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Justin Medved

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/inspire/research/CBS_ThirdTeacher.pdf - 1 views

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  • Justin Medved on 21 Apr 13
     
    Designing the Learning Environment for Mathematics and Literacy, K to 8 Imagine the ideal learning environment for today's learner. What would it look like? Think about how much the world has changed in the last three decades and how rapidly it will continue to change in the years to come. How do we ensure that the instruction we provide is responsive to the shifting demands of the 21 st century? Researchers and practitioners in a wide range of disciplines - early childhood and developmental education, psychology and cognitive science, school architecture and design - maintain that the key to learning in today's world is not just the physical space we provide for students but the social space as well(Fraser, 2012; Helm et al., 2007; OWP/P Architects et al., 2010). The learning environment, they suggest, is "the third teacher" that can either enhance the kind of learning that optimizes our students' potential to respond creatively and meaningfully to future challenges or detract from it. Susan Fraser, for example, writes: "A classroom that is functioning successfully as a third teacher will be responsive to the children's interests, provide opportunities for children to make their thinking visible and then fosterfurtherlearning and engagement." (2012, p. 67)
amacrae

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  • 2Getting Started with the Physical EnvironmentOVERALL ...It is both an art and a science to design (as opposed to decorate) a learning environment that responds to our ultimate goal as educators – to develop independent and rigorous thought. Therefore, if we want to foster discovery and reflection, dialogue and the sharing of ideas, the overall physical environment should include:•A large gathering space for whole-group work and discussions, located near whiteboards, easels and/or projector screens.•A gathering space for small-group and whole-group discussions – where students can see clearly the representations of learning that are posted on boards or screens and hear classmates as they share ideas.•Flexible and reconfigurable space for small-group collaborative work and inquiry – space must allow for groupings of various sizes, such as pairs, triads and groups of four or more.•Desks and tables configured to facilitate discussion by allowing eye contact with peers and teacher, the unencumbered flow of traffic and enough space for students to write collaboratively.•Active areas for inquiry, investigation and wonder and quiet areas for thinking and exploring technology – all areas need to be accessible to students for communicating and documenting their own learning (e.g., computers, computer software, tablets, digital cameras and video recorders, document cameras, interactive white boards).•Instructional materials organized in such a way as to provide easy selection and access for all students – materials may include computer software, educational web sites and applications, found materials, graphic organizers, newspapers and other media, resource texts, etc.FOR MATHEMATICS ...Mathematically literate students demonstrate the capacity to “formulate, employ and interpret mathematics” (OECD, 2012, p. 4); they view themselves as mathematicians, knowing that mathematics can be used to understand important issues and to solve meaningful problems, not just in school but in life. By extension, the physical environment for mathematics learning should include: •Spaces where students can use manipulatives to solve problems and record their solutions.•Board and/or wall space to display student solutions for Math Congress and Bansho – student solutions should be easily visible from the group gathering space.•Space to post co-created reference charts such as glossary terms and past and current summaries of learning that specifically support the development of the big ideas currently under study.•Instructional materials organized in such a way as to provide easy selection and access for all students; may include mathematics manipulatives, calculators and other mathematical tools, mathematical texts, hand-held technology.FOR LITERACY ... Today’s literate learners experience “a constant stream of ideas and information” – they need strategies for interpretation and making sense and lots of practice in identifying meaning, bias and perspective (Ontario Ministry of Education, 2009, 2006). By extension, the physical environment for literacy learning should include: •Spaces where students can talk, listen, read and write.A place for wonder, mystery and discovery ...“We need to think about creating classroom environments that give children the opportunity for wonder, mystery and discovery; an environment that speaks to young children’s inherent curiosity and innate yearning for exploration is a classroom where children are passionate about learning and love school.” (Heard & McDonough, 2009)
  • maintain that the key to learning in today’s world is not just the physical space we provide for students but the social space as well (
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Christina Schindler

Learner-driven learning | SmartBrief - 3 views

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learning environment student-centred questions differentiation

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  • Christina Schindler on 04 Nov 16
     
