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Through Comedy Classes, Students Take ‘Big Swings’ for Mental Health

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Chris Gethard, a veteran comedian and improv teacher, posed this question to a group of high school students in Northern California at a Laughing Together workshop he was leading. Markus Alcantar, a senior and a peer counselor at Lincoln High School, said his favorite exercise of the workshop was one in which he got to become an apple.

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What We Learn from the Edtech Games the Government Plays

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Happy Atoms , developed by Schell Games , helps middle-school students develop an intuitive sense about molecules by building them with physical models and then exploring their properties through an app. Students talk with game developers including Maria Burns Ortiz of 7 Generation Games after panel.

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How Game-Based Learning Develops Real-World Skills

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But she doesn't want that to be how kids experience school going forward. And that desire for change drew Vallon to Quest to Learn , a public 6-12 school in New York City focused on game-based learning. I feel like this is what I needed when I was a kid going to school," explains Vallon.

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How one high school became a Minecraft powerhouse

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John Dewey High School senior Jayla Mallette had an unusual request for her teacher after 9 p.m. Jayla and her peers at the Brooklyn school were collaborating on a design to repurpose the Kingsbridge Armory, a hulking landmark in the Bronx that has fallen into disrepair. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat.

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?How Game-Based Learning Encourages Growth Mindset

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What’s more, game-based learning (GBL) can address some of the most common roadblocks encountered by math teachers and students alike. In some schools, intervention classes begin as early as kindergarten, laying the foundation for children's’ fixed math mindsets at a time when they are most excited about learning.

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On a Mission With Game-Based Learning

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His 250 middle and high school students in the rural Caledonia Regional School in Moncton, New Brunswick, are using computers that are older than the students themselves. EdSurge: You talk a lot about mission-based learning. But he cautions not to give too much credit to the technology itself. And he should know.

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High School and Personalized Learning

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In this article, discover how high school education is shifting towards personalized learning. The Future of High School Education: Navigating the Shift to Personalized Learning High school – a time of excitement, curiosity, exploration and growth. Thank goodness for technology!