eSchool News

JUNE 1, 2022

While there are many tools and resources available to educators to support their efforts to create dynamic digital learning environments, one of the newest and most engaging is Minecraft Education Edition (M:EE). Popular among students (and teachers!), Best of all, you don’t even need to be a Minecraft expert to get started!

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

By Glen Irvin A Spanish teacher gives us the low-down on how the open world game can engage language learners in new ways.

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Edsurge

MAY 10, 2021

Games can be particularly effective for engaging learners, promoting active participation and motivating students, both in and outside of the classroom. But for SplashLearn CEO Arpit Jain, it is important to make a distinction between gamification and game-based learning (GBL).

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eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2024

Key points: Gamifying learning often leads to deeper student engagement and understanding 4 ways to encourage play in education Prioritizing inclusivity in game-based learning For more news on gamification, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub On October 1st, the announcement rings out: “It’s time to master those multiplication facts, everyone!”

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Schools will need to incorporate language and policies about AI into their school codes and practices to discourage cheating and unethical usage of these technologies. Nontraditional learning models: Microschools, microlearning, game-based learning, and more!

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Schools will need to incorporate language and policies about AI into their school codes and practices to discourage cheating and unethical usage of these technologies. Nontraditional learning models: Microschools, microlearning, game-based learning, and more!

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Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2019

And some research backs up his theory: according to a Pew Research Center survey , 84 percent of surveyed teens said they have or have access to a game console at home, and 90 percent said they play games either on a cell phone, computer, console or cellphone. It’s almost like a Language Arts activity in a lot of ways,” Isaacs says.

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Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2022

CodeCombat AI League trailer (credit: CodeCombat) A Foundation of Game-Based Learning Founded in 2013, CodeCombat was born from a simple idea: Make learning to code engaging and accessible to all. Learning the language of code is not unlike learning any other language.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2024

Their excitement is evident as they face challenges and earn rewards, turning traditional learning into an adventure. Game-based learning not only motivates students through elements like challenges, rewards and narratives but also fosters critical skills such as problem-solving, strategic thinking and collaboration.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2016

New online professional development course focuses on increasing student achievement through engagement with game-based learning. The online professional development course focuses on helping teachers incorporate educational video games and applying game-based learning techniques in the classroom.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2023

Connecting educators to a vast collection of high-quality, standards-aligned content, ready-to-use digital lessons, intuitive quiz and activity creation tools, and professional learning resources, Discovery Education provides educators with an enhanced learning platform that facilitates engaging, daily instruction.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

Pursuit of unusual ideas has defined Silver’s career, from his work helping to develop the Scratch block-based programming language to starting JoyLabz, the company behind the Makey Makey invention kits that introduce kids to programming and build skills through hands-on projects. He was ahead of his time,” Silver recalls.

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eSchool News

MAY 31, 2016

CodeMonkey teaches programming basics in a language known as “CoffeeScript” through game-based learning. Their proven approach emphasizes learning a useful, real programming language through an intuitive and highly engaging online game. classrooms.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2019

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. Each of them received $1 million.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 2022

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. That’s not authentic learning. Esports affords us an incredible opportunity to learn with and from our students. Summer 2021: Farmcraft Summer Camp.

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eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

Voki can be used to teach everything from reading to history to foreign language and is fully customizable to create historical figures, cartoons, animals, and even portray the students themselves. Voki allows my students to demonstrate their learning in a unique and meaningful way.” ”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Yet the company’s most impressive offering may have been its games. based company invested more than $25 million to partner with talented developers who built 30 learning games covering math, science and English Language Arts. Amplify’s game division, which Leites started in 2011, sought to buck the trend.

