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Gaming In Social Studies
A few months back I ran into one of my former students from one of my first years teaching. I had the student in my sixth grade US History class back in 1998 and you can imagine my excitement when he...
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iCivics Lessons from NYT
Earlier this week, the NYT Learning Network published a lesson promoting the good work by the iCivics folks. It is a neat performance-based assessment that students can do at the end of the year in...
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Learning While Playing
Last year I had the pleasure of observing several Wildwood teachers incorporate Mission US, a wonderful PBS video game that allows students to adopt the role of a colonial teen during the outset of the...
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A Top Math Resource: Manga High
Last week Diane, a special education specialist at MLHS, forwarded me information on MANGA HIGH, a great math resource for all students grades 3-9. Manga High is a stimulating, comic-based website that...
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New PBS Mission Game
Last year our 5th grade teachers tried out the Mission U.S. interactive role-playing game. The first mission in Mission U.S. is set in Boston in 1770. Students adopted the role of 14 year old Nat...
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iCivics Games & Now Curriculum Units!
Just last month I noted that the cool site iCivics has new online games for students including Win the White House, which is perfect for 2012 as the presidential race heats up! The other new game is...
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College Admissions Game
Last week many of our seniors found out where they are going to school in September. In a few weeks we will also be hosting several admission officers and juniors to a college-planning assembly that is...
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BrainPOP’s New Game Feature
Ever since my daughter showed me the online features that are available to students on her school’s website, I have become a big fan of BrainPOP. After all, BrainPOP “creates animated, curriculum-based...
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New Math Game for Students: Digit Whiz
Thanks to EDsurge blog, I recently learned about Digit Whiz, a FREE math game website and iPad app. Co-founder Kasey Brown spent 19 years as a math teacher and intervention coach before launching this...
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Ready for the 2013 National STEM Video Game Challenge?
The Cooney Center and E-Line Media are preparing for the third year of the National STEM Video Game Challenge. This year’s competition is open to middle and high school youth, who are invited original...
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Using MineCraft with Elementary Math
I know my 2nd and 3rd grade daughters love playing MineCraft, the incredibly popular sandbox video game. As it is described in Wikipedia, “The creative and building aspects of Minecraft allow players...
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KnowRe Helps Differentiate Math Grades 6-12
This past weekend I had the pleasure and good fortune to join colleagues who presented at the annual ASCD conference in Houston. While I was there I also found some great new resources that we can all...
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Gaming in Social Studies
Attention all history teachers! Check out this great article from MindSHIFT about gaming in social studies.
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Microsoft Releases ‘Minecraft: Educator Edition’
For educator fans of Minecraft, the wait is over. After testing a beta version of the game in May, Microsoft released Minecraft: Education Edition on June 9 for educators to install and try for free...
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CSM Highlights: STEM, Graphic Novels & MineCraft
This week’s Common Sense Media blog had three great posts you may enjoy! A Place Where Minecraft Never Stops The best Minecraft videos for tweens on YouTube. Watch Graphic Novels Tweens Will Obsess...
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