Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

That count will now double, thanks to the addition of a small team that has navigated the twists and turns in the educational gaming market over the past seven years. His company’s flagship digital product, i-Ready , is a K-8 math and literacy tool used by nearly 15 percent of K-8 students across the country. “I

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

. — At first glance, the binders incorporating a whole year of learning at the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester look a little like Candy Land, the beloved game of chance where players navigate a colorful route past delicious landmarks to arrive at a Candy Castle. This story also appeared in The Washington Post.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This story also appeared in Scientific American During the initial weeks of first grade, Odegard’s struggles with reading went undetected as he memorized words that classmates read aloud before him. I compensated for my reading and spelling problems by staying up until 1 or 2 a.m. are needlessly suffering for the same reason.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Does math make you a little nervous? By some estimates, as high as 93 percent of Americans feel some degree of math anxiety. In 2012, about 30 percent of high school students reported that they felt “helpless” when doing mathematics problems. She says, “math is everywhere.” First off: 1.

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Fractus Learning

MAY 9, 2022

The best STEM toys for toddlers provide hours of fun while learning to focus, solve problems, think critically, use their imaginations, and develop crucial gross and fine motor skills. Whether building blocks, board games for kids, musical instruments, or building sets, STEM toys are fun and educational. Innovative.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Here are 24 different games and structures you can use that will infuse laughter and joy into your classroom. when games are incorporated into learning. Why play games? For me, that’s a lot of art, creativity, and games. When leading a whole class game, students can bond as a classroom community.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Brad went on to be the founding Director of Curriculum and Instruction for a STEM-focused network of schools dedicated to authentic learning by tackling real-world problems. 00;06;35;02 – 00;06;52;21 Amanda Fox There's polling, Q&A, but what differentiates it is it has a word cloud. Explain this to me in your own words.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 19, 2023

Babe Ruth once said, “yesterday's home runs don't win today's games.” AI Action #7: Lower the Grade Level of Words You’ve Written You can also take language and paste it in and say, lower this to grade level two or grade level three, and it's pretty good. And this is tip number nine here for Artificial Intelligence solving a problem.

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eSchool News

JUNE 3, 2021

incorporates real world math, financial literacy, emotional intelligence, and more. Beyond being a game about cute animals running a pizza business, it instills ‘real-world’ money skills in students, which helps produce well-rounded citizens, stronger communities, and more effective employees.”. Osmo for Schools’ Pizza Co.

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 21, 2016

In the old days, learning math was often a hard slog. Nowadays, there are tons of cool math games for kids of all ages. There are even games for boosting advanced skills like those needed in geometry, algebra, and economics. Are your junior Einsteins looking for an entertaining way to flex their math muscles?

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 31, 2021

Bethel Elementary School students get a break from reading and math lessons with an engineering activity during summer school in Simpsonville, S.C. Down the hall, students in small groups worked on reading and math. When asked about the afternoon, Aylin echoed Finn, insisting the group just played games.

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Fractus Learning

MAY 20, 2022

You don’t have to spend a lot of money to keep kids engaged; some of these items are everyday household items, or you’ll find them in the dollar store. Other ideas, like the board games and card games, are an investment in hours and hours of play for years and years. Board Games And Indoor Games Kids Love.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2016

You can also spend a lot of money on a green screen, but this is not necessary—any green surface will do. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Animate Scientific Illustrations, Grades 2 to 12: In this colorful project, students can use a green screen and diagrams to illustrate scientific processes.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

One of the district’s key strategies doesn’t cost any money at all: letting every student choose a “trusted adult.”. If you need help in math, you go get a tutor. Federal and state governments have allocated extra money for mental health services and school districts across the country are scrambling to beef up supports.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Using AI to Generate Pre-Assessments Imagine a high school math teacher is about to embark on a new unit about algebraic equations. The pre-assessment consists of a series of algebraic problems of varying difficulty and specific vocabulary related to algebraic equations. MagicSchool.ai

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 28, 2021

Teachers use writing prompts to stimulate students in various ways; it inspires imagination and critical thinking, problem-solving, innovative ideas, and is fun. Write a story using these words in the narrative: “It is blue” or “The spoon.” If you lived underwater, what games would you play with friends?

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Technology Tidbits

MARCH 17, 2014

This is going to be one of my most ambitious posts yet, as I have curated a gigantic list of my favorite sites/apps for Game Based Learning (a.k.a I''ve done posts on educational iOS Apps and Educational Online Games but I have never combined the two and curated a list that specifically deals w/ GBL. Gamification).

