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teaching kids to program through play

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cool use of technology for active play.

Wow, this is disturbing. But it's supposed to be. Role play a darfur child trying to survive.

I think this will help me be a better teacher because along with videos, this link has games that students can interact with and learn from. By doing something that is fun, like playing games, students will be more willing to make the effort to complete assignments.

"oning and cognitive dissonance. An example of fallacious reasoning is something Bushman often hears from teens: "I've played violent video games my whole life and I never murdered anyone" or, "I never shot up a school.""

The top five search tools for finding Flickr images are designed to help teachers and students locate just the right image for use in any subject area and project. Without these tools finding the right image on this image hosting site is often an impossible, or at least a tedious, task. The value of this site is its ability to provide digital pictures which are often impossible for a teacher to obtain any other way. Like everything else on the internet, trying to find something is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. This where the top five search tools become valuable resources for teachers and students trying to find images comes into play. These search engines are specifically designed to search the more than three billion pictures on the Flickr hosting site.

free typing game from Julie and Catherine

These management and technical issues include how to name the iPods, recharging , syncing, accessories, play-lists, transferring apps, iTunes account, and many more. Like all technology tools, classroom management is always an issue. Here are a few recommended " Dos" tailored for a classroom set of iPod Touches.

I have used Diigo to highlight which iMovie tutorial videos I think are the most useful for you in getting your assignment done this week.

people have played this game and figured out things related to genetics that scientists hadn't been able to solve ever!

Here as interesting idea for student assessment

This is a really cool site that lets you play games dealing with geography.

I love playing around on the history channel website for videos, which can be episodes or short clips. When I'm trying to implement visual representations into my lessons, this is an easily accessible source. Simple, but effective.

I don't think we should have students just playing games all the time, but they can be a good arrow in the quiver of teaching methodologies. This is an interesting article into the use of games to teach core subjects, like science.

This contains funny posts with plays-on-words and have random facts! My favorite!