How Video Game Design Is Like Rocket Science The connotation of video games is more than anything else, juvenile. If you asked 10 educators what they thought of video games, Initial imagery would probably be something along the lines of Super Mario Brothers and other colorful and iconic heroes stomping mushrooms and collecting gold coins….
When you see a Lady Gaga music video, do you think of it as a teachable material for your classroom? Probably not. But for some visionary teachers, pop culture is a useful tool that can help get students interested and engaged in learning, and even offer resources for better understanding classroom material. Why Teach Pop…
The user interface of an eLearning platform is often referred to as a UI. It is most commonly used in an educational setting for different learning management systems, allowing students to read the necessary content for their classes while interacting with other students and completing coursework. There are a number of elements associated with a successful…
VoiceThread is a digital conversational platform that uses video, audio, or chat to create threaded conversations for learning.
by Kimberly Tyson, Ph.D, learningunlimitedllc.com LearningUnlimited is an excellent resource of pure literacy resources for your school or classroom. To that point, they recently developed the following Common Core Standards cheat sheet that helpfully breaks down the initialisms/acronyms, key terms, and key shifts that the Common Core are bringing to K-12 classrooms in the United…
So it’s Sunday night. Maybe you’re looking for some team-building games, or some different ways to start class to shake things up a bit. You know what you’re going to teach tomorrow (probably), but you’re hoping for something to catch your eye and awaken your muse. Not sure about your muse, but the videos below might help awaken…
Here are 5 iPad apps that provide different ways for students to take notes. It all depends on what you want out of the notes you’re taking.
According the CDC, 1 in 88 children are identified with a form of autism. It is almost fives times as likely in boys than in girls.
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This cartoon is, by far, the best example we have answering the request to “show your work” in mathematics class.
Editor’s Preface: Direct instruction–whether by whole class lecture, or one on one compulsion isn’t the most progressive style of learning in the world, but it may have a role. Below, Sara Briggs offers teachers four teaching tips for getting more out of direct instruction. Learning can be challenging for a variety of reasons. Students constantly…
The following post describes the fundamentals of blended learning, including its definition, popular models, and effective in-class results.
“How Learning Platforms Can Support Personalized Learning” by Marie Bjerde first appeared on gettingsmart.com I wish school were different for my children. As a mom living in a school district with excellent schools, high test scores and property values, research-based practices, and warm, thoughtful educators who care about my kids you would think I would…