eSchool News

MAY 31, 2016

Successful programs must be tested and proven in real-world, everyday school environments. CodeMonkey teaches programming basics in a language known as “CoffeeScript” through game-based learning. Teaching coding effectively requires an equal understanding of the technology discipline and sound classroom instruction.

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Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2022

The best of these young coders are learning to use code creatively and developing a tangible skill set that they will use in future careers. 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.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

There’s even an option to write stories together. CoCo is still in its beta phase, being tested out by educators from 65 different countries. As one educator writes about their experience with the tool, there are no individual user profiles, no way to collect likes and no followers — basically, no emphasis on comparison.

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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. Students tend to perform better on assessments and standardized tests. Improved Performance.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Since the days of “Oregon Trail,” educational games have teased at the possibility that learning in school can be freed from the doldrum of textbooks and tests. So if games are fun, and learning should be fun, doesn’t it behoove the education and gaming industries to join forces?

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JANUARY 22, 2018

From IBM’s test scoring machines in the 1930s to the Speak & Spells of the 70s, innovators and educators have been trying to improve education with technology for decades. But these efforts have fallen short of meaningfully transforming learning. 3rd Grade Informational Writing: How do we describe the earth’s oceans?

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Yet even though the school is zoned for a wealthy area of Manhattan, where achievement is highly prized, standardized test scores were nothing special. Quest students learned skills like problem solving at a much faster rate than students in college. The takeaway?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

By the time I sat down to write our post with my colleague, Dr. Elizabeth Newbury, it was 2017 and more than 35 colleges and universities were already offering this type of student incentive to players. Department of Education, I co-wrote a blog post highlighting the rapid growth of esports at the collegiate level.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

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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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

They enable students to brainstorm ideas, create mind maps, and engage in collaborative writing. Incorporate interactive activities Interactive activities can help keep students engaged and motivated in online learning. There are many interactive tools available that can be used to create quizzes, games, and simulations.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

They enable students to brainstorm ideas, create mind maps, and engage in collaborative writing. Incorporate interactive activities Interactive activities can help keep students engaged and motivated in online learning. There are many interactive tools available that can be used to create quizzes, games, and simulations.

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Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2019

He concluded, “I look forward to observing the increasing excitement for science throughout the testing and research process and beyond.” With Planet3’s operating losses and “the release of a beta product that did not generate the projected sales activity,” Switch calculated a total write-down of $7.7 Signs looked good at this point.

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AUGUST 4, 2016

Students in Art Goldberg’s English composition classes at Miami-Dade College and Broward College have a different experience than their peers in most introductory college writing courses. Are digital games viable tools for creating effective online teaching and learning environments in higher education, and, if so, is anyone using them?

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JANUARY 22, 2019

And they build social media profiles and write journal entries for a character in the game to highlight the dichotomy between how people present themselves publicly versus how they really are. Video games, he says, are a powerful form of media, and there are lots of classroom conversations to be had, both before and after playing them.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2016

This year’s cohort, whose products range from game-based learning to AI-generated flashcards, has a lot to be excited about. Big and small, patent and beta—here’s a round-up of Intel Education Accelerator’s latest protégés: PrepFlash : Based in College Station, Tex.,

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Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2018

One of the ones I typically do is the Breathalyzer test. Typically, I might spend four or five lectures trying to cover [lessons] that I would argue students can learn in a half hour or an hour of playing the game. So we thought, let’s have the students focus on the flow of the game and what we wanted the game to teach.

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