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5 Things Game-Based Learning Is and 5 Things It Is Not

In an earlier post, I explored how social technology tools (such as Twitter, Wikis, etc.) can be used in educational Alternate Reality Games, designed to engage student learning.  In that post I explained that, “ARGs are interactive, networked narratives (dubbed storyscapes) that behave like complex scavenger hunts. They rely on existing real-world environments as their…

Modelling Inclusivity and Anti-Racism to Your Little Learners

Education, like parenting, is inherently political — whether in the lessons you choose to teach, or in the ones you omit (intentionally or otherwise). As parents are their child’s earliest teachers, it’s important to take stock of just what you are modelling to your little learners, and to question what messages about diversity, inclusion and…

Young learner sitting in front of a computer

The Top 6 Competencies Your Learners Will Need Most For a Complex Future

In a fast-changing, dynamic and hyper-connected world, what abilities will your learners need to have most? “For the past century, schooling has largely been contained within classroom and school walls, and students who graduate have acquired great skills in conforming to the learning expectations defined by others: doing what they have been instructed to do.…