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Gamification in Education The breakthrough happened after the student took the Bartle's Gamer Profile Quiz and we found out that he was a "killer." Off-the-charts killer, but achievement meant nothing to this student. Just like grades. Teacher and student accounts How to sign in and which account to choose - and what to do if you accidentally sign in as the wrong role Written by Dan Kemp Updated over a week ago When you first sign into Book Creator, make sure you choose the right type of account - student or teacher. About teacher accounts When you sign in as a teacher, you get full access to the app. That means, among other things: Twitter Secret Messages - Steganography Hide secret messages in your tweets (or any text) with steg-of-the-dump.js. Encode Warning: Not all of Hidden Message stored in tweet. Add more text (e.g. spaces) to Tweet, or reduce text in Hidden Message. Decode
Shapiro: Games Allow Teachers to Reshape What and How They Teach Temple University’s Jordan Shapiro recently took to Forbes to write, as he often does, about the intersection of high tech and higher learning. His point seemed fairly clear from the headline: “We Need More EdTech, But Less Technology In The Classroom.” Shapiro’s focus on how technology fits into one’s overall education actually raises important questions for teachers using (or not using) technology. As he wrote, “we need to learn to embrace edtech for what it strengthens and rise up with empathetic excellence where it falls short. 20+ resources for engaging game-based learning - Ditch That Textbook Our society thrives on games. They’re everywhere, from our social lives to our work lives to our school lives. People kill time on the bus, in a doctor’s waiting room and even in the bathroom (eww … but true!) playing games on their smartphones and tablets. The sports world is a force to be reckoned with, and it’s all focused on games. Billions of dollars are exchanged in various professional, semi-pro and amateur sports, from salaries to equipment to apparel.
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