Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2022

The original version of this article appeared in Grading for Growth. In fall 2021, I took my first steps into the world of ungrading. Inspired by Susan D. Blum’s book “ Ungrading ,” I went fully gradeless in my upper-level Euclidean Geometry class. I gave only feedback on student work, with no grades on any assignment. Did My Students Learn?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JULY 17, 2023

It’s not just about stocking up, it’s about being well-prepared and creating an atmosphere where students can thrive. And let’s not forget those other supplies that, while not immediately thought of, can significantly enhance the comfort and functionality of your space.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 5, 2023

Bloom’s Taxonomy (no it’s not dead) is one of the main educational frameworks that can help you in this regard. Bloom’s Taxonomy, a classification system of educational objectives, can serve as your compass in the creation of activities that are not only varied, but also cognitively stimulating.

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MIND Research Institute

JULY 11, 2017

Following are some real-world examples of how this can be done using ST Math ’s interactive puzzles. Two-step Addition and Subtraction. Two-step Addition and Subtraction. Some of our knowledge of the world is so well ingrained in us, that we don’t even have to think about it. Consider a chair, for example.

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Fractus Learning

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Show Kindness And Donate Toys. Toys are everywhere; you have a messy house because of the toy clutter; it’s a daily battle. A study published in the Infant Behavior and Development journal found that the number of toys influenced a toddler’s quality of play. Table of Contents. Benefits Of Toy Rotation For Children.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 9, 2018

Kim’s book is Mathivate. So we talk about things over the weekend and how much I missed them, and then we do a Math-oggle game I created. Kim Thomas on episode 286 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Get Mathivated with Kim Thomas. Date: April 9, 2018.

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edWeb.net

MAY 24, 2022

Over the past two years, America’s children have experienced historic challenges due to the unprecedented nature of the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast. However, this is definitely not the case as many educators have been incorporating it into their classrooms for years.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2017

Kai Drayton-Yee says she didn’t play too many video games when she was a kid, and focused more on “STEM and engineering and math.”. But this past Saturday, the 18-year-old was standing on a stage at Impact Hub in Oakland, describing a video game she’d worked on.

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ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Alternate reality games are usually played out in both physical and digital spaces, and involve often elaborate stories and puzzles that are presented to players as part of the “real” world or campus that surrounds them. Was it always going to be an Alternate Reality Game, or is there some reason you were drawn to this form?

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

No, I’m talking about the kind of self-directed play that seems separate from any serious pursuit and separate from a student’s ordinary experience. The kind of play where the adults stay out of it, and the players are the ones who own the process. This kind of play tends to be labeled as a time-waster by many adults and teens alike.

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Fractus Learning

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Non-toy gift ideas for kids vary according to your child’s interests, abilities, and age. Whatever your child’s desire, skill level, and interest, the great gifts ideas for kids are so much fun your kids wouldn’t even miss another toy as a Christmas gift or birthday gift. Table of Contents Why Non-Toy Gifts?

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 30, 2022

While there's value in those activities, concern for Earth's climate and our environment has never been greater. " So, as teachers, it's important to ask ourselves: What does Earth Day mean to -- and for -- our students? It's best to take a balanced approach. featured_content_1%%.

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Brainscape

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

But there are only so many M&Ms you can eat before someone gets an upset tummy, so to help your kids master their numbers, the team here at Brainscape—the world’s smartest study app —put together a toolbox of the best math apps for preschoolers. The good news is that this isn’t calculus … yet.

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ProfHacker

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

If you’ve ever read one of our ProfHacker holiday gift guides , you’ll know that lots of us are big fans of board games, and in particular of the new breed of smart board games that have appeared in increasing numbers in the past decade or so. One alternative to that experience is the cooperative board game.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 20, 2016

Gamification is a hot trend, but it’s more than that -- it’s tapping into students' interests in order to give them the opportunity to explore, problem-solve, and build social skills while connecting with curriculum-based skills and concepts. Of course you do, and you can through gamified classrooms!

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 21, 2023

I became a teacher because I love education and kids, and the confluence of those two things inspired me. I became a teacher because I love education and kids, and the confluence of those two things inspired me. And I get why. We spend a ton of time with our students. It still does. The threat of consequences has little effect.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 20, 2016

Gamification is a hot trend, but it's more than that -- it's tapping into students' interests to give them the opportunity to explore, problem-solve, and build social skills while connecting with curriculum-based skills and concepts. Of course you do, and you can through gamified classrooms! Show before you tell.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

The immune system disorder regularly bumps Maldonado’s heart rate to nearly double what it’s supposed to be. It’s just like a ripple effect of all of these other symptoms that come with it.”. This story also appeared in The Dallas Morning News. Credit: Ben Torres for The Dallas Morning News.