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2024

In this pursuit, the Reinvent the Classroom initiative, a collaborative effort led by Digital Promise in partnership with HP, Microsoft and Intel, serves as an exemplar for leveraging game-based learning for inclusive instructional practices.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

The platform comes from the same stables — of MIT Media Lab — as Scratch, the free-to-use, ubiquitous coding language popular with young people from across the world. Shoelace doesn’t want to “trick” kids into learning, an act Dexter likens to feeding them chocolate-covered broccoli.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

As these tools become more integrated into the classroom, teachers will want to ensure that all students, including those with disabilities or language barriers, are being supported. Literacy and Curriculum, Certified Academic Language Therapist C.A.L.T Literacy and Curriculum, Certified Academic Language Therapist C.A.L.T

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The game-based learning program offers a 1:1 learning experience from streamer to student, and the generative AI adaptable, digital tutor meets the students where they are in their learning journey with personalized instruction.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The science of reading is a multidisciplinary field that explores the cognitive processes involved in reading and seeks evidence-based strategies to improve literacy instruction. Development of social and emotional learning (SEL) tools: Education technology may focus more on supporting the development of social and emotional skills.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2018

Microsoft also announced that the Immersive Reader tool — which reads aloud to students — and Teams now support translation to more languages than ever before. These lessons can then be published on Microsoft Teams and accessed by students anywhere, anytime. Technology has the tremendous capability of reaching us individually.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Mindsnacks is a series of education apps on topics like geography, vocabulary, languages, and SAT. Though these are game-based learning, there’s no plot as you might find simulated games. There are multiple language apps including French, Portuguese, German, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, and Italian.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2019

In fact, the game dynamic of signs that relay information is similar to the way we use vocabulary on real-world objects to teach language in early-childhood and language-challenged classrooms. This encourages social interaction in a comfortable manner within the game’s well-defined rules. That is huge for these students.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2017

When Williams started programming in her classroom with Vidcode , she had an English language learner (ELL) who knew very little English. The student felt successful and included in the programming lessons because she was able to collaborate with her peers and recognize patterns in coding syntax as she would in her native language.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

As a teacher, he sought ways to turn his class into a game, developing the foundations of Classcraft, founded in 2013. It claims to have about six million users across 160 countries and 11 languages. Today, the company has 50 full-time employees.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Perhaps you know a few learning designers, even if that’s not their title; they’re busy pushing the frontiers of pedagogical design and bringing together interdisciplinary insights and teams to tackle design challenges that cannot be solved with expertise in just one area.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

In my current role as a computer science instructor at Lambda School , text adventure games are a key part of our curriculum and are used to illustrate concepts and technologies such as object-oriented programming, graph theory, WebSockets and more.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2019

In the past, where digital citizenship and online games most often intersected was in the realm of communication—namely, norms around respectful language and dialogue that are aligned with the ethical and moral standards that someone would have for face-to-face conversations.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 7, 2017

The game runs just as well offline as connected. Coming soon: voice-overs in 8 languages including French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, and UK English. Once students are used to the game’s worlds and their ecosystems, play becomes intuitive. WiFi is not required. Things you should know.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

make themed puzzles and games available during sponge time — right before lunch or at the end of the day. if you’re just getting into game-based learning, this is a great starting point. Education applications. use the puzzles to practice mouse skills for clicking, double-clicking, and drag-dropping.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Kidaptive first entered the edtech market in 2012 with Leo’s Pad, a game-based learning app that offered mini-games and puzzles to assess cognitive skills in young children. In 2015, Kidaptive acquired Hodoo English, a language-learning company, in a deal that established Kidadaptive’s Korea headquarter.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

These games can be used to reinforce concepts, promote problem-solving skills, and encourage collaboration among students. For instance, in a language learning course, students can engage in vocabulary-building games that involve matching words to their corresponding meanings or completing sentence exercises.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

These games can be used to reinforce concepts, promote problem-solving skills, and encourage collaboration among students. For instance, in a language learning course, students can engage in vocabulary-building games that involve matching words to their corresponding meanings or completing sentence exercises.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2019

You can actually learn about Maori culture and learn Maori language just playing this Minecraft challenge.” You can hear dialogue, you get this sort of in-game notebook where you're gathering vocabulary.” It’s the Maori module that “pushes the boundaries,” noted Peck, “and shows how much more Minecraft can do.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

These tools incorporate game elements, such as points, rewards, and leaderboards, to make learning more engaging and interactive. They are often used to teach subjects ranging from languages to math in a fun and competitive environment. What is an example of edtech? Among educational technology examples for students is Kahoot!,

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