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8th Grade Science teacher, guest blogger, and superstar BrainPOP Educator Rachael Tarshes joined the BrainPOP team in San Diego to share her strategies for game-based learning at the ISTE Playground.  As a follow-up to her earlier blog post, below she shares her reflection on her experience at the conference. ISTE was a whirlwind 3 days of tips, tricks, ideas, and collaborating with teachers and students that words cannot easily describe. In all, I am so glad that I had the opportunity to bring my students to the ISTE Playground to talk about the work that we did in our class!  I knew that the experience of gaming in the classroom would be beneficial to my students despite the short time we had to work on it and my resolve to incorporate more games into my instruction next year was solidified by listening to my students tell other professional educators about their experiences.  Hearing one student describe the forces and motion principles involved in her favorite game, Coaster Creator, over 6 months after we learned them in the classroom was amazing! When we started this project, most of my students thought that gaming would be a huge distraction but in the… Read the Rest»

If you missed the ISTE 2012 proposal deadline and still want to present, you’re in luck!  ISTE has announced that they will be holding two hour-long, Ignite sessions at the 2012 conference in San Diego, CA. What is an Ignite session?  Presenters are given five minutes and 20 slides in which to share about a topic.  Each slide is displayed for 15 seconds while the speakers give their info-packed presentation.  Since the first Ignite session took place in Seattle in 2006, the popularity of this presentation format has spread around the world. For this year’s ISTE conference, the Ignite sessions will be centered around the theme of “expanding horizons for learners.”  You’re invited to submit an application that talks about your classroom experiences, professional practices, or even some of the interactive and engaging tools you use with your students (BrainPOP anyone?).  The presentations will be held Monday, June 25 and Tuesday, June 26, with 10 presenters per session.  The deadline for submission of ideas is May 15th, so go ahead and share what ignites your passion for education!