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How to Blend Learning with Play for a Kid-friendly Summer

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Here are two gamified options that can be tweaked to address any topic: Digital Breakouts — Players of all ages use teamwork and critical thinking to solve a series of challenging puzzles that ultimately enable them to achieve a goal. Let them spend as much of their summer vacation on it as they’d like. Kodable (an app).

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Using a Student-Centered Approach to Promote Computational Thinking

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How can teachers engage students to learn problem-solving skills across the curriculum? One program has set out to teach computational thinking (CT) and coding skills in a problem-centered approach, fostering a student-driven learning design. AI or ChatGPT won’t replace you any time soon, but someone using AI will.

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Research Quest: Free Middle School Science Project-Based Learning

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Each project is meticulously designed to foster critical thinking and comes with a downloadable ‘research assistant' guide, assessments, and even digital options for Google Classrooms and other Learning Management Systems (LMS). 5 Ways to Integrate ResearchQuest into Your Classroom Now 1. So why wait?

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Better Science: 5 Excellent Ways to Examine Authentic Artifacts from the Natural History Museum of Utah

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Promoting Critical Thinking with Authentic Artifacts When you sign up for your free teacher account, you will receive a special code allowing your students to access the investigations without creating their own accounts. And, there is more! This is such a valuable resource for teachers!

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How can Teachers Increase Social Learning While Teaching Online?

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Adding games to the online learning environment ensures the following: Play with learners located anywhere in the world. Developing critical thinking. Why Flipped and Blended Learning are Making Waves in education. College Credit Classes in Blended Learning. Check the scores and keep competing.

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Embracing Flexibility: Enhancing Robotics and Computer Science Classes

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Breaking the Boundaries of Time and Space Transcending traditional limitations, you can create a dynamic learning environment that allows students to access robotics and computer science lessons anytime, anywhere. By providing adaptive learning paths , you can customize curriculum based on individual skill levels and progress.

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College Credit Classes in Remote Teaching/Blended Learning

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In this course, teachers will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, critical thinking, and immersive keyboarding. Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network.