    An interesting (and quick read) that reinforces the importance of a 'learner- driven' learning environment and how it can impact buy-in as well as student success.
  • aross45 on 07 Nov 16
     
    Thank you for the reference. Having the students drive the bus, instead of being passengers in learning is so important.
mardimichels

Going "QR Qrazy" with QR codes in our iPad BYOD middle school environment | ict4kids.ca - 0 views

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qr codes technology teaching

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  • mardimichels on 04 Feb 14
     
    Fantastic post on using QR codes in the classroom/ school environment.
garth nichols

Are You Checking Work Email in Bed? At the Dinner Table? On Vacation? | Mother Jones - 2 views

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staff_development professional_growth Email technology

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  • garth nichols on 05 May 14
     
    Email restrictions work to make a better learning environment. Choose wisely what and when to send them...and when to respond. Responding means you're available and open to these Emails!
mrsganley

Rethinking Education: Self-Directed Learning Fits the Digital Age | Innovation Insights... - 3 views

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  • Education should not be about teaching to the next level
  • True learning is intrinsically motivated and the reward is knowledge.
  • Our teachers are stuck within the confines of a system that no longer serves our children.
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  • Our educational system is built on the premise that the adult teacher has all the information which he or she will impart onto the child who will then show that he has mastered the grade level material by filling in answer choices where the test provides you with the desired answer.
  • we do not need a society solely made up of generalists
  • expose them to ideas, provide resources and then allow children the freedom to let their imaginations wander in a supportive environment
  • Imagine providing children with the tools to learn in a prepared environment and then giving them the freedom to explore and experience that environment driven solely by their own curiosity
  • Allow your child to be a specialist who learns deeply and see how they fluorish when they are in the driver’s seat of their own education.
  • more useful to be able to think critically, brainstorm ideas and figure out how to solve problems then it is to be able to recite a list of facts.
    • Sarah Bylsma
      Sarah Bylsma on 05 Jan 14
       
      Key!
  • garth nichols on 06 Jan 14
     
    Thanks for this Sarah! It's an article that is hitting on a key concept we discussed in our last F2F in November: what is the role of knowledge in becoming a specialist. Thanks for this!
Adam Caplan

Technology Integration Matrix - 7 views

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    • Derek Doucet
      Derek Doucet on 22 Nov 14
       
      Take a minute to make a group shared comment sharing a lesson you did and where it would fall on the matrix.
  • The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students. The TIM incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments: active, constructive, goal directed (i.e., reflective), authentic, and collaborative (Jonassen, Howland, Moore, & Marra, 2003). The TIM associates five levels of technology integration (i.e., entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation) with each of the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments. Together, the five levels of technology integration and the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments create a matrix of 25 cells as illustrated below.
    • Derek Doucet
      Derek Doucet on 22 Nov 14
       
      I hosted a Hangout to plan a shared experience with a francophone from Cameroon who writes for Thot-Cursus and is a part of Global Voices en français. He spoke to my class about social media and tech in the classroom. My students posed questions based on his articles. Later in the unit, students were let loose with a framework and they were able to choose the best tech to achieve the learning outcomes. And I forever have a network at Global Voices en français who will be making regular appearances in my courses.
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      Tia Chambers on 22 Nov 14
       
      the students in grade one collaboratively corrected some "sick letters" at the "printing clinic" on a SmartBoard document during a printing lesson. 
    • Adam Caplan
      Adam Caplan on 22 Nov 14
       
      Students were asked to create a finance spreadsheet for a hypothetical bakery and create formulas to help generate averages and other automatic, referenced calculations in Excel.  Even though the process of discovering the formula and function equations was based in individual inquiry, none of the girls runs a bakery, so the content was not especially authentic. This part of the activity's Tech Integration can be rated at Entry. 
  • Derek Doucet on 22 Nov 14
     
    For use in Option 1 during TIM exploration
garth nichols

Educational Leadership:Technology-Rich Learning:Tech Leaders Speak Up About Learning - 0 views