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Technology Tidbits

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Mobile learning and BYOD (bring your own device) is making it easier students to learn, especially in the subject of Math. 50 Math Sites and Apps 4 Dice: Fraction Games - A great iOS app for learning how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions. ABCYA - A wonderful site/apps (grades K-5) for Math, Reading, and more.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Investors continue to pour money into the U.S. The gaming giant worked with the Institute of Play to create STEM-focused, hands-on learning experiences that promote collaboration, creativity and problem solving. industry, eclipsing last year’s tally. But there have also been fire sales. US Edtech Investments Peak Again With $1.45

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 3, 2017

I’ve used individual dry erase boards with my students A LOT: solving math problems (they’d hold up their boards for me to check their work). partner games (no need to waste scratch paper to keep score). mind mapping ideas before writing (so much more fun than a writing a rough draft).

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2019

In other places, in the absence of schoolwide funding or administrative interest, the movement is grassroots as teachers revamp their classrooms themselves, spending their own money or even making their own furniture. They would get up, go to a dictionary, look up a word, walk over to a classmate and talk about the assignment.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 20, 2022

Striking that balance can be tricky, especially when schoolwork requires a screen and games and social media are so compelling. But we've collected some cool resources -- some with links and some without -- that can help you tap into kids' curiosity, problem-solving, self-reflection, and more. Think Skee-Ball made out of boxes!

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

A typical research question in education might be whether average test scores differ for students who use a new math game and those who don’t. non-zero—difference in scores is significant enough to conclude that the game has had an impact, or, in other words, that it ‘works’. Left unanswered is why and for whom.

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ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

I’ve had technical problems and haven’t been able to post many comments myself, but needed space to clarify my votes on some things, and that’s what this post is for. Why invest in technology when the money can be put to better use investing in people? What human solutions to this problem exist?

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Fractus Learning

MARCH 2, 2022

Knowing the emotional, social, communication, motor skills, and problem-solving stages help parents to better interact with their child at each developmental stage. First Puzzle is a fun peekaboo toy that stimulates problem-solving skills and helps develop fine motor skills. Felt Ball Set is one of the best toys for your baby.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

And there just isn't the money for it. These proctoring tools gather and analyze far more data than just a student's words, than their responses on an exam. The parent, a professor at USC, showed him how to game the software: write long answers, use lots of proper nouns. And now in-person classes are supposed to be smaller.

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Learning in Hand

OCTOBER 10, 2014

With so many different flavors of project based learning (including problem based learning, challenge based learning, student centered learning, exploration, student driven inquiry, and authentic learning), it’s not surprising that we have a variety of other terms for a question or statement that is the project’s driving force.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

It was the early days of YouTube (then two-years old), and it was getting cheap and easy to make and post videos, so the two teachers—Jon Bergmann and Aaron Sams—proposed shifting lectures to videos students would watch at home, and asking students to come to class prepared to problem solve with their peers.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

Students in Kelly McCarthy’s first-grade classroom end the period with a vocabulary word game. The city also gained ground on math tests. percent of students met standards in math, compared to 36.4 were proficient in math. Photo: Emmanuel Felton. SYRACUSE, N.Y. percent of students statewide. Statewide, 39.1

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

Partner Announcements Digital Wish : Celebrate Earth Day 2014- Recycle Old Technology and Earn Money for New Technology with Recycle Forward. Martin will also talk about some of the problems he sees with traditional fluency building, and offer strategies for supporting students. Tell a story ala Hemingway in six words or less!

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare. Much of what Meeker says in this year’s report about education is placed under her category “gaming.” “Why are there 72 slides about gaming, from a company invested in EA, Zynga, Mobcrush, and Magic Leap?”

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2016

The exam, known as PARCC — which stands for Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers — was aligned to the Common Core, a set of national educational standards for what students should be able to do in each grade in English and math. Massachusetts became a leader in national assessments in math, reading, and science.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2021

The publicly traded, game-based learning company announced Thursday that it was acquiring Clever, a digital learning platform used widely among K-12 schools in the U.S. billion players participating in nearly 280 million games on its platform in the last 12 months alone. It’s been a long-term problem, but now it’s at crisis level.”

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 20, 2015

“The reason why young people are getting into things isn’t because they want to make a lot of money, but because they want to solve really big problems.”- Recently, I was in Indiana presenting about teaching Science Technology Engineering Arts Math (STEAM/STEM) in ways that engage digital learners. Use QR Codes!

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 20, 2015

“The reason why young people are getting into things isn’t because they want to make a lot of money, but because they want to solve really big problems.”- Recently, I was in Indiana presenting about teaching Science Technology Engineering Arts Math (STEAM/STEM) in ways that engage digital learners. Use QR Codes!

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2024

This financial arms war among colleges is draining so much revenue that many are losing money even as they increase their tuition. Jon: That makes pretty logical sense if you do the math. But colleges are giving back more and more of their money to fill seats. Which means they’re running into money crunches of their own.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 21, 2017

STEAM–Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math–is education’s new STEM. By adding the creativity and problem-solving skills that are part and parcel to Anything Art, students have permission to use colors, images, and outside-the-lines thinking to address Big Ideas and Essential Questions. Digital art.

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