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3 Apps Disguised as Games to Help Bolster Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

Align it with a STEAM or STEM unit on architecture or coding. More on gamification of education: 3 Websites to Gamify Your Math Class. It’s a favorite with students who often choose Sim City or another in the series during their lunch or other free choice time. What’s this all mean. You won’t be sorry.

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Why VR and AR in the Classroom? How Do Students Help?

Scientix

The gamification of concepts can completely change the way a student learns, and the implementation of virtual reality in classrooms can allow students to see different concepts unfold with their own eyes. This use of AR can become a powerful learning tool for training professionals in the medical, architectural and other fields.

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Will AIs Take All Our Jobs and End Human History—or Not? Well, It’s Complicated…

Stephen Wolfram

For example, something that in the past needed “human persuasion” might be “automated” by something like gamification—but then more of it can be done, with new needs for design, analytics, management, etc. We’ve been talking about “jobs”. And that term immediately brings to mind wages, economics, etc. But will the result be “right”?

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Remembering the Improbable Life of Ed Fredkin (1934–2023) and His World of Ideas and Stories

Stephen Wolfram

He said that in the early 1960s John Cocke had stolen the idea of RISC architecture from his murdered friend Ben Gurley, though it had taken him two decades to get it taken seriously. But as usual, he was eager to tell stories, some of which I hadn’t heard before—mostly about things far in the past.

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Evaluating Learning Solutions for Student Success

Magic EdTech

Engagement – Does the software support interactive learning formats like simulations and gamification? Interoperability – Is the technological architecture built for interoperability – that is, does it allow for integration with multiple platforms and other apps in your learning environment? Says a Brookings article.

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