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Some information may be missing or may be wrong, spelling and grammar may have to be improved, use your judgment! 1 Introduction Serious games induce some kind of affective or motor learning (understood in very broad sense) at any level. Is Your Lesson a Grecian Urn? How a high school librarian turned turn "uncool" database lessons into a fun, challenging, and competitive game. (SLJ) Gamifying Instruction: Breakouts and Badges!
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It’s a good time to resolve to read and, perhaps, to resolve to change things up a bit. The new year may be the perfect time to invite your kids to read a little differently–to suggest they build personal challenges based on their own passions, as well as an array of prompts or intriguing options you might imagine together. Challenge inspirations I was recently inspired by Laura Sackton’s Book Riot post: 50 DIY Reading Challenges to Make 2018 the Best Year of Your Reading Life, as well as Emma Nichols’ collection of 2018 Bookish Resolutions, Both are chock full of clever ways to rid anyone of a reading rut.
Both lists reach well beyond the typical genre challenge. Here’s a taste of Laura Sackton’s first five ideas: 1. BookRiot also gathers a wealth of #Must-Read lists, many would work well for high school. A Pinterest search reveals hundreds of possible reading challenges graphically. Resources — Breakout EDU. Information Fallout. 30 Immersive Storytelling platforms, apps, resources & tools. The following list was compiled by an amazing group of storytellers from around the world.
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Each semester I ask my Search and the Information Landscape sections to reflect on their learning by thinking about it figuratively and metaphorically, visualizing the landscape and their place in it.
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