Educational Games & Gamification

4 Ways to use Online Resources to Keep Advanced Students Engaged and Learning

July 11, 2012

Today’s technologies offer many resources to keep active young minds busy and learning! Post collaboratively written with Abbas Hussain. Just yesterday morning, there was an article in USA Today discussing how many of today’s students don’t feel particularly challenged by their school work. In this technology-enabled age, it is easier than ever to give advanced students the [...]

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5 of the Fastest Growing Mobile Applications for Education

July 4, 2012

Guest writer Kerry Butters combed the “Apps Charts” a couple weeks ago and submitted this post, providing 5 of the top movers. While this information changes quickly, effected by things like national standardized test calendars, I thought it was still worth sharing both for it’s insights into these popular iPad and iPhone applications, and for [...]

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Pros and cons of digital devices in the hands of young students

June 20, 2012

Are the benefits outweighing the downsides of potentially excessive use of these devices by younger and younger children? I have three kids and they love their tech tools, but I worry about the possible effects of electromagnetic radiation, and about the way in which time spent with these devices takes away from time they could [...]

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Introducing a Game-Based Curriculum in Higher Ed

June 17, 2012

Continuing from last week’s post about “The Gamification of Education”, this week we bring you a guest post from Justin Marquis, who examines the why’s and how’s of incorporating game based learning elements into the higher education curriculum. The gamification movement is in full-effect with its fair share of proponents and opponents. Those in favor [...]

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4 Sets of Introductory Computer and Internet Technology Interactives

February 22, 2012

A collection of web based interactive activities to introduce students to computers and the Internet. It was my pleasure to deliver presentations on “Using Popular Social Networks Tools in Course Work” and “Flipping The Classroom: Succeeding with Reverse Instruction” for our faculty here at The College of Westchester on Monday. While discussing the use of [...]

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5 Fun Free iPad Math Game Apps

January 4, 2012

These free apps offer fun ways for elementary/primary grade students to practice their math fundamentals. We checked out a bunch of free math games for the iPad that can help younger students reinforce their math basics, focusing only on those rated 4 stars or better. There are quite a few of these. As of this [...]

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Five Fun Free iPad Apps for Elementary School Teachers And Students

October 23, 2011

These free applications provide a wide variety of engaging learning opportunities for young students (and you can’t beat the price). The Apple iPad is becoming more popular in our schools every day (just check out this EmergingEdTech video to appreciate how quickly the iPad is gaining hold in our schools). It’s really a great tool for [...]

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7 Free Online Educational Game Sites (Help Kids Keep School Skills Sharp During Summer)

June 29, 2011

As summer kicked off in the last few years, I’ve been sharing tips and tools to help young students hone schools skills while having some fun. We learned about these 10 games in 2009, and these tips for keeping math skills in shape over the summer break in 2010. It’s time to add some fun new ideas for [...]

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StickPick – An individualized learning app for the iPad and iPhone that leverages Bloom’s Taxonomy

June 15, 2011

Innovative and inexpensive application also has an English As A Second Language mode. 6th grade teacher Buzz Garwood has been a friend of EmergingEdTech almost since it’s inception, and he’s developed an innovative iPad App for education that I wanted to share with my readers. Stick Pick is the first app of its kind to allow teachers to tie [...]

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