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Games-based Learning in Math
This session explores the popular tools Kahoot and Prodigy to support and enhance learning in math. Kahoot is a quiz style game in which kids connect to a central computer using their device and partake in multiple choice quizzes that track their performance. Prodigy is a role playing fantasy game in which students must solve …
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Gamification and Game-Based Learning: Assessment and Evaluation
Description: How do students succeed in game-based learning environments? How can the education system and daily classes be restructured with the best of what games have to offer? This session will focus on how assessment and evaluation practices can be designed to appeal to all learners, allow for different paces and paths for students to …
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Gamification and Game-Based Learning: Unit Design
Why are students so engaged by games? How can the foundations of gaming be adopted and integrated into our curriculum? Using the principles of gamification and game-based learning, this session will explore what makes playing games so engaging and how gamification and game-based learning can inform and help teachers re-envision unit design. A variety of …