3 Ways Game-Based Learning Can Boost Math Skills
EdTech Magazine
JULY 31, 2017
By Meghan Bogardus Cortez From providing motivation to assisting struggling students, games can help educators with tricky concepts.
Game Based Learning: Make Fast Teaching Games with SMART lab
The CoolCatTeacher
FEBRUARY 16, 2017
Sponsored Post by SMART Learning Suite From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Formative assessment and game based learning make a powerful combination in the classroom. I love SMART lab, a new feature of the SMART Learning Suite. Learn more about Smart Learning Suite.
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Minecraft: Education Edition’s Code Builder Helps Teach Science Standards
EdTech Magazine
MAY 19, 2017
By Melissa Wrenchey Updates to the game-based learning tool make state-required curriculum more creative.
5 Interactive Presentations Ideas That Will Engage Students
ViewSonic Education
MARCH 31, 2025
For even more flexibility, wireless screen casting software built for interactive displays lets both students and teachers share anything on their screen in real time. Just swap in vocabulary words, quiz questions, or historical facts, and youve got yourself a custom classroom game. Want more ways to boost engagement?
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Survey Reveals Critical Insight Into Teachers’ Technology Use and Challenges
eSchool News
DECEMBER 5, 2024
85% of respondents integrate technology in their lessons a few times a week, if not every day. . “More than a third of educators note that enhanced student engagement is one of the biggest benefits of using technology in the classroom,” says Dan McMahon, Vice President of Software at SMART Technologies.
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How to Create Massive Multiplayer Kahoot Games
The CoolCatTeacher
MARCH 14, 2021
Today’s guest, George Pearce, talks about how he streams Kahoot games, handles security and privacy, fights bots that allow cheating and attack his Kahoot games, and also how he deals with a lag to make game competitions more equitable even when hundreds of miles separate the learners. Stream by clicking here.
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Try SplashLearn for Summer Learning and Fall Success
The CoolCatTeacher
JUNE 29, 2021
Instead of just points and leaderboards, SplashLearns’ Game-Based Learning approach starts with pedagogy, has students test the experience for fun, and only shares the final lessons that are fun and pedagogically sound. Parents have a dashboard to track progress. In-depth reports help parents know how their child is performing.
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Where Schools Need to Focus Their Ed Tech Efforts
EdTech Magazine
JULY 12, 2018
A little more than 40 percent of high-outcome schools also reported using game-based programs in the classroom, compared to only 32 percent of low-outcome schools. With new virtual reality hardware bringing a fresh take to game-based learning, investing in more immersive classroom tools could be a good use of funding for students.
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K-12 Dealmaking: Follett Sells K-12 Software and Content Division to Global Investment Firm
Marketplace K-12
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
Follett's K-12 content and software division is being sold to Francisco Partners, and U.S. regulators have approved the merger of game-based learning platform Kahoot! The post K-12 Dealmaking: Follett Sells K-12 Software and Content Division to Global Investment Firm appeared first on Market Brief.
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6 Digital tools that encourage computational thinking
Neo LMS
DECEMBER 16, 2021
This framework focuses on turning students from consumers to content creators through game-based learning and computational thinking (CT) skills while developing their critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Read more: Are classroom robots the NextGen of learning?
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Benton County Schools Chooses Intelitek’s SmartCIM 4.0 for New CIM Lab Funded by Tennessee’s Innovative School Models program
eSchool News
DECEMBER 6, 2024
From the OpenMES control software, students program and monitor the manufacturing process and learn how a real factory process works. With a focus on Kindergarten to Career the company offers CoderZ, a fun and equitable gamified and game-based learning experience to Industry 4.0 education for CTE.
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Top 5 new EdTech tools that you might use in your university
Neo LMS
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
Game-based learning. The best way to acquire and retain knowledge is by learning through games. Online learning. Online learning is an all-encompassing strategy that doesn’t consist of only one tool. First of all, cloud storage eliminates the need for physical textbooks.
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Top 100 Sites/Apps for Game Based Learning
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).
5 Basic ingredients to online learning success
Neo LMS
AUGUST 8, 2017
Nobody expects teachers to become tech experts overnight, but at least simple things like rotating a PDF or using cloud-based software shouldn’t be a problem. Game-based learning design. An online learning environment offers plenty of opportunities for teachers to create and use game-based learning.
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3DBear Review: The Augmented Reality Classroom Pro
The CoolCatTeacher
DECEMBER 30, 2018
Or you can use Tinkercad or any other 3D modeling software. Explore 3D Bear Now So, for example, if a student goes into Sketchup (formerly Google Sketchup) and you’ve added Sketchup’s STL extension, they can create or import items and then export them.
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The 5-Year, $15 Million Global Learning XPRIZE Competition Is Over. Here’s Who Won.
