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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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How Video Games Can Teach Reading Just as Well as Books

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And because it was a game, students could go beyond reading their character’s text by actually exploring the story-world. When writing or talking about the text, students wound up using pronouns to refer to themselves rather than the characters (as they do in traditional novels), for example, “I know where to go.”

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

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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. There’s even an option to write stories together. Competing [in a game] doesn’t work as motivation for every student.

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We Asked Teachers What They Want From Edtech. Here’s What They Said.

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They seek opportunities and time to illustrate scientific and social concepts with a real world understanding and have students apply their knowledge and express their understanding through writing. 3rd Grade Informational Writing: How do we describe the earth’s oceans? 5th Grade Narrative Writing: How do germs help or harm us?

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

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They enable students to brainstorm ideas, create mind maps, and engage in collaborative writing. There are many interactive tools available that can be used to create quizzes, games, and simulations. These activities can help students develop their critical thinking skills and promote deeper learning.

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

Faculty Focus

They enable students to brainstorm ideas, create mind maps, and engage in collaborative writing. There are many interactive tools available that can be used to create quizzes, games, and simulations. These activities can help students develop their critical thinking skills and promote deeper learning.

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Games Can Breed Uncivil Behavior. They Can Also Teach Digital Citizenship.

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While social games foster collaboration and competition, they have also been home to hostile communities, where harassment and uncivil behavior can run rampant and make headlines. Some online multiplayer games have become so ridden with profanity that many players disable chat functions. (I I write from personal experience.)

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