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Instructional Games and Puzzles for Teachers
Finding activities and lessons that can keep students challenged is a difficult task. A technology savvy teacher should have a variety of resources the he or she can use to integrate fun activities into their curriculum. Fortunately, there are people that have designed educational games and activities that can be integrated into just about any curriculum and many of these activities and resources are free and easy to use. Check out this video from Childtopia! The_Puzzle_Center- The Puzzle Center is a part of the APTE Inc. web site.
Classcraft - Gamification
Games and Culture With the advent of video games, games have returned in full force as a cultural product, with more people in North America consuming video games than movies and music. In point of fact, 58% of Americans play video games, 45% of gamers are women, and 58% of parents play video games with their kids as a way to socialize with them (1). Games are part of the cultural landscape, and they aren’t going anywhere. While Classcraft isn’t a video game, it is inspired by them, and its power on learning is very similar. With that in mind, it makes sense to want to bring gaming into the classroom to ‘gamify’ learning. Criticism This idea isn’t new. However, gamification has received its fair share of criticism. These criticisms have merit. Creating Experiences In this modern era, students could learn everything in the curriculum by staying at home and surfing the Internet. Classcraft Is a Designed Learning Experience That’s what makes Classcraft different and innovative.
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According to Common Sense Media, 95% of teachers agree that using technology increases student engagement and 92% of teachers want to add more technology to their classroom. We at Getting Smart are still basking in an ISTE afterglow… we’d like to share 10 great tools that we were introduced to there and the reasons they are so worth taking the time to master this summer. These are the tools that will transform your classroom in the fall because you will notice the definite threads that run throughout all these applications… real-time, collaborate and creative! Those words together are sure to build a lot of excitement around exactly how educational technology is developing and transforming what school looks like! 1. LiveSlide – Ever have trouble getting students to pay attention and participate during class? 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Games & Puzzles – Resources for Teachers
Poptropica Teaching GuidesPoptropica is one of the Internet's most popular sites for kids—and now it's available as an app for the iPad! It's not just a place to play games; each of the islands featured on the site provides a learning opportunity. Check out our teaching guides to four of Poptropica's islands: 24 Carrot Island, Time Tangled Island, Mystery Train Island, and Mythology Island. May Calendar of Events May is full of holidays and events that you can incorporate into your standard curriculum. Our Educators' Calendar outlines activities for each event, including: National Music Week (5/4-11), Cinco de Mayo (5/5), Teacher Appreciation Week (5/5-9), School Nurse Day (5/7), Mother's Day (5/11), National Police Week (5/11-17), Transportation Week (5/11-17), Children's Book Week (5/12-18), International Museum Day (5/18), and Memorial Day (5/26). Plus, celebrate Asian-Pacific-American History Month, Physical Fitness & Sports Month all May long!
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50 Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story (return) Note! 50+ Ways is no longer being updated here but over at the new site for 50+ Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story-- It has more organizational features and includes ways for you to add content to the site once you join the new wiki. Below you will find 50+ web tools you can use to create your own web-based story. Slideshow Tools Generates content that allows linear playback of a series of images, some with ability to add audio. 2. Upload images from computer or flickr or upload PowerPoint files. 3. "...effortlessly combine photos and video clips with words and music to personalize your story. 4. "RockYou! 5. "Slide lets you use photos and other digital content to publish and discover the people and things that matter to you." 6. 8. Creates horizontal slide shows from flickr sets ) no text or audio.
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Gamification At The Curriculum Level
March.19.2014 By: John Carlos Lozano Are your gamification efforts focused solely at the course level? You may be missing opportunities to guide and engage learners. Remember your first days of college – the phone book-sized stack of orientation materials, the maze of dorm rooms and classrooms, and those cryptic graduation requirements you had no hope of understanding? Credits, classes, minors, majors, electives – to me it was a mass of confusion until a guidance counselor set me straight. Do new hires in your company feel the same way about on-boarding? I propose a new solution to end confusion, improve the learner experience, and increase engagement: gamification. Right now, you might think of gamification only at the course level – incorporating game-based elements like timers, points, or badges. Now think of moving from the micro (course) level to the macro (curriculum) level. Leveraging gamification at the curriculum level takes advantage of the full power of the learning portal.
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