Edsurge
MAY 15, 2019
But such was the length of time for finalists of the Global Learning XPRIZE competition before learning the winner of $10 million. First announced in 2014, the challenge invited organizations to submit open-source software that showed potential to help children in developing countries improve basic reading, writing and math skills.
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Why Games are Central to Building Math Fluency
MIND Research Institute
AUGUST 10, 2021
For games to provide a valuable learning experience, they must offer meaningful engagement. The best game-based learning programs will actually boost students’ ability to reason and understand underlying concepts. 11 Lessons on Game-based Learning and STEM Education. Rutherford, T.,
New tool aids game-based learning integration
eSchool News
APRIL 12, 2015
Digital learning system helps schools integrate game-based learning applications. The portable server unit, which features a 4th generation Intel CoreTM i5 processor and 60GB mSATA Solid State Drive, is pre-configured with software, tools, lessons and a self-contained Wi-Fi network.
Alexa Goes to ISTE: Edtech Companies—and Teachers—Debut New Skills for Learning
Edsurge
JUNE 26, 2019
Across the massive, brightly colored expo hall at ISTE 2019 , the annual education technology conference where companies display and demo their latest gadgets, upgrades and software, several vendors showcased the new skills they have developed for Alexa-enabled devices.
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Virtual Reality (VR) as a New Educational Paradigm
The CoolCatTeacher
DECEMBER 7, 2017
Today’s guest, Enrique Cachafeiro talks about the hardware, software options, and future of virtual reality. Unity is a software required to make games. Most teachers — and I consider myself pretty tech savvy — Unity has a fairly steep learning curve. I mean, this is not a game.
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This District Rolled Out Minecraft and Teacher Collaboration Skyrocketed
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
Roanoke added Minecraft: Education Edition to the district’s Microsoft campus agreement as a pilot project in 2017; now the software has been rolled out to 14,000 students district-wide. Thanks to a strategic approach to PD and support, teacher collaboration has skyrocketed, kindergartners are coding and students are excited about learning.
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How Android EDLA Can Transform Your Classroom
ViewSonic Education
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Game-based learning platforms , such as Kahoot and Mentimeter, transform education into an interactive and gamified adventure, offering engaging quizzes and real-time feedback that cater to diverse learning styles. Considering an EDLA solution for your classroom?
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The 10-Minute Teacher Show: Top Ten Shows for February 2017
The CoolCatTeacher
MARCH 1, 2017
5 Ideas for Using Game Based Learning in Your Classroom Today with Michael Matera (Episode # 5). February 6 Jenny @jennynitchals winner of Mystery Box Game Software by Michael Matera. The Breakout EDU Box: The Teaching Experience that Has Everyone Talking with Adam Bellow (Episode #8).
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The CoolCatTeacher
MAY 5, 2017
Founder of www.connectedpe.com & over 100 educational software products & services. Full Bio As Submitted. Jarrod Robinson. I travel the world helping #physed teachers use technology more meaningfully in their classes. Transcript of episode 70 5 Simple Ways to Improve Physical Education w/ #Edtech with Jarrod Robinson the PE Geek.
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How to Use Metaverse: Awesome Augmented Reality and New Features
The CoolCatTeacher
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
I like to use Kanban Boards and Agile Software Development principles (something outside the scope of this article). Ideation and Planning The top student mistake in a larger build is starting without first ideating , or generating ideas, for their app or experience. Then, after they ideate, they have to plan what will be in the experience.
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Kasey Bell’s 8 Great Ways to Use Google Slides
The CoolCatTeacher
MAY 29, 2018
If you want to use a clip, you don’t have to download it and open it in some fancy software to edit it down to what you just want to use. If you right-click on the video and go to Video Options, or you can also see that in the contextual toolbar, but you’ll see more options to do some adjustments to that video. Vicki: That is so awesome.
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404 7 Ways My Interactive Display is a Key Part of My Student-Centered Classroom
The CoolCatTeacher
MARCH 26, 2018
Additionally, I use software like SMART Learning Suite ( which I’ve blogged about before) which lets me quiz and share with student devices. The students love the Monster Quiz games and other activities that the SMART Notebook does so easily.
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Computer Science Teaching Tips
The CoolCatTeacher
OCTOBER 31, 2017
He has been a professional software developer, a textbook author, a developer evangelist, a school technology coordinator, a school board member and more. Alfred sees himself as a computer science education activist working to help reach more young people with the knowledge that they can make the world a better place through software.
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Educator Innovator
MAY 29, 2014
Increasingly, teachers have accepted games-based learning as a way to excite and motivate students. Learning games, when designed properly, can also provide teachers with a new approach to formative assessment. What Cruz witnessed in her middle-school classroom, however, is more than just engagement.