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cohort21 leadership tech

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  • The key to infusing technology for deep learning is professional development for teachers. At our school, each teacher wrote his or her own professional development plan. Then we changed the job description of the technology teacher to include meeting with each teacher to refine and review these plans. Instead of teaching computers to the students, the new technology integration coach—a new title to reflect new duties–was now available to partner with the teacher in the classroom. As teachers became more comfortable, the coaching sessions centered on how to extend learning.
  • At the same time, our administrative team began using e-communication folders for parent communication, e-portfolios for teachers, and Moodle for virtual classroom environments. Teachers experienced rich, efficient collaboration and communication through technology. This resulted in more effective face-to face communication.
  • Three things are basic to preparing students to be deeper learners: (1) access to quality curriculums, teaching, and learning, (2) robust information resources, technology tools, devices, and infrastructures, and (3) a student-centered learning environment that promotes critical thinking and problem solving.
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  • One of a leader's most important roles is to be a model for teachers–who then become models for students. Modeling digital learning in professional learning communities, faculty meetings, parent events, and everyday tasks helps adult learners in the school challenge themselves to authentically learn how to use technology.
  • garth nichols on 07 Apr 13
     
    This is a great article for how to introduce edtech into a school - it has real world examples as well
su11armstrong

Educational Leadership:Students Who Challenge Us:Eight Things Skilled Teachers Think, S... - 2 views

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relationships educations teaching leadership pedagogy ASCD

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  • su11armstrong on 31 Oct 12
     
    A good reminder of how important having and modelling a respectful relationship is to build trusting and a positive working environment with students.
mrdanbailey61

Framework for 21st Century Learning - P21 - 4 views

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21stcenturyskills 21stcenturylearning

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  • “21st century student outcomes”
  • are the skills, knowledge and expertise students should master to succeed in work and life in the 21st century.
  • Disciplines include: English, reading or language artsWorld languagesArtsMathematicsEconomicsScienceGeographyHistoryGovernment and Civics
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  • In addition to these subjects,
  • promoting understanding of academic content at much higher levels by weaving 21st century interdisciplinary themes into curriculum:
  • Global awareness Financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy Civic literacy Health literacy Environmental literacy 
  • Learning and innovation skills increasingly are being recognized as the skills that separate students who are prepared for increasingly complex life and work environments in the 21st century, and those who are not.
  • A focus on creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration is essential to prepare students for the future.
  • To be effective in the 21st century, citizens and workers must be able to create, evaluate, and effectively utilize information, media, and technology.
  • Today's students need to develop thinking skills, content knowledge, and social and emotional competencies to navigate complex life and work environments. P21's essential Life and Career Skills include:: Flexibility & Adaptability Initiative & Self Direction Social & Cross-Cultural Skills Productivity & Accountability
  • Leadership & Responsibility
  • mrdanbailey61 on 20 Nov 16
     
    This page gives an overview of a framework for 21st century skills and learning. I like how it values all of the academic disciplines and gives links to different sites that focus on broader interdisciplinary themes, innovation skills, information, media, and technology skills, and life and career skills.
garth nichols

How to Get Ahead At Your Creative Job--From A Guy Who Went From "Daily Show" Intern to ... - 1 views

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21st Century Learning workplace

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  • garth nichols on 14 May 14
     
    Here are some great strategies for our current grads to navigate their future work environment to get a job, create a job and/or compete for a job!
garth nichols

Why I'm Asking You Not to Use Laptops - Lingua Franca - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher... - 3 views

