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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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Professors and lecturers from MIT and the Education University of Hong Kong (EDUHK) provided 78 hours of training to the first batch of teachers to explore and learn the CoolThink curriculum. We collaborated with MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node to provide professional development for teachers in blended learning mode.

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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. More on online learning: Remote Learning: Tips for Thriving in This Ecosystem. Why Flipped and Blended Learning are Making Waves in education.

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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.

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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.

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College Credit Classes in 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.

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College Credit Classes in Blended Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

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.