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http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/09/how-to- Good article on game-based learning that can be done in classrooms o...
09/14/2013

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/09/how-to- Good article on game-based learning that can be done in classrooms or the learning commons: design-classroom-games-for-learning/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

Game-based learning has become synonymous with educational video games in some circles, but low-tech games have been used with great success in classrooms for a while. In fact, games that don’t require costly technology have a lot to offer the intrepid educator both as a learning tool and an educati...

This is a provocative article about the impact of digital games on learning. Of course we need a good list of the types ...
06/18/2013

This is a provocative article about the impact of digital games on learning. Of course we need a good list of the types of games, not just any gaming...but this research study is worth thinking about. http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/06/can-students-learn-better-with-digital-games/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

A new report released today reveals the results attempting to answer the question: do digital games and simulation help students studying science, technology, math, and engineering achieve better learning outcomes?

Here is an incredible experiment in a public school where kids are in charge of their own learning: http://www.youtube.c...
03/03/2013

Here is an incredible experiment in a public school where kids are in charge of their own learning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RElUmGI5gLc #!

The best small town in America experiments with self-directed learning at its public high school. A group of students gets to create their own school-within-...

Student driven learning is a fabulous way to build creativity and critical thinking plus a host of other useful work hab...
02/27/2013

Student driven learning is a fabulous way to build creativity and critical thinking plus a host of other useful work habits. This article gives some major hints and questions to think about: http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/02/can-student-driven-learning-happen-under-common-core/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

By Marsha Ratzel Teachers use different strategies to help students learn. With the inevitable arrival of the Common Core State Standards, however, the big u

It seems like arguing about factual knowledge vs. learning how to learn skills has been discussed forever. Here is anoth...
02/20/2013

It seems like arguing about factual knowledge vs. learning how to learn skills has been discussed forever. Here is another iteration. In the learning commons, the concentration should be on both, since learning how to learn skills are needed to boost content knowledge: http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2012/09/05/is-grit-enough/

Closing the Achievement Gap: Teaching Content

MOOCs are all the rage at the moment. We are interested in the idea of collaborative content as a part of learning comm...
02/19/2013

MOOCs are all the rage at the moment. We are interested in the idea of collaborative content as a part of learning commons learning experiences. It is wonderful for an instructor to discover this. Now to discover the embedded librarian in such courses...http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/warming-up-to-moocs/44022

[This is a guest post by Douglas H. Fisher, an associate professor of computer science and of computer engineering at Vanderbilt University.--]

I liked the phase< " the brain is a pattern making machine." So, you use that strength to understand and learn more deep...
02/19/2013

I liked the phase< " the brain is a pattern making machine." So, you use that strength to understand and learn more deeply. Here is a short article listing three ways of doing this: http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/02/why-confusion-can-be-a-good-thing/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29

We all know that confusion doesn't feel good. Because it seems like an obstacle to learning, we try to arrange educational experiences and training sessions s

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