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Jennifer Jocz

Computer games should be used to assess pupils' ability instead of traditional tests - ... - 1 views

  • games provide information when it is needed, rather than all at once in the beginning, and also provide an environment that is "pleasantly frustrating" because the tasks are challenging but achievable.
  • "We tend to teach science, for example, by telling you a lot of stuff and then letting you do science. Games teach the other way. They have you do stuff, and then as you need to know information, they tell it to you."
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    One professor's take on why computer games should be used to assess students
michele_rigolizzo

Learning the art of creating computer games can boot student skills - 1 views

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    Using game creation as a teaching tool
Parisa Rouhani

Studies Reveal Why Kids Get Bullied and Rejected - Children's Health - FOXNews.com - 0 views

  • when children interact without the guidance of an authority figure — is when children experiment with the relationship styles they will have as adults,
  • parents should teach social skills with the same tone they use for teaching long division or proper hygiene
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    Children who cannot pick up context and facial cues from peers more likely to face social isolation. I wonder if social gaming environments using avatars as virtual selves help or hinder a child's ability to pick up such social cues.
Chris Dede

Realityworks Teaches Business Ed with Online Simulation Games -- THE Journal - 0 views

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    business education for high school students via online simulation games
Jennifer Jocz

The Pokémon Generation - 5/1/2010 - School Library Journal - 0 views

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    Can Pokemon be used as a teaching tool?
Chris Dede

Teaching Tools: Using Online Simulations and Games | Edutopia - 0 views

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    Online games aid learning
Vanessa M

Games Debate: Can They Teach Morality? - 1 views

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    I was introduced to pro-social gaming last semester, and I found it to be quite an interesting topic. I think it can be done!
Anushka Fernando

BRAZIL: Young Indigenous Hero Teaches History in Video Game - IPS ipsnews.net - 0 views

  • The idea is to strengthen the role of virtual tools as a teaching resource, which can even be used in distance education and digital inclusion initiatives
  • new cultural industry as a medium for education and cultural awareness as well as to foster the development of multidisciplinary projects in universities
  • e game was developed with the support of the Secretariat of Culture of the state of Rio de Janeiro.
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    a video game that teachers colonization. it has been developed by the ministry of Culture in Brazil with other collaborators. It is viewed as a tool for distance learning
Chris Dede

Education Week: Digital Gaming Goes Academic - 2 views

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    teaching academic content with games
amy hoffmaster

The Elephant in the Room of 21st Century Learning - The Futures of School Reform - Educ... - 1 views

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    not gaming, per se, but what ideas are worth teaching?
Chris Dede

HechingerEd Blog | What video games can teach us about the educational process - 1 views

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    James Gee's claims about videogames and learning
Chris Dede

Gallup: Student Engagement Drops With Each Grade - Teaching Now - Education Week Teacher - 2 views

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    This affirms decades of similar findings
Chris Dede

Teaching Kids to Give Themselves a Timeout - WSJ.com - 1 views

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    Ways to increase student engagement
Maurice Joyce

How Middle School Failures Lead to Medical School Success - 0 views

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    Husband (Infectious Disease doctor) and Wife (Middle school teacher) find a common thread in teaching through Dweck!
Maurice Joyce

The Plusses and Pitfalls of Teaching Online - 2 views

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    Interesting look at MOOCs
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    I like how the author provides honest feedback about how difficult it is for the teacher to deliver courses online. It democratizes education and allows for huge scaling, but it requires Intense preparation, lack of immediate feedback from students, lack of immersive environment for students.
Maria Anaya

Experimental Videogame Teaches Kids How to Program Java | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com - 0 views

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    Interesting idea, I wonder if the children were motivated enough to start programing outside the game too. Thanks for sharing!
Lisa Schnoll

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing - 4 views

I love it! This was the computer game I played constantly in 4th grade. I didn't have the version shown in the YouTube video, but I remember it well even today.

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anonymous

Looking at ourselves first. - 2 views

http://www.cea-ace.ca/blog/bruce-beairsto/2012/03/6/teacher-engagement-key-student-engagement this article describes how important it is for us, as educators, to be engaged in the topics we teach....

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Chris Dede

SimCityEDU Teaches Students STEM Subjects in a Virtual Environment - 0 views

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    An old game learns new tricks
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