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.
Reflections on 50 years of Game-Based Learning (Part 3)
Edsurge
JANUARY 3, 2023
More than 50 years after Don Rawitsch introduced Oregon Trail in his eighth grade class, the debate continues : Can games become a legitimate tool for learning? Proponents of game-based learning have good reason to be optimistic—but also cautious. Audience engagement poses another conundrum.
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?How Game-Based Learning Encourages Growth Mindset
Edsurge
MAY 30, 2017
What’s more, game-based learning (GBL) can address some of the most common roadblocks encountered by math teachers and students alike. At New Mexico’s Farmington Heights Middle School , teachers use game-based learning to personalize instruction. Gamers embrace challenges and use mistakes to learn.
New Research Proves Game-Based Learning Works—Here's Why That Matters
Edsurge
MARCH 6, 2017
A great deal of initial research exists about blended learning techniques such as game-based learning, but adoption has stalled because of a lack of scalable, practical techniques that have also proven effective. Enders Game by Orson Scott Card—A novel that conceptualizes a variety of game-based learning mechanics.
SEL Games: Learning Life Skills Through Games
The CoolCatTeacher
MARCH 16, 2022
SEL games can help you teach social-emotional learning skills and life skills. Today’s expert, Dr. Matthew Farber , gives us an interesting twist on games by integrating them with SEL. He has practical ideas for understanding and using game-based learning in the classroom. Founder - SEL Gaming LAb.
How to Use Fortnite in the Classroom
The CoolCatTeacher
JANUARY 27, 2020
Mike Washburn – Bio As Submitted Mike is co-host of the popular education podcast OnEducation , founder of the OnPodcastMedia Network, and the Head of Curriculum & Training for Logics Academy in Canada.
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The Adult Learner: Understanding Their Variability to Customize Their Learning
Digital Promise
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
In partnership with educators, researchers, and training providers, Digital Promise’s Learner Variability Project has developed an evidence-based Adult Learner Model. A few strategies unique to the Adult Learner Model that support cognition, social emotional learning, and unique learner backgrounds include: Communities of Practice.
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CUE 2018: 5 Steps to Create More Accessible, Personalized Professional Development
EdTech Magazine
MARCH 16, 2018
was preparing to deploy one-to-one Chromebooks a few years ago, the amount of professional development and training needed for educators was overwhelming. Remove Silos Around Training. In addition to technology coaches, Tulare also has coaches in areas such as literacy and 21st-century learning, Douglas said.
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Dallas Independent School District Approves CoderZ and RoboXFor Pre-engineering and Robotics Certification Programs
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
In addition to giving their students access to the two game-based learning platforms, Dallas ISD educators will be able choose to implement the fully-integrated curricula and professional development that accompanies each platform. Dallas ISD administrators and educators can learn more by visiting: [link].
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Leveling Up: How Digital Game-Based Learning Is Altering Education
EdNews Daily
OCTOBER 20, 2016
At the turn of the 21st century, public interest in games as learning tools took hold. In the eyes of digital game-based learning proponents, the general public and today’s teachers finally understood something that students and educational researchers knew all along. The Basics of Digital Game-Based Learning.
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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5 major education trends of 2024
eSchool News
DECEMBER 26, 2024
From adaptive edtech to inclusive learning space designs, the focus is on accommodating the unique needs of each student. Moreover, educators are receiving specialized training to better understand and address the challenges faced by diverse learners, fostering an atmosphere of understanding and support.
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10 Types of Digital Activities to Engage Teenagers
Teacher Reboot Camp
JANUARY 22, 2018
Get your copy of Hacking Digital Learning , The 30 Goals Challenge , or Learning to Go. Ask me about training your teachers, ShellyTerrell@gmail.com ! Motivating Teens to Learn English from Shelly Sanchez Terrell. Teens are motivated by game based learning and gamification.
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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
Intelitek and educational resource integrator Learning Labs , Inc.,announced training environment in its new computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) lab. is a real manufacturing line and training system that gives students hands-on experience with industrial-grade equipment and applications within a school lab environment.
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How edtech supports the success of the Nordic Education
Neo LMS
MAY 30, 2019
According to the Finnish Ministry of Education , “Learning in kindergarten should be based on playing, exploration, and concrete activities (taking into account children’s need for learning through imagination and playing), and on intertwining creativity, knowledge, and experiences with stories or actual occasions.”.
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Top 5 new EdTech tools that you might use in your university
Neo LMS
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
For instance, Osso VR is a virtual reality technology company founded on the principle of training surgeons with real world skills that can be directly applied when in the operating room. It’s a revolutionary technology that makes medical training faster, cheaper, and much safer. Game-based learning.
