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GlassLab Today we launched an exciting new research and development initiative in partnership with Electronic Arts that aims to transform learning and assessment practices through digital games. Named GlassLab, the effort will explore the potential for digital games to serve both as potent learning environments and as real-time assessments of student learning. The Lab’s work is focused initially on assessments that track learning gains in middle school students against the Common Core State Standards and key twenty-first-century skills, like systems thinking, perseverance and creative problem solving. Located on the Redwood Shores campus of Electronic Arts near Redwood City, California, the Lab will draw on top Silicon Valley talent to produce innovative digital games, both modifications of existing commercially successful titles as well as original mini-games designed and developed at the Lab.
Diseña la caja - Innovation Factory Institute Diseña la caja Un juego visionario Descripción Made With Play: Game-Based Learning Resources Resources by Topic: Intrigued by game-based learning, but not sure where to begin? Edutopia's series takes a look at game-like learning principles in action and commercial games in real classrooms -- and offers tips and tools for bringing them into your own practice. The Made With Play series is a co-production with Institute of Play; visit their website for many more resources around game-based learning for both educators and parents, including a comprehensive games and learning reading list (PDF). These videos were made possible through generous support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Start Here! - Invent with Scratch! Scratch is a graphical programming environment from MIT. It teaches programming concepts to kids by snapping “code blocks” into place to form complete programs. Scratch is completely free. You can start creating with the Scratch editor in your browser immediately. What is Mystery Skype? (Skype) Mystery Skype is an education game, invented by teachers, played by two classrooms on Skype. The aim of the game is to guess the location of the other classroom by asking each other questions. It has totally transformed the way students learn about the world in my school. 6 Fun ESL Games For Your Shyest Students To learn English, you have to speak in English. But not every student is comfortable blurting out unfamiliar phrases, taking risks or making mistakes. You want everyone to be involved, so how can you reach out the shyer, quieter students? Getting shy students to talk can happen with ESL games. Within the first 10 minutes of class, you know which student is going to be the class clown, which student is going to answer every question, and which student is going to try to become invisible. That last student, the one who only wants to disappear into the wall, can be a hard nut to crack.
Games & Activities - Minnesota Urban Debate League Here are some resources to help with your debate team: Speech Responsibilities Exercise Spar Debates Exercise Public Speaking Games They Said, We Say, We Win This graphic organizer helps students recognize how to create clash with their opponents arguments and think about why the judge should prefer their arguments. Impact Analysis This graphic organizer helps students think about the probability, timeframe, and magnitude of their impacts well before the round. Fun ways to teach English collocations Do your students have difficulty deciding which words go together in English? Tim Warre, who won our most recent Teaching English blog award for his Mr Bean video lesson plan, lists his most effective tips for making learning collocations fun. Students frequently have problems with collocations for a number of reasons; the most common being direct translations from their native tongue. An example I come across regularly while teaching in Spain is problems with do/make collocations due to the fact that, in Spanish, the verb ‘hacer’ is used for both. However, if you were to ask anyone teaching English as a foreign language, the most common mistake they hear while teaching Spanish speakers, I’d bet my house it’d be this one: ‘I have sixteen years old.’