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Reading By Example

JULY 17, 2018

I used a pack of decorative puzzle piece cut-outs with students’ names on the front, magnet on the back, and they were always on display along the top of our board with partners’ pieces fitting together. The key was that they would learn from one another, their personalities a match, and a ‘good fit’ for all the pieces to the learning puzzle.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Curriculum was buying used textbooks, and the easiest place to obtain them was Amazon,” says the director of purchasing and warehouse at William S. including community colleges, two- and four-year degree granting institutions and graduate schools. Hart Union High School District in Santa Clarita, California. urban school districts.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

DECEMBER 15, 2013

Spurred by Mr. Van Amburgh''s enthusiasm, I spontaneously arranged for a Friday the 13th event. Here are reflections from two of of Mr. Here are reflections from two of of Mr. Turbeville''s students: I tried a few of the programming resources, including the Snap program from UC Berkeley. How cool is that?

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MindShift

MAY 13, 2019

It also uses a variety of personal learning strategies to develop curriculum around the students’ passions and interests, including the tabletop role-playing game (RPG), Dungeons & Dragons. “Cooperative games are on the rise right now as I think people are tired of strict competition in every game they play. .

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University has been playing video games for four hours every day since 2003, solving puzzles and battling bosses in games such as Doom, Darksiders 2 and Uncharted 4. Gaming actually celebrates failure rather than punishing it.

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Well, it''s that time of year again for my favorite and most robust list on the top 100 Sites/Apps of the year. As w/ the previous year''s list, more and more mobile apps are making the list as mobile learning continues to be the rising trend in education. Finally, any site/app that was in a previous years list will not be in this one.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

This post is based on the latest episode of my weekly podcast, Angela Watson’s Truth for Teachers. A podcast is like a free talk radio show you can listen to online, or download and take with you wherever you go. Today I’ve invited Zaretta Hammond to be a guest this week on the podcast. Thank you, Zaretta, for being a guest on the show!

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MindShift

MARCH 15, 2016

What is the best game-based tool for learning? This 32-game bracket-style competition is a teacher-fueled smackdown of learning games thoroughly vetted by Graphite. If you aren’t familiar with a game, take a look at the Graphite review to learn more, or download it and give it a whirl. Round 2: 3/20 – 3/23.

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Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Kevin’s wisdom, humor, expertise, kindness, charm, and wit set the stage for the two days. An infopic''s text might be quotes, takeaways, or thoughts about the session. The hallmark of a great conference is that there are too many concurrent sessions you want to attend, and that''s exactly what happened at Miami Device.

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Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 23, 2016

The SpedApps project , created by the Research Center for Educational Technology at Kent State University in Ohio, also features a website that reviews apps developed to reach special education students, as well as two apps created by researchers working on the initiative. The project is funded in part by AT&T.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 15, 2021

April 22nd is Earth Day, a day when (historically) more than 1 billion people in 192 countries put the Earth’s health ahead of convenience, habits, and cultural norms. It’s a day when teachers of all kinds encourage an understanding of how mankind’s actions affect the planet we call home.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

CDI COMPUTER DEALERS CHROMEBOOK TRADE-IN PROGRAM ( cdicomputers.com ) CDI Computer Dealers has launched a Chromebook Trade-In Program that provides a hassle-free, environmentally-friendly way for schools to dispose of their aging Chromebooks and obtain a free two-year premium extended warranty on the new ones purchased from CDI.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 2, 2019

Statewide, nearly two-thirds of kindergartners attending Mississippi’s public schools were unable to demonstrate knowledge of basics such as early letter and number recognition, and fell below the state’s target score for academic readiness last year. If you can’t read, you can’t do anything else.”.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 19, 2019

That’s exactly what I was going to say because I think the teachers who are most skeptical about the club are English teachers, because they’re like, “I’ve got all these essays. Kim Lepre is a 7th grade English teacher and the founder of the Teachers Need Teachers podcast. Want to listen instead of read ?

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MindShift

DECEMBER 31, 2018

September marked the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’s U.S. Quidditch is no longer just game of fantasy. Teachers like Ben VanDonge and Kate Keyes are two-thirds of a fifth-grade teaching team in Walla Walla, Wash. We learned that a lot has changed since 1998. Alex Wong/Getty Images).

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techieMusings

AUGUST 16, 2018

Society teaches that it’s better to be the only bright light than be in a forest of bright lights. Summer has flown by faster than seems possible given the number of days and hours we have in a summer. The one thing I’ve made a good amount of time for this summer is reading. I actually listen to most of the books I read.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 19, 2015

50 Of The Best Video Games For Learning in 2015. We’ve discussed the merits and utility of video games in the classroom before, so we won’t beleaguer the point. We’ve discussed before the logistics of how to teach with video games (especially for non-mobile games). by TeachThought Staff. Playability.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 31, 2021

This post/podcast episode is just a little peek into what’s been going on with me over the last few months, and some reflections on what’s to come. In case you’re new here (or you simply have other more pressing things to remember than what Angela Watson’s been up to!) How I used my time offline in December.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

And it's not just availability that's going up. In today's environment, an instructor may ask whether alternative grading approaches make cheating more likely. This paper is in a journal called Theory into Practice , which should give you some idea of what it's about. M., & Koenka, A.

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