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Laptops EdTech

shared by garth nichols on 05 Jan 15 - No Cached
  • On the first day of class, students and I spend the first 30-40 minutes learning something new about how language works (in order to set the tone for the class), and then we go over the syllabus. When we get to the laptop policy, I pause and say, “Let me tell you why I ask you generally not to use laptops in class.” And here’s the gist of what I say after that:
  • There’s also the issue of the classroom environment. I like to foster a sense of conversation here, even in a class of 100 students. If you are on a laptop, I and your peers are often looking at the back of your computer screen and the top of your head, rather than all of us making eye contact with each other. Learning happens best in a classroom when everyone is actively engaged with one another in the exchange of information. This can mean looking up from your notes to listen and to talk with others, which means you may need to make strategic decisions about what to write down. Note-taking is designed to support the learning and retention of material we talk about in class; note-taking itself is not learning. And speaking of what you choose to write down …
  • Now I know that one could argue that it is your choice about whether you want to use this hour and 20 minutes to engage actively with the material at hand, or whether you would like to multitask. You’re not bothering anyone (one could argue) as you quietly do your email or check Facebook. Here’s the problem with that theory: From what we can tell, you are actually damaging the learning environment for others, even if you’re being quiet about it. A study published in 2013 found that not only did the multitasking student in a classroom do worse on a postclass test on the material, so did the peers who could see the computer. In other words, the off-task laptop use distracted not just the laptop user but also the group of students behind the laptop user. (And I get it, believe me. I was once in a lecture where the woman in front of me was shoe shopping, and I found myself thinking at one point, “No, not the pink ones!” I don’t remember all that much else about the lecture.)
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  • In addition, I can find your multitasking on a laptop a bit distracting as the instructor because sometimes you are not typing at the right times; I am not saying anything noteworthy and yet you are engrossed in typing, which suggests that you are doing something other than being fully engaged in our class. And that distracts my attention.
  • First, if you have your laptop open, it is almost impossible not to check email or briefly surf the Internet, even if you don’t mean to or have told yourself that you won’t. I have the same impulse if I have my laptop open in a meeting. The problem is that studies indicate that this kind of multitasking impairs learning; once we are on email/the web, we are no longer paying very good attention to what is happening in class. (And there is no evidence I know of that “practice” at doing this kind of multitasking is going to make you better at it!)
  • A study that came out in June—and which got a lot of buzz in the mainstream press—suggests that taking notes by hand rather than typing them on a laptop improves comprehension of the material. While students taking notes on a laptop (and only taking notes—they were not allowed to multitask) wrote down more of the material covered in class, they were often typing what the instructor said verbatim, which seems to have led to less processing of the material. The students taking notes by hand had to do more synthesizing and condensing as they wrote because they could not get everything down. As a result, they learned the material better.* I think there is also something to the ease with which one can create visual connections on a handwritten page through arrows, flow charts, etc.
  • I figure it is also good for all of us to break addictive patterns with email, texting, Facebook, etc. When you step back, it seems a bit silly that we can’t go for 80 minutes without checking our phones or other devices. Really, for most of us, what are the odds of an emergency that can’t wait an hour? We have developed the habit of checking, and you can see this class as a chance to create or reinforce a habit of not checking too.
  • Of course, if you need or strongly prefer a laptop for taking notes or accessing readings in class for any reason, please come talk with me, and I am happy to make that work. I’ll just ask you to commit to using the laptop only for class-related work.
  • garth nichols on 05 Jan 15
     
    Why we need a balanced approach to the use of computers in the classroom. This is a great partner-piece to Clay Shirky's from 2014...
Ryan Archer

The Distracted Classroom - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 1 views

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  • Distraction occurs, the authors argue, when we are pursuing a goal that really matters and something blocks our efforts to achieve it.
  • They argue that distraction actually arises from a conflict between two fundamental features of our brain: our ability to create and plan high-level goals versus our ability to control our minds and our environment as we take steps to complete those goals.
  • cognitive control abilities
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  • Our cognitive control is really quite limited: We have a restricted ability to distribute, divide, and sustain attention; actively hold detailed information in mind; and concurrently manage or even rapidly switch between competing goals."
  • while older adults can fully retain their ability to focus their attention, their capacity to block out irrelevant distractions diminishes with age.
  • That’s one reason why older adults may have more trouble concentrating on a conversation in a crowded restaurant than younger people.
  • What goal had I established for Kate’s learning that day? How had I created an environment that supported her ability to achieve that goal? And perhaps most important — assuming that the class had a learning goal that mattered for her — did she know about it?
  • The more powerful the goals we establish for ourselves, and the more we feel ownership over those goals, the more we are able to pursue them in the face of both internal and external distractions.
  • Most of us can shut out distractions when we are pursuing something that really matters to us.
  • Who creates them? How much do they matter? And how well do students understand them?
sregli

