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9/28/12
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Kelsey Herron
GameDesk Opens New PlayMaker School in Los Angeles
Can you imagine being in middle school, waking up each morning knowing that it’s not classic arithmetic and social studies lessons that await, but rather a day of flight simulation and filmmaking?9/11/12
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Kelsey Herron
More Districts Go BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)
Innovative teachers and administrators are increasingly encouraging mobile learning in the classroom.8/09/12
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Christine Cupaiuolo
Meet Makers in Vermont; Go Inside Quest to Learn School; Help a Robot Come to Life
Spotlight is going on summer break, returning Aug. 27. But first we look at maker culture in Vermont and CNN’s report on gaming and Quest to Learn. We also check in with a group of sixth-grade girls who hoped to launch an object into the stratosphere, and meet a team seeking funding to build one very large robot.8/07/12
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Christine Cupaiuolo
PLAYBACK: Learning Inside and Outside the Classroom
S. Craig Watkins implements connected learning principles on a digital media project with high school students; Howard Rheingold talks with Alec Couros about making learning visible; and Caine Monroy turns 10 with a celebration at his DIY cardboard arcade.7/31/12
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Sarah Jackson
Connected Educator Month Celebrates Peer Professional Development
Are you part of an online professional community of educators? The U.S. Department of Education has designated August Connected Educator Month to encourage more teachers and administrators to use online communities for professional development and support.7/30/12
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Christine Cupaiuolo
Design Thinking Workshop for Educators: Applying Creative Problem Solving to Classrooms
Edutopia today launched a free online workshop, “Design Thinking for Educators,” to help educators consider how design thinking—a problem-solving process built around five stages—might be applied in the classroom and in their professional lives.7/25/12
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Kelsey Herron
Master Teacher Corps Will Promote and Expand STEM Education
The Obama administration last week announced plans to spend $1 billion on a specialized teacher task force to boost student achievement in areas integral to U.S. economic growth.7/23/12
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Christine Cupaiuolo
PLAYBACK: Universities Move Quickly to Embrace MOOCs, Course Credit is More Complicated
As more universities join Coursera, still unknown is the effect on higher education itself—including whether students will eventually receive credit or accreditation that satisfies employers and their own educational needs without driving up the costs of MOOCs to the point where they, too, become financially out of reach.7/10/12
Filed by
Sarah Jackson
New Design Lab Will Help Educators Use Video Games to Get Real-Time Feedback on Student Progress
With support from the MacArthur and Gates Foundations, the new GLASS Lab will develop game-based tools to measure student learning on state standards and 21st-century workforce skills.6/29/12
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Kelsey Herron
School Librarian’s Favorite Websites for Teaching and Learning
The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) announced the recipients of the 2012 Best Websites for Teaching and Learning. Plus, librarians speak out about the importance of libraries to academic success.6/20/12
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Kelsey Herron
Digital Badges For Learning in the Classroom and Beyond
A pair of stories by Education Week reporter Katie Ash provides a big-picture overview of the pros and cons of digital badges and a close-up look at how badges are being used in a graduate course.6/18/12
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Christine Cupaiuolo
Playing Around With Games, Seriously
Katie Salen talks with SmartPlanet about the Quest to Learn school model; a look at how a school-based game design program offers students in a rural West Virginia community a window to the world; and the adoption of game-based learning in higher education.6/02/12
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Christine Cupaiuolo
Why Teachers Need Social Media Training, Not Just Rules
New York City’s new social media guidelines for teachers reinforce the need for digital literacy—it’s not enough to impose rules on how not to use social media; teachers should be required to learn how to use social networks and other tools effectively.5/14/12
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Christine Cupaiuolo
Why Teachers Use Digital Games and Why Schools Teach Gaming
Surprising data from teachers using digital games in the classroom; Learning and having fun playing Quest Atlantis in Wisconsin; teaching game design and programming at iTech Academy in Miami; and more on how games are ace-ing the test in many school districts.5/10/12
