Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 30, 2020

It’s called Game Based Learning (GBL). It simply means teachers include games in their lesson plans to teach curricular concepts. By using the games kids already love–want to play–GBL has an opportunity to turn students into lifelong learners who enjoy learning. More on Game-based Learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

I have to do a lot of the same strategic thinking that I enjoyed doing in that game.” He also ponders whether games can both teach and measure 21st-century skills, considers the barriers to a broader use of GBL in schools and discusses the not-so-mysterious motivational power of Pokemon. It’s usually, “This game is hard.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2015

as a society have agreed by doctrine that our children will come together in a building and learn, and yet we allow our kids to be behind desks for a majority of their developing years. Students don’t need places to sit, listen and write. In this space, educators are not positioned as lecturers, at the front of a class.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 26, 2023

Today, students have a handy tool up their sleeves: the Edubirdie writing service. This content writing service is a lifesaver for students who need help with their research paper on nursing or different coursework about any other topic. And let’s not forget about gamification!

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

First, online interactions for children have to be fun, not lecture-like. The system enables users to share or swap bits of code — just as they might pass crayons to each other if they were sitting at the same crafts table — to build an online game together, create artwork or make music.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

“I never want to make claims that games writ-large for any kid—under any circumstances—teach these sort of skills.” Instead of learning from a combination of books, lectures and software, as students do at most schools, the primary mode of instruction for kids attending Quest to Learn is games.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

They enable students to brainstorm ideas, create mind maps, and engage in collaborative writing. 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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