Obituary: Great Barrier Reef (25 Million BC-2016) | Outside Online - 1 views

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science in the news great barrier reef environment

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  • Climate change and ocean acidification have killed off one of the most spectacular features on the planet.
ebdaigle

Has Your School Reached an Edtech Plateau? Here's the Key to Moving the Needle (EdSurge... - 1 views

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EdTech SAMR technology

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  • ebdaigle on 16 Dec 16
     
    Fantastic hyperlinks to classroom technology: Whether your role is as an administrator, teacher, parent, or student leader, if you're reading this, you are probably interested in helping other school community stakeholders understand the power of technology in a teaching and learning environment.
mardimichels

Advanced iPad Classroom | Indiana Jen - 0 views

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  • A key concept that we employed is that it’s about using a handful of apps to do a variety of projects effectively and creatively. This is the “One Screen Model”
  • The central tenet of using iPads is App Fluency: “The ultimate goal of fluency challenges is to be able to move information from app to app and from device
  • “Using two or more applications or web tools in conjunction with one another to create a final product or experience that would not be possible with using a single tool
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  • As workflow was a common topic throughout the session, we decided to switch up in the end to discuss some ways to facilitate collecting and curating student material. One of the most popular tools for getting content off of iPads and shared with the teacher is Google Drive; many schools have become Google Apps for Education institutions making this much easier. One of the best tools available to teachers working in a GAFE environment is the script Doctopus. This tool enables teachers to distribute content effectively and collect it easily without having to worry about all of the snafu’s that happen with sharing (typos in email addresses, titles, etc).
  • mardimichels on 05 Feb 14
     
    Interesting notes on some goals to work towards for an "Advanced ipad classroom" Topics discussed include: app fluency, workflow and the "one screen model"
garth nichols

Game Changers | Canadian Education Association (CEA) - 0 views

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Gaming

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  • In 2011, game designer Jane McGonigal published Reality is Broken, where she outlined four simple rules that define a game: a goal, rules, a feedback system, and voluntary participation. Both Jeopardy and The History of Biology fit this definition, but clearly there is a difference between games that teach the recall of facts and those that teach higher-order thinking skills.
  • esame Workshop, published a paper in 2011 called “Games for a Digital Age.” They distinguish between short-form games, “which provide tools for practice and focused concepts,” and long-form games, “which are focused on higher order thinking skills.” This is a useful first distinction teachers can use when evaluating games for use in the classroom.
  • A theme that comes up with teachers who use long-form video games is teaching empathy. “When I first started teaching natural disasters in Grade 7, there were case studies in the textbook, or videos,” says Mike Farley, a high-school teacher at the University of Toronto Schools (UTS). “When we invite students to play a simulation like Stop Disasters or Inside the Haiti Earthquake, they are more immersed; there’s more of an emotional learning.”
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  • UTS Principal Rosemary Evans sees these as “unique learning experiences,” different for each student with each session of play. “What excites me is the experiential component,” she says. “The simulations lead to an authentic experience, where the game environment represents different points of view.”
  • Justin Medved , the Director of Instructional Innovation at The York School, likes to talk about “layers of learning” taking place in the best games. “To what extent does the game offer an experience that offers some critical thinking, decision making, complexity, or opportunity for discussion and debate?” says Medved. The content is the first layer the students interact with, but meta-content skills can take longer to teach. Medved looks for “any opportunity for players to go out and do some research and thinking before coming back to the game.” Many games, says Medved, are super-fast and he tries to intentionally slow them down to allow for deeper thinking. “We want some level of learning to be slow, to discuss bias or different perspectives. Over time you can see a narrative unfolding.”
  • The question of whether to game or not game in class is not one of technology. It is one of pedagogy that starts and ends with the teacher. It is our job to provide a framework for deciding which games can be used in which contexts, and to use the best of the game world to inspire our students to higher-order thinking.
  • Justin Medved on 26 Nov 13
     
