Interactive map tools for creating deeper place-based learning
Revisiting the possibilities of student-created geographies The rate at which technology changes has reached a dizzying speed, with new tools
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Adding digital gamification to your curriculum to boost student engagement and success
Student-made geology games
Putting a human face on science storytelling Lava flows down the halls of Main Street Middle School, in Montpelier, Vermont,
Read moreWhat does Minecraft look like in a school?
Crafting Pickaxes, swords and social skills Since its release in 2009, Minecraft has made its way into 60 million homes
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2 tools for building hidden object games with students
Tie video game authorship to language learning Last time we looked at how hidden object games can support language learning,
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Let language-based video games engage students ELL students and others who struggle with reading issues feature an uphill battle for
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Digital credentials, quests and middle school math
Because 102 years of Girl Scouts can’t be wrong New this morning on the blog, Harwood Union Middle School math
Read moreWant to try out interactive fiction and games?
Want to try out writing interactive fiction and games with your students? Here are three tools that make it easy
Read moreEdmunds Middle School is on the airwaves with ARIS
Edmunds Middle School teachers, students and district technologists were on Commissioner’s Corner last night , talking about their experiences designing
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When last we left our trusty Edmunds Explorers, they had just defeated a horde of geometry-loving aliens who’d invaded the
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Following up on our intro to ARIS with geometry last Friday, this morning the 6th graders from Edmunds Middle School
Read moreGeometry, aliens and ARIS at Edmunds Middle School
Pop quiz, hotshot. What do geometry, aliens and the augmented reality gaming platform all have in common? A: All were
Read moreIntroducing ARIS to a new crop of teachers
How one UVM class of pre-service teachers investigated the possibilities of this increasingly popular augmented-reality tool: read the whole article
Read moreMinecraft as digital storytelling tool
“Grand Theft Diamond”, a video from Flood Brook Union School’s 6th graders, shows how the popular game Minecraft can be
Read moreARIS: The EpiQRious Caterpillar
A narrated walk-through of our current ARIS game in development: The EpiQRious Caterpillar.
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