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Holiday Reading: 6 Books That Will Transform Your Classroom – SULS042

Shake Up Learning

Hear from Lisa on episode 32 of The Shake Up Learning Show , where she shared ideas from her book, her amazing Doc Locker of free resources , and her FREE Fake Instagram Template. [12:03] The Hyperdoc Handbook by Lisa Highfill, Kelly Hilton, and Sarah Landis. [14:14] Shake Up Learning Spring Book Study. Hyperdocs.co.

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How to Use iBeacons in the Classroom – Guest Post from Courtney Pepe

EdTechTeacher

Paul has this to say about the use of iBeacons: “they have created a learning environment where the learning finds the students instead of the students having to find the learning.”. Performance Based Beacon Learning Task, photo used with permission of Jonathan Nadler @jnxyz.

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Leveling Up Language Learners’ 21st-Century Skills with Minecraft

Edsurge

How could a game featuring so little language drive this much language learning? In addition to the language generated by the students themselves in their projects, I found that a huge amount of English was being generated as students shared tips, accessed online guides and built a common understanding.

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How ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Primes Students for Interdisciplinary Learning, Including STEM

MindShift

With no coaxing from parents and teachers, players are motivated to research and access these resources to optimize their play, an inevitable boon to their numeracy skills. Carter observed many of her previously demoralized students become invested in math due to the game.

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