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Game-Based Learning: How to get Started
EdTechTeam
JULY 2, 2020
Game-Based Learning is an experiential approach to education that uses games to engage and motivate students in the learning process. One of the key researchers in the field of Game-Based Learning is James Paul Gee, who has outlined 36 principles of good learning that can be found in games.
5 Basic ingredients to online learning success
Neo LMS
AUGUST 8, 2017
Game-based learning design. Well-designed digital games are like tools that can promote and support the complex cognitive activities associated with scientific inquiry. An online learning environment offers plenty of opportunities for teachers to create and use game-based learning.
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It’s Game Over for the Institute of Play. But Its Legacy Lives On.
Edsurge
JUNE 10, 2019
The news came as a surprise to educational game developers and researchers, many of whom credit the Institute of Play for supporting and growing the game-based learning industry. It has published research and games, facilitated trainings and workshops, and even designed schools. educational institutions.
Kahoot! Plus Released For Game-Based Corporate Training
TeachThought - Learn better.
OCTOBER 17, 2017
Plus Released For Game-Based Corporate Training by TeachThought Staff Compiled From A Press Release Summary: Kahoot! moves into corporate learning Kahoot!, the game-based learning platform and one of the fastest-growing #edtech brands with more than 50 million unique monthly active users recently announced Kahoot!
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What is Active Learning? And Why it Matters
ViewSonic Education
MAY 13, 2019
The key to active learning is for instructors to engage students in the learning process. Active learning doesn’t just happen. Teachers must “create a learning environment that makes it more likely to occur.” Instead, they must devise ways to bring students into the learning process.
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The neuroscience of play, games, and learning (and why Fortnite might not be so bad)
The CoolCatTeacher
OCTOBER 24, 2018
His research focuses on how play helps child development and learning, and how it can be used as an educational tool. He also acts as a consultant for people who want to understand the research evidence about play and learning, or want to apply that evidence in the development of policy, training or new products.
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Scholarship Opportunity for Fully Accredited Online Courses
Teacher Reboot Camp
JULY 2, 2018
Get your copy of Hacking Digital Learning , The 30 Goals Challenge , or Learning to Go. Ask me about training your teachers, ShellyTerrell@gmail.com ! The courses are engaging with hands-on learning, real world application and community support emphasized. Scroll to the end to for the embedded scholarship application.
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Teacher Reboot Camp
JULY 2, 2018
Get your copy of Hacking Digital Learning , The 30 Goals Challenge , or Learning to Go. Ask me about training your teachers, ShellyTerrell@gmail.com ! The courses are engaging with hands-on learning, real world application and community support emphasized. Scroll to the end to for the embedded scholarship application.
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This District Rolled Out Minecraft and Teacher Collaboration Skyrocketed
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
When Roanoke County Public Schools gathered educators for their first training in how to teach with Minecraft: Education Edition (M:EE), “you could hear the rumble in the room,” says Jeff Terry, the district’s director of technology. When we started the official training you could hear the rumble in the room. That was early 2018.
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Increasing Student Participation During Zoom Synchronous Teaching Meetings
User Generated Education
MARCH 19, 2020
teacher education Zoom meetings although they can be adapted for any age group and age level (3rd grade and up), and in training professionals. is a game-based learning platform, used as educational technology in schools and other educational institutions. Below are some the activities I have used during my.
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7 Edtech Trends to Watch in 2022: a Startup Guide for Entrepreneurs
Edsurge
APRIL 18, 2022
Early stage edtechs are also participating in the AWS EdStart program, the AWS edtech virtual startup accelerator, designed to help entrepreneurs build the next generation of online learning, analytics and campus management solutions on the AWS Cloud.
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@Quizizz : Say Goodbye to Worksheets and Crosswords
The CoolCatTeacher
JUNE 6, 2017
Under Jon’s Leadership, and with his CUE Professional Learning Team, CUE PL has trained over 32,000 teachers in 2015-2017. Every week day you’ll learn powerful practical ways to be a more remarkable teacher today. chief innovation officer of CUE, who has helped train 32,000 educators since he’s been there.
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Neo LMS
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
No one is assigned their own classroom without a master’s degree and years of training. We prepare children to learn how to learn, not how to take a test. Keeping in mind that the creators of both Angry Birds as well as Clash of Clans are Finnish, game-based learning apps are abundant.
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10 Keys of Purpose Driven Learning
The CoolCatTeacher
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
10 Keys to Purpose Driven Learning. Vicki: Michael Matera @mrmatera is my favorite game-based learning guru, but today we’re going to talk about keys to purpose-driven learning. In the training camp, they had to use these Kapla blocks to build these ever-growing structures. Enhanced Transcript.