Google Extends Digital Literacy Training to Teachers
EdTech Magazine
SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
By Meghan Bogardus Cortez The tech giant’s Be Internet Awesome campaign now includes a free course for teachers.
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4 tips for creating an elementary esports program
eSchool News
MAY 15, 2023
When young students have opportunities to engage in game-based learning and online games, they are able to build a foundation of skills and interests that can connect them to future esports opportunities in middle school, high school, and beyond.
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‘Minecraft: Education Edition’ Brings 21st-Century Students Back to the Oregon Trail
EdTech Magazine
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
By Meghan Bogardus Cortez The popular world-building game is reviving a classic classroom video game.
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399 New to Competency-Based Learning? Here're Five Ways to Assess It
Edsurge
MAY 22, 2017
In high school, students might be asked to design a building using drafting software, math, and physics skills to create their final product. D2L's Resources for Teaching and Learning. Webinars —covering topics such as using video in K-12 classrooms, game-based learning, and journaling.
Fickett Elementary School: Making a Difference thorough Innovation and Collaboration
TeacherCast
OCTOBER 21, 2022
Game-based learning aside, the Active Floor activity is not only used for when students are looking to get away from class for a few minutes. The software is designed for students not only to play games but to create games that they can then share with their peers to also interact with.
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How Tablet Games Can Teach Skills to Students with Visual Impairments
Edsurge
JULY 29, 2019
“We’ve now taken the boring task of learning Braille and turned it into a game,” says Schultz, co-founder of Boston-based educational games maker ObjectiveEd. We’re changing the dynamic so that a kid is looking forward to learning.” million across 38 deals in 2012 to $276.5 million across 71 deals in 2017.
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Playing Games Can Build 21st-Century Skills. Research Explains How.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
“I never want to make claims that games writ-large for any kid—under any circumstances—teach these sort of skills.” Instead of learning from a combination of books, lectures and software, as students do at most schools, the primary mode of instruction for kids attending Quest to Learn is games.
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Games-Based Learning Not Only Helps Students, but Teachers Too
Educator Innovator
MAY 29, 2014
Increasingly, teachers have accepted games-based learning as a way to excite and motivate students. Learning games, when designed properly, can also provide teachers with a new approach to formative assessment. What Cruz witnessed in her middle-school classroom, however, is more than just engagement.
?Updates, Upgrades and Overheard: What Was Unveiled at ISTE 2017
Edsurge
JUNE 27, 2017
Upgrades also include Smarty Ants Español, a program designed to help K-2 Spanish-speaking students learn how to read in Spanish. the game-based learning platform, is going mobile. Think of it like a Flipboard for students, but aligned to students’ lexical level. WHO GIVES A KAHOOT?: According to Erik C.
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Minecraft in the Classroom
The CoolCatTeacher
OCTOBER 3, 2017
I am a self-proclaimed “tech nerd” and love to have my hands on all the latest and greatest products and software. I love to share what I have learned with my fellow educators. I am the Technology Coordinator for Brinnon School District in Brinnon, WA. I love the camaraderie among other educators.
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555 5 Reasons Teachers Using Tech are Super Heroes with Kecia Ray
The CoolCatTeacher
AUGUST 25, 2017
You can only do that if you know how to use technology, especially really fabulous software, which teachers who use technology know how to find. Vicki: And this is so important! I’ve literally got a lesson tomorrow with six formative checkpoints as we’re having our class discussion and talking.
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Celebrate JiJi Day With Math Puzzles! [Giveaway]
MIND Research Institute
APRIL 20, 2017
JiJi is the beloved penguin in the game-based learning program ST Math. JiJi Day is an opportunity to celebrate math and the growth mindset JiJi encourages in students: perseverance through challenges, a love of learning, and the thrill of success. Celebrate JiJi Day on Friday, April 28!
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87 #06: The 6 Most Motivating Sketchnotes in Education Today
The CoolCatTeacher
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
” Get a 45-day free trial of SmartLab Game-Based Learning Software. Listen on iTunes. Stream by clicking here. Download this episode as an MP3 by right-clicking here and choosing “Save As.” I loved hearing the backstory behind these. Her most motivating sketch notes include: 1. Life (A Poem).
Active Learning in the Science Classroom
The CoolCatTeacher
MARCH 12, 2018
And so we got out some MacBooks, and we opened up LoggerPro which is a program for Vernier Software. You’re going to try something that you don’t know if it works?”. And I said, “I don’t know for sure!”. We connected up some motion detectors to those computers. The motion detector works a little bit like a radar detector.
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EdTech Magazine
AUGUST 21, 2017
By Meghan Bogardus Cortez The tech giant held the first of its Facebook Live PD events.
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