Recently, many Hyperdocs have been built on decktoys.com which brings a new level of gamification into the classroom. Checkout Sketchnotes for Educators by Sylvia Duckworth. I was hooked.

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Top 100 Sites/Apps for Game Based Learning

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Gamification). The resources below will vary from drill and practice to all out epic adventures in 3D virtual worlds, to help Gamify a classroom. . ** Digital Passport - An essential iPad app for kids that has them playing games to learn about Cyber Safety (i.e. bullying, copy right, privacy, etc.). time, money, etc.)

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Epic Guide To Game Based Learning

The CoolCatTeacher

Does Gamification in Education Really Improve Learning? Gamification and Instructional Design by Mia MacMeekin includes a fantastic infographic to help understand some of the basics. Gamification in Education – a piece I wrote for Edutopia on this topic. Serious Games: Rethinking Gamification in Education with Cat Flippen.

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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

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launch of Be a Maker, an all-new mobile application that teaches children how to code by allowing them to program their Jibo robot. Children ages 7-12 can use the Be a Maker app to create customized programs for their Jibo robot to perform, including speech and expressions. JIBO BE A MAKER APP ( www.jibo.com ) Jibo, Inc.

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Coding for the Common Core – Apps for Integrating Coding With Math and ELA

EmergingEdTech

Image Source Dr. Leslie Suters is a faculty member in the College of Education’s Curriculum & Instruction Department at Tennessee Tech University. She present the session “Coding for the Core: [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

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Users can also use the NEO advanced features such as automation, gamification, learning paths, and competency-based learning directly from the Windows App. KinderLab KIBO ( kinderlabrobotics.com/kibo/ ) is a robot kit designed for young children aged 4–7 years old.

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