    "Game Changers How digital games are creating new learning experiences Using games to teach discrete topics in the classroom is not a new phenomenon; however, games can also be used to teach higher-order thinking skills such as critical thinking, decision-making, creativity and communication. These so-called "long-form" games need to be contextualized by the teacher and woven into a robust curriculum of complimentary activities. Innovative educational gaming companies focus on developing high-quality digital content but also on the pedagogical implications of embedding the game in existing curriculum. Data collected from long-form digital games can be used to personalize instruction for students who are getting stuck on certain concepts or learn in a particular way. As games get more sophisticated, so must the teacher's understanding of the way students use them in the classroom."
  • garth nichols on 26 Nov 13
     
    For those interested in applying characteristics of gaming to their teaching.
Derek Doucet

The Ultimate Guide to Gamifying Your Classroom | Edudemic - 0 views

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pedagogy gamification technology edtech SAMR

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  • Gamification is the process by which teachers use video game design principals in learning environments. The effects are increased student engagement, class wide enjoyment of academic lessons, and high levels of buy-in, even from your most reluctant learners.
  • Components of Gamifying the Classroom There are several aspects of video-game design that can be incorporated into the gamified classroom. Here are several:
  • Points: In video games, users gain points as the travel through their quests. The more time they invest in the game the more points they earn
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  • Badges: Badges are public recognition of achievement, with each one designed with a specific achievement in mind.
  • Levels: As a game goes on, players progress through levels that get progressively more difficult. In the classroom, levels could be lessons, or even units of study.
  • Appointments: Thanks to the Internet, people playing a video game in the US can sign in and team up with players all over the world.
  • Bonuses: Most games have hidden, unexpected rewards. Bonuses help drive player loyalty and keep them playing day in and day out.
  • Infinite play: In many video games, players keep playing until they finish a level. They might lose points, or access to valuable items if they are attacked, but they are still able to keep playing.
  • How to Gamify Your Classroom
  • Backwards planning: Any teacher familiar with Understanding By Design has already got a leg up in gamification.
  • Use what’s available: Classcraft is a free, online educational role-playing game that teachers can personalize for their lessons.
  • Gamify one aspect: Rather than attempting to create an entire game with quests and hidden bonuses, start small.
  • Establish a marketplace: Allow students to buy, sell, swap, trade with each other and with you. Maybe students can swap a badge for an open-book test, or use points to purchase a homework-free night.
  • Allow leveling up: If a student has mastered the material in a lesson, offer fun and engaging extension wor
  • Just dive in: It can be difficult to know when your gamified classroom plan is ready for students, but the best advice is to just try it out.
  • Derek Doucet on 31 Aug 15
     
    A great intro to gamifying your classroom.
Adam Caplan

The Balancing Act of Screen Time (Long Version) | Beth Holland - 1 views

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edtech iPad screentime

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  • “Today, if I were to lose the devices (iPads) that that my students have,” writes Shawn, “I would mourn the loss not of the technology but of the voices that my students have gained through having them.”
  • “Innovation shouldn’t look like a tablet or a laptop. It should look like a learning environment where students—with teachers at their side— choose their learning targets and aim to hit them.” writes Grant Lichtman (@GrantLichtman)
  • Adam Caplan on 09 Jan 14
     
    Another good discussion on the topic being called "screen time", from Beth Holland (my fav!). 
  • garth nichols on 09 Jan 14
     
    I really liked the idea of what goes into the iPad and not just what it can do... The school has an unconventional take on the iPad's purpose. The devices are not really valued as portable screens or mobile gaming devices. Teachers I talked to seemed uninterested, almost dismissive, of animations and gamelike apps. Instead, the tablets were intended to be used as video cameras, audio recorders, and multimedia notebooks of individual students' creations. The teachers cared most about how the devices could capture moments that told stories about their students' experiences in school. Instead of focusing on what was coming out of the iPad, they were focused on what was going into it. - The Smart Way to Use iPads in the Classroom, April 15, 2013
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