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A Chess Class for Elementary Students (with a DIY micro:bit -Driven Chess Clock)
User Generated Education
NOVEMBER 27, 2022
Researchers attribute this boost to the process of imagining all the possible move alternatives which trains the mind to play with possibilities … the cornerstone of original thinking. In addition, studies show that chess boosts creativity, most dramatically in originality. Increases Concentration & Memory.
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The Impact of Inclusive STEM Education
Edsurge
MAY 15, 2024
Iterate on what works and learn from what doesn’t. Minecraft Education had a large group of early adopters — teachers waiting for an easy way to bring games-based learning into the classroom with a tool their students already loved.
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How One District Takes STEM Learning to the Next Level
Edsurge
JUNE 10, 2024
Selecting a collaborative and nonviolent platform for introducing esports into the curriculum can stimulate creativity and teamwork among students, as evidenced by our choice to employ game-based learning tools for creative competitions.
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23 GSuite Ideas to Excite Your Students about Learning with Eric Curts
The CoolCatTeacher
JULY 25, 2017
Eric has been in education for 25 years, and is currently serving as a Technology Integration Specialist for the Stark Portage Area Computer Consortium in Canton, Ohio where he oversees Google Apps for Education implementation, training, and support, as well as online learning and other technology integration initiatives.
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Best Gamification Tools for Teachers
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Gamification is a cross-disciplinary concept that has been adopted in several sectors including marketing, healthcare, professional development trainings, politics, among others. By definition, gamification is "the incorporation of game elements into non-game settings" 1.
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Kahoot Launches First-Ever Premium Version for Schools.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
schools— Kahoot is offering the first premium version of its game-based learning platform. Almost half of Fortune 500 companies have a license, Furuseth said, primarily for HR and training purposes. After launching five years ago—and seeping into nearly half of all U.S.
The critical link between scholastic esports and career pathways education
eSchool News
JULY 29, 2022
I was prepared to talk about the connections to STEM learning, the opportunity to engage otherwise disengaged students, the inclusive nature of gaming, the research behind gamification and game-based learning, and more. . We explored what it means to be “tilted,” (i.e.,
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It’s 2020: Have Digital Learning Innovations Trends Changed?
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
The primary trends identified by the team were: adaptive learning, open education resources (OER), gamification and game-based learning, MOOCs, LMS and interoperability, mobile devices, and design.
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XplorLabs Fire Forensics: A Free STEM Module for Middle School Science
The CoolCatTeacher
JANUARY 24, 2018
1 – Fire Investigators in Training. Students start by becoming “fire investigators in training.” Time Required: 2-4 class periods minimum for the online activities (but additional extension investigations will take more time). The Stages of the Lab. They prepare to identify and analyze fire scene evidence.
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The 5-Year, $15 Million Global Learning XPRIZE Competition Is Over. Here’s Who Won.
Edsurge
MAY 15, 2019
and London-based nonprofit Onebillion. Kitkit offers a game-based learning program on tablets to help children learn independently. The app offers a library of books and videos and 2,400 learning activities across 22 sessions covering math and reading. Each of them received $1 million.
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137 Six Game-Based Training Models To Achieve Your Performance Objectives
The Game Agency
JULY 29, 2018
Game-based training transforms traditional learning from a passive experience into an active experience. Furthermore, a survey of 101 individuals, with the majority of participants between the ages of 25 to 54, found that 79% thought they would be more productive if their work was more game-like.
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15 Web Tools and Apps for Students to Design Games
Teacher Reboot Camp
DECEMBER 4, 2017
Below, are free web tools and apps students can use to create simple quiz games or code more intricate games. Get your copy of Hacking Digital Learning , The 30 Goals Challenge , or Learning to Go. Ask me about training your teachers, ShellyTerrell@gmail.com ! Digital Game Creators.
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Digital Promise
NOVEMBER 15, 2016
Overall, the model delivers a flexible learning environment for adult learners with jobs and families, keeping them immersed and engaged. While game-based learning has gained traction in K-12 learning, there’s still reluctance to use games for adult education. Aren’t games a distraction from real work?
Kasey Bell’s 8 Great Ways to Use Google Slides
The CoolCatTeacher
MAY 29, 2018
If you expect to learn something, say, in a training, step-by-step directions and that would be it for the next year or two years? One of the best skills that we can teach ourselves and teach our students is how to LEARN, and how teach ourselves on the go — whether it’s finding videos on YouTube and tutorials.
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