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GAMING and VIRTUAL LEARNING

Gaming and virtual field trips/tours are offering innovative opportunities for the classroom - so seize your student's passion for gaming and get learning!
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Educator Stephen Ross demonstrates scratch as a programming tool for students to use in an activity. Programming Tools, Planet Earth, Planets, Classroom, Technology, Explore, Activities
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Educator Stephen Ross demonstrates scratch as a programming tool for students to use in an activity.
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An important lesson that educators can teach learners is that their choices matter, whether those are individual decisions or the solutions they support in their communities. To help students understand these crucial concepts, we’re excited to announce the all-new Radical Recycling lesson! This activity takes place in the Sustainability City world and gives students the chance to make their way through an epic Minecraft map as they explore recycling in a bustling urban setting. New Radicals, Urban Setting, Earth Day, Sustainability, Minecraft, Choices, Recycling, Students
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An important lesson that educators can teach learners is that their choices matter, whether those are individual decisions or the solutions they support in their communities. To help students understand these crucial concepts, we’re excited to announce the all-new Radical Recycling lesson! This activity takes place in the Sustainability City world and gives students the chance to make their way through an epic Minecraft map as they explore recycling in a bustling urban setting.
Pokémon Go it’s not. But from swirly success icons and live stats to a flashlight option, Andrew Chen explains what’s changed, and why. Last week, the Ministry of Health released a new version of the NZ Covid Tracer app. After a lot of public debate and discussion in recent months, they added some gamification features to the app. Firstly, the app will now keep track of the number of days that you’ve scanned a QR code or entered a manual entry within the last 14 days. Health Matters, Flashlight, Chen, Ministry, Meant To Be, Manual
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Pokémon Go it’s not. But from swirly success icons and live stats to a flashlight option, Andrew Chen explains what’s changed, and why. Last week, the Ministry of Health released a new version of the NZ Covid Tracer app. After a lot of public debate and discussion in recent months, they added some gamification features to the app. Firstly, the app will now keep track of the number of days that you’ve scanned a QR code or entered a manual entry within the last 14 days.
Kylie Jackson is the founder of a new game development company, the Ōtepoti Games Company based in Dunedin. Among other games projects the business is developing educational games for schools to use. Kylie wants to include te reo Māori educational games, and to incorporate co-design principles in the development process. Business student Devansh Patel worked with Kylie to investigate the concepts for her business. He conducted an online survey of school principals and teachers... Graphic Design Company, Graphic Design Trends, Co Design, Graphic Design Services, Design Agency, Game Development Company, School Games, Educational Games, Color Effect
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Kylie Jackson is the founder of a new game development company, the Ōtepoti Games Company based in Dunedin. Among other games projects the business is developing educational games for schools to use. Kylie wants to include te reo Māori educational games, and to incorporate co-design principles in the development process. Business student Devansh Patel worked with Kylie to investigate the concepts for her business. He conducted an online survey of school principals and teachers...
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A worker placement and dice drafting game built upon Gregor Mendel's work with genetics and pea plants. Raise Funds, Genetics, Age, Creative, Projects, Plants, Log Projects
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A worker placement and dice drafting game built upon Gregor Mendel's work with genetics and pea plants.
Create competitive quizzes etc to get the classroom fired up! Millions of teachers and students unleash the magic of learning with Kahoot! Create your own kahoot in minutes or choose from 30+ million read-to-play games, play live in class or share student-paced challenges, and dive into game reports to assess learning. Learn how Kahoot! works and get an overview of our free and premium features. Education Quotes For Teachers, Quotes For Students, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Fun Learning Games, Learning Tools, Learning Apps, Mobile Learning, Formative Assessment
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Create competitive quizzes etc to get the classroom fired up! Millions of teachers and students unleash the magic of learning with Kahoot! Create your own kahoot in minutes or choose from 30+ million read-to-play games, play live in class or share student-paced challenges, and dive into game reports to assess learning. Learn how Kahoot! works and get an overview of our free and premium features.
The Sustainable Development Goals are 17 priority goals that cover a number of important issues for the world, including: ending extreme poverty, ensuring all children receive a good education, achieving equal opportunities for all, and promoting better practices for consumption and production that will help make the planet cleaner and healthier. Sdgs Goals, Global Citizenship, Un Sustainable Development Goals, Board Game Design, Goal Board, Social Games, Teaching Kids, Board Games
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The Sustainable Development Goals are 17 priority goals that cover a number of important issues for the world, including: ending extreme poverty, ensuring all children receive a good education, achieving equal opportunities for all, and promoting better practices for consumption and production that will help make the planet cleaner and healthier.
Koikiwi.com has simple online games with ecological messages. The audience is from age 6 and upward. Free Games For Kids, Go Outdoors, Online Games, Ecology, Conservation
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Koikiwi.com has simple online games with ecological messages. The audience is from age 6 and upward.
