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How Video Games Can Teach Reading Just as Well as Books

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According to Karen Schrier, associate professor and director of games and emerging media at New York’s Marist College, “Games support literacy skills in part because they enable students to play and learn in authentic worlds they care about, where they need to read to be able to solve missions or interpret clues.”

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How to weave video game principles into the classroom

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One of the best examples is the Reading Counts system. Students read books, pass quizzes, and get a certain number of points attributed to their profile. The number of reading counts points serves as bragging rights among students.

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5 educators share their ISTE experiences

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In addition, specialized apps and extensions are available through the Chrome store, including Read&Write for Google Chrome, Screencastify, Move It, Vysor, and Grammarly, to name a few. Microsoft Learning Tools : Free tools to improve reading and writing skills for all ages and abilities. Definitely worth checking out!

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A Decade Into Experiments With Gamification, Edtech Rethinks How to Motivate Learners

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Competing [in a game] doesn’t work as motivation for every student. No one wants to be at the bottom of a leaderboard,” says Deepak Cheenath, co-founder of Quizizz, a classroom tool that lets teachers create pop quizzes and games. Like Boddle, Shoelace uses game-based content, but to teach reading comprehension instead of math.

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?Updates, Upgrades and Overheard: What Was Unveiled at ISTE 2017

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Quizzes on Google Forms now allow for a bit more customization: Teachers can offer partial credit for answers choices while auto-grading multiple choice questions. READ WHAT YOU LIKE: Fashion. These are just a few of the topics Achieve3000 discovered students want to read about—and now they can. Police Brutality. Selena Gomez.

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Unleashing the Power of Active Learning: Revolutionizing Online Education for Unprecedented Engagement and Achievement

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There are many interactive tools available that can be used to create quizzes, games, and simulations. Educators can create online quizzes with multiple-choice, true/false, or fill-in-the-blank questions using platforms such as Kahoot !, Quizizz , or Google Forms.

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Unleashing the Power of Active Learning: Revolutionizing Online Education for Unprecedented Engagement and Achievement

Faculty Focus

There are many interactive tools available that can be used to create quizzes, games, and simulations. Educators can create online quizzes with multiple-choice, true/false, or fill-in-the-blank questions using platforms such as Kahoot !, Quizizz , or Google Forms.