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Webinars
Globe Stemx Education Conference on Saturday, September 21, 2013
Best Practices Around Implementing Educational Games - Lindsey Tropf, M.Ed.
Lindsey went through the theory behind educational games. She then discussed the role of
teacher and administrators. She also discussed the benefits of teaching with games and the
roadblocks that can be encountered. During the session I mentioned that it is difficult to find the
games that match with the content being taught. I also asked if she thought that companies
would begin to produce educational games. Is it worth their wild from a financial point of view?
This session made me think about my math class and how I can focus on implementing games in
my class.
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Globe Stemx Education Conference on Saturday, September 21, 2013
Best Practices Around Implementing Educational Games - Lindsey Tropf, M.Ed.
Lindsey went through the theory behind educational games. She then discussed the role of
teacher and administrators. She also discussed the benefits of teaching with games and the
roadblocks that can be encountered. During the session I mentioned that it is difficult to find the
games that match with the content being taught. I also asked if she thought that companies
would begin to produce educational games. Is it worth their wild from a financial point of view?
This session made me think about my math class and how I can focus on implementing games in
my class.
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Using Video Games to Assess Students' Noncognitive Skills
Angela Duckworth, associate professor of psychology, University of Pennsylvania
James Gee, presidential chair and professor of literacy studies, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers
College, Arizona State University
The discussion was centered on how games to assess students non-cognitive skills. There wasalso a lot of debate about what role video games in education and what relevance they have.
The side discussion that took place provided some insight to peoples thoughts on video games
in school. Many people were excited about the use of games, but there was some skepticism
about their benefit and how they relate to real life experiences. I had some discussion in the side
chat with other educators about the difficulty of implementing video games in the classroom that
relate to the outcomes that need to be taught in our local curriculum.
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Integrating Content and Technology to Differentiate Instruction and Personalize Learning
Gayle Mathis, 7th grade English teacher, Hickman County Middle School, Centerville, Tenn.; and
master teacher, SAS Curriculum Pathways
Dennis Stockdale, superintendent, Garrett-Keyser-Butler Community School District, Garrett,
Ind.; and a 2013 Education Week "Leader To Learn From"
Moderator:
Scott McQuiggan, director of SAS Curriculum Pathways
This webinar sounded like a SAS Curriculum Pathways commercial. They talked a lot about
common core and the standards used in the United States. This was not a helpful webinar. I did
not even participate in the chat. I knew nothing about SAS Curriculum Pathways or common
core. This was a colossal waste of time.
I feel that the webinars were not very useful. They were actually a waste of time. I found several
webinars that looked really interesting, but they cost money. Two of the sessions that I attended
seemed like infomercials. It was if they were trying to sell me something (ie. SAS Curriculum).
Many of the conversations that took place in my webinars were distracting, because the majority
of the time they were not on topic.
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#gtchat Gifted and Talented Chat 5:00 pm
The focus for this chat was the impact of global connections for gifted learners. It was interesting
to hear all of the comments regarding gifted children. All of the strategies we talked about (video
conferencing, blogging ) would be such a wonderful benefit for all students. We also discussed
digital citizenship. We discussed how it needs to be taught over and over and reinforced. We
discussed the importance of students learning about the culture of the students they are
connecting with.
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#globalclassroom Global Classroom Chat
There were people present at this session from Iran, Canada, USA, Russia, and South Africa. We
began by discussing why teachers should explore ways to share, connect, and collaborate
globally? The reasons we said this was important was because connecting exposes students to a
new audience and perspectives. It teaches students to show empathy for people from different
countries. We discussed how some of us have connected with other classes. They shared awebpage that had many ideas: http://globalclassroom2013-14.wikispaces.com/ . Finally, we
discussed how to help teachers who have never done a connected project take that leap of faith
and do it. We talked about setting them up with a support person or a coach who has done it
before.
#edunight
Blended Learning
The first question that we discussed was what are some words that you would use to describe
Blended Learning to someone with no knowledge of the technique? I was definitely that person.
This discussion really helped me understand what blended learning is. I learned that it is a
technology integrated approach to learning. It allows students to be more self-directed and
accountable. We then talked about difference between flipped classroom and blended learning.
The discussion centered around the fact that a teacher is more of a facilitator in a blended
learning classroom. A flipped teacher provides a process so students find information at home
and then share at school. A blended class sounds like teachers must have a stronger knowledge
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of their content. Then they must help students at various levels of learning. They help students
create knowledge and not just consume work. We then talked about the drawbacks. Most people
agreed that as long as parents know process of a blended classroom they will see the benefit of
the class. Strong relations still need to be created between teacher and student and that makes
the process sounder. Also, constant feedback to students on how they are doing (formative
assessment) is a must. One clear drawback is that some students dont have access to
technology like others may. Finally, we talked about informing parents about the importance of
technology in the classroom. Parents must see that careers and jobs in the future will rely
heavily on technology.
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#sschat
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Film & media as a text in the SS classroom
I participated in a social studies twitter chat. The first question that we discussed was how do
you integrate art, film, and other mediums into your classroom? What strategies do you use? We
talked about the benefit to some kids who are visual learners. We talked about how film needs to
be shown in chunks. This way the students can do a better job of interpreting the video. I also
commented on how pictures can tell a lot about geography or history. We then swapped stories
about some of our favorite social studies lessons using videos. Many people discussed the
American history videos that they have used. I was not as familiar with what they were talkingabout, but I got a lot of good ideas. The next discussion was the use of music in the classroom.
There were several dynamic teachers in this group. Many of them talked about using centers
with a variety of media centered on one topic. This was probably the chat that I got the least out
of. There were many people in here and they did not chat back and forth much. It was mostly
people entering their ideas.
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