Science-themed board games are an increasingly popular way to learn about everything from atom building to colonising space Scientific Journal, Evolutionary Biology, Arms Race, Creature Feature, Strategy Games, Best Games, The Guardian, Predator, Game Design
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Science-themed board games are an increasingly popular way to learn about everything from atom building to colonising space
How can gaming help air quality research? CURIOUS MINDS PROJECT Undergraduates are working with high schoolers to create exciting ways for school students to investigate the air they breathe, for a national study looking at air quality in schools. Technology And Society, Science And Technology, Schools, Breathe, Innovation
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How can gaming help air quality research? CURIOUS MINDS PROJECT Undergraduates are working with high schoolers to create exciting ways for school students to investigate the air they breathe, for a national study looking at air quality in schools.
QUESTA GAME Play the world's first mobile game that takes you outdoors to discover, map and ultimately help protect life on our planet. Your sightings contribute to real research and conservation. Free to play. Citizen Science, Mobile Game, Games To Play, Outdoors, Map
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QUESTA GAME Play the world's first mobile game that takes you outdoors to discover, map and ultimately help protect life on our planet. Your sightings contribute to real research and conservation. Free to play.
Connected Gaming What Making Video Games Can Teach Us about Learning and Literacy - BOOK By Yasmin B. Kafai and Quinn Burke Foreword by Constance Steinkuehler How making and sharing video games offer educational benefits for coding, collaboration, and creativity. Connect Games, Computational Thinking, Coding For Kids, Video Games For Kids, Student Learning, Life Skills, Literacy
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Connected Gaming What Making Video Games Can Teach Us about Learning and Literacy - BOOK By Yasmin B. Kafai and Quinn Burke Foreword by Constance Steinkuehler How making and sharing video games offer educational benefits for coding, collaboration, and creativity.
MINECRAFT Education edition - WEBINAR We deliberately started the webinar in a simple way assuming the viewer knew nothing about Minecraft:Education Edition and Anne walked through how to get started and also what resources were available to support educators and students to get started. In the second half of the webinar, Crispin and I demonstrated how the game can be played, from a basic maths lesson on fractions and decimals, through to using MakeCode.com to build a TNT cannon... Basic Math, Fractions, Math Lessons, Maths, Cannon, Simple Way
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MINECRAFT Education edition - WEBINAR We deliberately started the webinar in a simple way assuming the viewer knew nothing about Minecraft:Education Edition and Anne walked through how to get started and also what resources were available to support educators and students to get started. In the second half of the webinar, Crispin and I demonstrated how the game can be played, from a basic maths lesson on fractions and decimals, through to using MakeCode.com to build a TNT cannon...
“What’s in a game?”: The first Gameful Praxis card deck - TEACHER'S BLOG AND CARD PRINT OUT Almost a year ago the Gameful Praxis crew created our first prototype card deck called “What’s in a game?”. We’ve been using this deck in lots of our game design workshops, and we are happy to share it. Here’s the link to the downloadable pdf if you want to print out your own set! Card Deck, Deck Of Cards, Cards Against Humanity, Pdf
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“What’s in a game?”: The first Gameful Praxis card deck - TEACHER'S BLOG AND CARD PRINT OUT Almost a year ago the Gameful Praxis crew created our first prototype card deck called “What’s in a game?”. We’ve been using this deck in lots of our game design workshops, and we are happy to share it. Here’s the link to the downloadable pdf if you want to print out your own set!
Digital technologies for learning: Findings from the NZCER national survey of primary and intermediate schools 2016 | New Zealand Council for Educational Research Digital Technology, Education, School
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Digital technologies for learning: Findings from the NZCER national survey of primary and intermediate schools 2016 | New Zealand Council for Educational Research
Who are level designers? - ARTICLE. Everybody knows what doctors, journalists or engineers do. You could just come up with a definition and it’d pretty straightforward. But who are Level Designers? It appears that an attempt to define this profession might give you a headache. We present to you an incredibly detailed look at the world of Level Design in our new interview with Max Herngren. Overwatch, Game Art, Fair Grounds, Challenges, Presents, World
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Who are level designers? - ARTICLE. Everybody knows what doctors, journalists or engineers do. You could just come up with a definition and it’d pretty straightforward. But who are Level Designers? It appears that an attempt to define this profession might give you a headache. We present to you an incredibly detailed look at the world of Level Design in our new interview with Max Herngren.
‘People have no idea how big a deal it is’: the Australians pushing the gaming world forward - NEWS ARTICLE. Profiles a number of women working in this area. News Articles, Student, Culture, Number
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‘People have no idea how big a deal it is’: the Australians pushing the gaming world forward - NEWS ARTICLE. Profiles a number of women working in this area.
Gazing through the fog surrounding games and learning - NZCER BLOG Early Childhood Education, Shit Happens, Blog, Early Education
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Digital technologies for learning: Findings from the NZCER national survey of primary and intermediate schools 2016. This report looks at the role of digital technologies for learning in primary and intermediate schools. Professional Development
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Digital technologies for learning: Findings from the NZCER national survey of primary and intermediate schools 2016. This report looks at the role of digital technologies for learning in primary and intermediate schools.
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Virtual Excursions Ngā hāereere Mariko - EVENT Can’t make it to Te Papa? Book a personalised virtual tour with one of our educators. It’s the next best thing to being here. School Programs, Virtual Tour, Book
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Virtual Excursions Ngā hāereere Mariko - EVENT Can’t make it to Te Papa? Book a personalised virtual tour with one of our educators. It’s the next best thing to being here.