eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Gamification is another method gaining traction. Here are ways that edtech can reduce reliance on physical materials: Digital textbooks minimize the need for printed books and reduce waste. Through e-readers, students access a vast library of resources without carrying heavy, paper-based textbooks.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2019

Using AI, we can deliver textbooks, lesson summaries, and flashcards that are highly focused, relevant, and applicable. As an authoring tool, AI goes beyond textbooks and traditional studying guides. 3. Gamification. Then again, not all students thrive on gamification. 2. Videos and Tutorials.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Beanstack , an edtech platform that helps schools encourage kids to read through gamification, demonstrated the importance of engaging readers. With easy-to-use plug-n-play connectivity, the A30 speaker connects to computers, IFPs, and monitors to provide clear classroom audio up to 20 feet away.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2024

Gamification Dry subject matter coupled with decreasing attention spans means traditional teaching approaches are becoming less effective. Gamification in the classroom can take on various forms. One way of addressing this is by borrowing principles video games use to keep their audiences engaged.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Today’s students demand more than just traditional lectures and textbooks; they’re looking for an engaging, flexible, and personalized learning experience. Moreover, gamification elements in educational content will drive motivation, encouraging you to tackle challenges with enthusiasm.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The proliferation of educational apps and online resources has expanded learning beyond the confines of textbooks. Expanded use of gamification and game-based learning: Gamification elements and game-based learning strategies could grow to be more widely integrated into educational platforms to increase student engagement and motivation.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Augmented Reality: Integrate AR applications to enhance traditional textbooks or learning materials, bringing interactive and immersive content to life and providing a dynamic learning experience. Digital textbooks: Replace traditional textbooks with digital versions for interactive and multimedia-rich content.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

In this system, students choose from a menu of content delivery options (textbook, downloadable study guides, lectures) and interaction options (in-person or online). When forced to redesign his course, Robertson saw an opportunity to move toward a curriculum that offered more flexibility than his linear syllabus ever could.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

We are on track to see an increase in individualized homeschooling and e-learning, accompanied by the rising tide of gamification in education, promising a more engaging and dynamic learning experience. Every year, we move further away from the “one size fits all” mentality that was the original textbook.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 26, 2023

AI-driven content is quickly becoming a reliable and robust alternative to traditional textbooks. And let’s not forget about gamification! Students can absorb information that caters to their personal learning styles. Furthermore, with VR technology, students can experience interactive and immersive learning experiences.

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JUNE 24, 2019

Technology and the connected world put a fork in the old model of teaching–instructor in front of the class, sage on the stage, students madly taking notes, textbooks opened, homework as worksheets, and tests regurgitating facts. Play is the new teaching though it’s beenrelabeled ‘gamification’. Did I miss anything?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 27, 2017

Ask a Tech Teacher guest blogger, Karen Dikson, has put together a collection of online gamified sites that will help your students with their writing: You think the textbooks for today’s generations of students are way more interesting than the once you had? This is your doorway to gamification. Ask your students. Teachers With Apps.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 24, 2015

Technology and the connected world put a fork in the old model of teaching–instructor in front of the class, sage on the stage, students madly taking notes, textbooks opened to the chapter being reviewed, homework as worksheets based on the text, tests regurgitating important facts. Did I miss anything? Play is the new teaching.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

We can’t just use a college textbook, we go through it so fast.” Duolingo supplements these personal motivations by building gamification techniques into its lessons. We have to build our own curriculum,” says Col. Gary Hausman, who runs the institute. “We Travel, work, and family each notched about 11 percent of the votes.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Think animated video modules, interactive dashboards, digital textbooks, gamification, real-world simulation, and a whole lot more, all developed with a learner-first approach to content and delivery.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

Instead of relying on textbooks and teacher direction, these students had to think critically about unfolding events, collaborate with peers and adults, and make creative use of digital tools to communicate their ideas. The story offers a good example of how education is shifting as we wrap up two decades of the 21st century.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The good news is that gamification taps into that same drive. Hands-On Learning: Math Beyond the Textbook Some require you to see, touch, and perhaps experience it for that “click.” Let’s be realistic: kids would spend hours fighting to beat one level of their favorite video game, but focusing on math for 20 minutes?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Gamification elements are also employed to make learning more enjoyable and to incentivize student participation. This accessibility fosters self-directed learning and encourages students to explore beyond the confines of traditional textbooks. Personalized learning: Technology enables a more personalized approach to education.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Within these walls, knowledge transcends textbooks, as discussions, debates, and collaborations spark deeper understanding. One effective strategy is to incorporate gamification into classroom learning activities.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Digital assessments and quizzes inject an element of gamification into the learning process, making assessments more engaging and reinforcing key concepts. Digital textbooks and e-books offer a more interactive and dynamic alternative to traditional printed materials. Tablets offer portability and versatility in the classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2018

Less about textbooks and more about authentic resources. Textbooks used to be de rigueur in a classroom. No more waiting for the expensive update to a textbook. Gamification of classes. Now, they’re reference material. Now, they’re reference material. Greater acceptance of technology as a tool.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

We are on track to see an increase in individualized homeschooling and e-learning, accompanied by the rising tide of gamification in education, promising a more engaging and dynamic learning experience. Every year, we move further away from the “one size fits all” mentality that was the original textbook.

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k12 Online Schools

APRIL 23, 2025

Use Active Learning, Not Passive Consumption Watching lectures or reading textbooks might feel productive, but its passive. Gamification adds fun and engagement to routine study activities. Tools like Google Calendar or Notions timeline view work well for this. Real learning happens when the student engages with the material.

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k12 Online Schools

MAY 7, 2025

For example: A history teacher might ask students to analyze how major historical events are portrayed in YouTube shorts versus textbooks. Gamification and Augmented Reality Integration Learning thrives when its fun, and social media is becoming more immersive by the day. 30-day STEM challenge or History fact chain).

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2017

I was also surprised to see so little development in gaming and gamification within education this past year. Interest in and commitment to open approaches in academia are likely to persist, as widespread concern over textbook and journal costs seems unlikely to recede in 2018.

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