10 Of The Best Educational Online Games Danger Zone Students are faced with serious global issues to tackle in this fantastic character-based game. They have to use different skills to solve a challenge like combating a deadly airborne illness using test-samples, note-taking and learning along the way! The Blood Typing Game This brilliant, prize-winning game from the Nobel Prize website lets students get up-close and personal with medical and biological processes, learning about patients, treatment and blood-types. Kodu A fantastic innovation from Microsoft, Kodu introduces students to a new visual programming language made specifically for creating games. Climate Challenge A great game from the BBC, this puts students into the shoes of the president of the ‘European Nations’, tackling climate change through a challenging combination of policy choices and diplomatic persuasion! SimCEO This virtual online game sees students create and manage their own company, giving them a great foundation in economic principles. Play My Code
Tips for Effective and Fun Ways to Read Aloud to Your Child | Blog In the post below, Lydia Soifer, PhD, provides six tips on how to read to your child in a fun and successful way. Dr. Soifer recommends You TELL Me Stories, the only children’s picture e-book apps designed to teach you how to read to your child and promote academic success! Reading Aloud is Crucial! It is one of the most effective ways to build oral language skills. Oral language is the true foundation for Literacy. Tip 1: Read aloud every day. Reading aloud is a precious way to spend time together. Tip 2: Make comments, ask questions, and talk about new and interesting words as you read. Ask yourself questions and make comments aloud to show how you are thinking for your child. When you ask questions, make them open-ended. Tip 3: Read with expression, creating different voices for different characters. Use your voice to stress or highlight new and interesting words. Tip 4: Reread books and then have your child retell the story in his/her own words, or sequence pictures from the story.
Unit 5- Gone Gaming - Ms. Zimmer- Technology at ASM What is Gamestar Mechanic? Gamestar Mechanic is a game and online community that teaches kids how to design their own games. Designing games builds: Systems Thinking21st Century SkillsCreative Problem SolvingArt and AestheticsWriting and StorytellingCreates motivation for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) learning Over the next several weeks, we will play through Gamestar Mechanic, learn some of the basic principles of game design and ultimately create our own games. Why use games in the classroom? Image from Gamestar Mechanic Gamestar Mechanic was designed with the understanding that game design is an activity that allows learners to build technical, technological, artistic, cognitive, social, and linguistic skills suitable for our current and future world. Unit Preview: Rock-Paper-Scissors Activity All games are systems designed to be played. Space: the space of Rock-Paper-Scissors is kept close between two players Why are games used in education? -How can I win? Evaluate-
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