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10 Awesome Courses To Improve Your Online Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

3 – Social Media Tools in Teaching – Using Them the Right Way I’ve seen social media used in ways that aren’t very safe or effective. For example, when teachers post their video conferencing links publicly on social media, they are unknowingly allowing unwanted attendees to enter their online classrooms.

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20 Ways to Personalize Your Learning This Summer

The CoolCatTeacher

Course: Implementing Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies “In this course, you will explore the importance of culture; how it impacts thinking, learning, and behavior; and how to embrace cultural differences and become a culturally responsive teacher.” There are even game badges you can add to Google Classroom. Course: Level Up!

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7 Digital tools for student engagement across all grade levels

Neo LMS

To engage students, we need tools that work well regardless of where learning is taking place — hybrid, virtual or in-person. Presentations can have sound, hyperlinks, social media buttons and so much more. Gimkit is one of many game-based learning tools available and it has been a favorite of my students each year.

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10 Ways to Rejuvenate and Learn This Summer

The CoolCatTeacher

You can discover how to connect games to learning in the classroom. Let’s Play: Creating a Playful Classroom Game-Based Strategies for Language Instruction Level Up! Student Achievement Through Gamification and Game-Based Learning Sports and Games: Using Instructional Models in PE.

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A Decade Into Experiments With Gamification, Edtech Rethinks How to Motivate Learners

Edsurge

We wanted to create a digital experience for kids that allows them to create things together, but isn’t saturated with the usual social-media-like engagement tools. Not only have they eschewed a social media setting for their digital playground, they’ve also steered clear of “gamifying” the experience.

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Three Career Paths for Educational Innovators—How to Get There and Where the Jobs Are

Edsurge

Michael Matera, a 6th grade world history teacher in Milwaukee, used his expertise in gamification to write a top selling book, Explore Like a Pirate. I’m the gamification guy,' come talk to me. Innovations in Games-Based Learning video series. Create Minecraft adventure maps - sell on the Minecraft Marketplace.

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Power Up Your Classroom with Game Play [interview with Cate Tolnai and Lindsay Blass] – SULS022

Shake Up Learning

They share their passion for gamifying the classroom with game-based learning and teaching through play. We discuss what types of classroom environments are appropriate for gamification and ways you can incorporate game-based learning today! Gamification v. Game-Based Learning. [13:43]