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Cybersecurity to Be Taught to K-8 students across North America for Free

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The company has gathered all the complexities of internet safety and distilled them into engaging, well-tested, curriculum-aligned, and beautifully structured lesson plans (created by teachers) for grades K–8. As critical as it is that children learn about cyber safety early on, teachers often lack the resources to help their students.

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6 tips to help start an elementary esports program in your school

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While I have long been a proponent of game-based learning, I had (up until this past year) been skeptical of the role of esports in education. I could design a camp without worrying about standards alignment, summative assessments, or grades. It could also run on almost every platform, and both PCs and mobile devices.

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The 5-Year, $15 Million Global Learning XPRIZE Competition Is Over. Here’s Who Won.

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and London-based nonprofit Onebillion. Kitkit offers a game-based learning program on tablets to help children learn independently. The app offers a library of books and videos and 2,400 learning activities across 22 sessions covering math and reading.

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5 Favorite Activities to End the School Year

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Common Sense Media’s award-winning Digital Passport is the gold-standard in teaching digital citizenship to grades 3-5 (or Middle School). This free-to-schools online program mixes videos, games, quizzes, and the challenge of earning badges to teach students the concepts behind digital citizenship : Communication. Digital Passport.

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Age of Learning’s Latest Is a $100 Million Educational Game

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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. At the strictest level, children can only communicate via scripted messages.

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?Meet Intel Education Accelerator’s Newest Cohort of EdTech Visionaries

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This year’s cohort, whose products range from game-based learning to AI-generated flashcards, has a lot to be excited about. report cards have by and large stayed the same over the last century—there’s not always good feedback, and it’s too late once bad grades get in. But entrepreneurs behind Comprend.io

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