Education writer Greg Toppo and Vicki Phillips hosted a Twitter chat on what makes a digital game good (or bad), what teachers have learned from bringing digital games into their classrooms and what game designers can learn from teachers’ experiences.
Highlights and favorite tools from the chat are curated below.
Toolkit
Developing a Sense of Scale
This Professional Learning Module provides guidelines for implementing the Shell Center’s Formative Assessment Lesson, Developing a Sense of Scale. Educators can use this information to better understand how to apply the lesson, which is compatible with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), to their own instruction.
Aug 12, 2017
The Common Assignment Study (CAS) was designed to help teachers in participating districts and states align around the new college- and career-ready standards. This brief discusses the ways in which CAS unit and elements may be well-suited to contribute to teacher effectiveness determinations.
Aug 12, 2017
Toolkit
Geometry Course Outline
The geometry course outline provides guidelines for implementing several of the Shell Center’s Formative Assessment Lessons. Educators can use this information to better understand how to apply the lessons, which are compatible with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), to their own instruction.
Aug 12, 2017