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JUNE 22, 2016

Educational technology company Oddcast launched a new version of its Voki website for teachers along with a free iOS application called Voki for Education. With school budgets being slashed around the country, access to free platforms like Voki is more important than ever for educators.

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MAY 16, 2017

It’s one thing when master teachers successfully implement learning games in a carefully controlled research study. But engaging students through game-based learning (GBL) means little unless the games are easy to implement and effective where they matter most—in the classroom. What Not To Do.

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MAY 9, 2023

The collaborative aspect of CoCo has caught the attention of high school students like Nagamitesh Nagamuralee, who introduced the beta version in his robotics clubs in his former middle school in Lexington, Massachusetts. But it also can’t offer boring bits of information interspersed with fun games.

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DECEMBER 12, 2018

million grant from the Gates Foundation and MacArthur Foundation, GlassLab aimed to prove that educational games could be just as fun as their mainstream titles, and serve as reliable formative assessment tools. The first word in GlassLab’s name stands for games, learning and assessment). middle-school market.

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APRIL 16, 2018

In Oakland, CA, more than 60 students at James Madison Middle School gather to talk about money. we saw an opportunity to use video, animation, 3D gaming and avatars to bring financial concepts to life for the next generation. The conversation is robust. One student shares his family’s experience saving for emergencies.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

“I never want to make claims that games writ-large for any kid—under any circumstances—teach these sort of skills.” On a Quest A decade ago, Salen helped design and open a Manhattan middle school with a unique proposition. That's a general finding in research in other fields, but it works in kind of a cool way in games.”

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MAY 22, 2017

An authentic assessment in middle school might involve a cross curricular project, such as designing a community garden. D2L's Resources for Teaching and Learning. Webinars —covering topics such as using video in K-12 classrooms, game-based learning, and journaling.

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JUNE 27, 2017

GOTTA CATCH ‘EM ALL: Newsela , a popular online resource which allows teachers to select and assign articles based on students’ Lexile levels, is aiming to bring its materials to younger students. Our bread and butter has always been middle school ELA,” a representative from the company explains. WHO GIVES A KAHOOT?:

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JANUARY 22, 2018

Feedback: One teacher in Northern California told my team that when her class started using personalized learning software, her students were “just click, click, clicking away.” So much of today’s educational technology supports students in mastering new skills and standards, but few tools facilitate inquiry- or project-based learning.

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JANUARY 10, 2018

Brooklyn-based KillerSnails , developed by a chemistry professor, a long-time teacher and developmental psychologist, offers everything from a board game to an augmented reality game for discovering diverse creatures in biomes that range from the Pacific Ocean to the Sahara Desert.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

It becomes relevant to them when you turn your class into a game,” says Isaacs, a 50-year-old teacher at William Annin Middle School and Ridge High School in Basking Ridge, N.J. You’re taking out all the sterile school stuff.”

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AUGUST 27, 2019

Sara Rowe and Lennelle Gilpin, who teach middle school geography in Wentzville, Mo., Michael Milton, a high school history teacher in Burlington, Mass., recalls a childhood love of mystery novels, piecing together clues and what we might call today active learning. When asked about Carmen’s appeal, answers ran the gamut.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

But just like Williams, she knew how crucial computer science and programming literacy was for her students at Woodland Middle School. New Jersey teacher Julie Andrew-Lamon found that delving into the world of CS for kids was daunting at first. Andrew-Lamon faced her fears and brought Hour of Code to her classroom.

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APRIL 17, 2019

Planet3’s Formative Years Kelly founded Planet3 in 2013 to blend top-tier commercial game designers with instructional experts and create a digital platform to teach middle-school science. He based the content on the Next Generation Science Standards , a multi-state effort at K-12 science education content completed in 2013.

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MAY 1, 2019

That’s roughly how much Age of Learning estimates it will have spent by the end of this year on “ Adventure Academy ,” a multiplayer online game to teach elementary- and middle-school age children subjects including math, social studies and language arts.

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DECEMBER 2, 2016

“The idea behind doing the accelerator is that this is an opportunity for us to share with [the startups] what we know about education, but it really is also giving us a portfolio of solutions we can bring to our customers,” says Intel’s VP and General Manager of Government and Education John Galvin.

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