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Building integrated curriculum to support intermediate literacy and Language skills
Olivia Pellegrino will provide an overview of how to integrate the new grades 7 and 8 Language curriculum into cross-curricular teaching. Strategies will be provided for best practices in teaching literacy, including reading and writing, across subject areas with a focus on Math and Science. Olivia is a Special Education teacher and educational researcher …
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Bring Escape Rooms Into Your School With Breakout EDU
If you are a teacher who likes the challenge of escape rooms and is hoping to bring team-based engagement into your classroom you and your students will love Breakout EDU. With puzzles already designed for elementary and secondary students in all subject areas, and the ability to play using digital and physical tools, this is …
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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 …