Les mystères d'Alfred. Construire un monde virtuel en classe, c’est sérieux! Minecraft, un jeu de construction virtuel laissé entre les mains des élèves dans une classe de 6e année, a donné des résultats pour le moins surprenants dans la classe de Pierre Poulin l’an dernier.
Minecraft est un jeu de simulation en ligne qui permet de créer un monde virtuel. D’un côté, on peut jouer en mode « survie », c’est à dire que les constructions ont comme but de se protéger des monstres qui sortent la nuit, et de l’autre, on peut l’utiliser seulement pour le plaisir de créer. C’est cette dernière façon d’aborder le jeu qui a séduit Pierre Poulin, enseignant en 6e année à l’école Wilfrid-Bastien. Bien connu pour sa iCl@sse, il ne se doutait pas de ce qui arriverait quand il a proposé à ses élèves d’en explorer ensemble les possibilités pédagogiques. « Nous travaillions justement les concepts d’aire et de périmètre en mathématiques quand j’ai introduit le jeu dans ma classe », explique-t-il. . « C’est sûr que Minecraft reste dans ma classe! À propos de l’auteur Audrey Miller. Great Resources for Educational Video Lectures and Talks for Teachers. Yesterday I posted here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning a detailed guide for teachers informing on the different video resources and tools available for them online and for free.
As I said before, videos are important teaching materials that students love and they can help in getting their engagement and arousing their motivation. As an addition to yesterday's post , I am providing you with some extra awesome video resources where teachers can have free access to educational videos and lectures from renowned educators and thinkers from all around the globe. Check out the list below and let us know what you think. 1- Keen Talks Keen Talks provides you with a compilation of great talks, debates, and interviews that you can easily browse by subject area or by speaker. 2- Talk Timer It has a wide variety of educational videos and lectures covering different topics. 3- Academic Earth 4- Learners TV Learners TV offers video lectures to college students.
Great Free Web Resources on Language Arts. 1- Education World This is one of my favourite resources online.
It has different sections relevant to Language Arts teachers including the following : A- Language and Literature Subject Centre It provides free reading, language arts, and literature teaching materials. B- Language Arts Worksheet Library It provides a variety of language arts lessons and worksheets for teachers to select from. C- The Reading Machine It provides links to 36 online games to help your students practice and enhance their skills. D- Writing Bugs This is a library of writing bug printables full of lesson ideas E- Fun Grammar Activities This one provides games, activities,and lesson plans on how to better teach grammar F- Vocabulous Use Vocabulous to challenge your middle-grades and high-school students to build a fabulous vocabulary. 2- Lesson Plans Pages As its name suggests, this section provides some great resources on laguage art lesson planning. 3- Web English Teacher 4- Creative Writing 6- Learner.org.
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