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		<title>The Core of Gamification for Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 17:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Classroom Aid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gamification of Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gamification for education might be a new term emerged in recent years. It represents the teaching practices that learn from good games. But some great educators probably have implemented the same philosophy in their learning activity design. This week Kevin Miklasz published 2 articles around this topic worth your reading. In the first post, he grouped James Gee’s... <a href="http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/23/the-core-of-gamification-for-education/" class="read-more">Read More &#8250;</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=classroom-aid.com&#038;blog=34922246&#038;post=9367&#038;subd=classroomaid&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Virtual guides: A Hybrid Approach to Immersive Learning</title>
		<link>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/22/virtual-guides-a-hybrid-approach-to-immersive-learning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 17:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Classroom Aid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Game-Based Learning]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gamify learning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This paper demonstrates the interesting ideas and examples of using virtual guides in immersive learning environment. It was presented at GameTech 2012 along with Cynthia Calongne, D.CS of Colorado Technical University about Virtual Guides blending the need for information with feedback and progress checks as learners perform learning activities within virtual world simulations and serious games.... <a href="http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/22/virtual-guides-a-hybrid-approach-to-immersive-learning/" class="read-more">Read More &#8250;</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=classroom-aid.com&#038;blog=34922246&#038;post=9364&#038;subd=classroomaid&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Free Tool to Create Interactive Assignments and Track Learner Performance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Classroom Aid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Teaching with Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital classroom]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[flipped classroom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Knowmia has supported so many teachers flipping their classrooms, it&#8217;s especially popular in U.S. We&#8217;ve covered their free iPad App &#8211; Knowmia Teach (iTunes link), which can replace the paid App &#8211; Explain Everything. And it&#8217;s not just a video recording tool, it connects to a whole lot more support for teachers! In case you... <a href="http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/22/free-tool-to-create-interactive-assignments-and-track-learner-performance/" class="read-more">Read More &#8250;</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=classroom-aid.com&#038;blog=34922246&#038;post=9358&#038;subd=classroomaid&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Online/Mobile Course Design Process</title>
		<link>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/21/an-onlinemobile-course-design-process/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 20:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Classroom Aid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[instructional design]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This is the 4th article of a series  from dominKnow Knowledge Base.) Developing a good online course requires a considerable amount of planning. This is a development process that works very well when designing courses with Claro. You will notice that the course framework is put up in Claro as early as possible, even at the Storyboard... <a href="http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/21/an-onlinemobile-course-design-process/" class="read-more">Read More &#8250;</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=classroom-aid.com&#038;blog=34922246&#038;post=9353&#038;subd=classroomaid&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unlocking Open Educational Resources (#OERs) Interaction Data</title>
		<link>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/20/unlocking-open-educational-resources-oers-interaction-data/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Classroom Aid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Open Educational Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OER]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Open Educational Resources (OER) curated by Andreas Link is a &#8220;Scoop&#8221; of all things about OER and creating contents. From the scoop this is a valuable paper worth a read: Unlocking Open Educational Resources (OERs) Interaction Data Author : David Massart, Elena Shulman Abstract Each time a teacher or a learner interacts with an Open Educational Resource (OER),... <a href="http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/20/unlocking-open-educational-resources-oers-interaction-data/" class="read-more">Read More &#8250;</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=classroom-aid.com&#038;blog=34922246&#038;post=9345&#038;subd=classroomaid&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Learning Paths and #OER: Trends and Opportunities</title>
		<link>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/20/learning-paths-and-oer-trends-and-opportunities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Classroom Aid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Open Educational Resources]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learning paths and OER: trends and opportunities, licensed under a Creative Commons License URI : http://hdl.handle.net/1820/4861 Authors: Janssen, José Berlanga, Adriana Koper, Rob Abstract This article explains a set of tools developed in order to describe learning activities and learning paths transparently, so that it becomes easier to determine whether they are aligned with the desired learning objectives... <a href="http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/20/learning-paths-and-oer-trends-and-opportunities/" class="read-more">Read More &#8250;</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=classroom-aid.com&#038;blog=34922246&#038;post=9338&#038;subd=classroomaid&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Open Online K-12 Courses from Saylor Foundation</title>
		<link>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/19/open-online-k-12-courses-from-saylor-foundation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 22:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Classroom Aid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Open Educational Resources]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, May 15, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Saylor.org, the free education initiative of the Saylor Foundation, announced today the launch of its new K-12 program of open online courses. The academic courses are aligned to the Common Core State Standards and use open educational resources (OER) extensively, making the courses, as well as their contents, widely reusable by students, teachers, and... <a href="http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/19/open-online-k-12-courses-from-saylor-foundation/" class="read-more">Read More &#8250;</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=classroom-aid.com&#038;blog=34922246&#038;post=9333&#038;subd=classroomaid&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Free and Open Source Civilization Game in HTML5 Browser</title>
		<link>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/19/free-and-open-source-civilization-game-in-html5-browser/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 14:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Classroom Aid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Games for Learning]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gamify learning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freeciv is a Free and Open Source empire-building strategy game inspired by the history of human civilization. The game commences in prehistory and your mission is to lead your tribe from the Stone Age to the Space Age&#8230; Freeciv-web can be played online using a desktop computer, mobile phone or tablet. Freeciv-web has been optimized... <a href="http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/19/free-and-open-source-civilization-game-in-html5-browser/" class="read-more">Read More &#8250;</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=classroom-aid.com&#038;blog=34922246&#038;post=9324&#038;subd=classroomaid&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Buzz, badges and leader boards – just what is gamification anyway?</title>
		<link>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/18/buzz-badges-and-leader-boards-just-what-is-gamification-anyway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 17:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Classroom Aid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from The NFER blog: By Carlo Perrotta of Futurelab at NFER In my previous post I discussed the tension between innovation and formal schooling, and in our recent report we consciously kept to discussion of evidence relating to game-based learning in the context of formal schooling. However we did a lot of thinking about... <a href="http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/18/buzz-badges-and-leader-boards-just-what-is-gamification-anyway/" class="read-more">Read More &#8250;</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=classroom-aid.com&#038;blog=34922246&#038;post=9321&#038;subd=classroomaid&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gamify Your Class with Moodle (#Gamification)</title>
		<link>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/18/gamify-your-class-with-moodle-gamification/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 13:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Classroom Aid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gamification of Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gamification of education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gamify learning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some readers might wonder how well Learning Management System (LMS) could be integrated with gamifying mechanism after all the buzz about gamification. Moodleroom has explored why you might want to gamify your classroom, examples of gamification, and how to gamify with Moodle in this post : Best Practices: Gamify Your Class with Moodle. Activity completion and... <a href="http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/18/gamify-your-class-with-moodle-gamification/" class="read-more">Read More &#8250;</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=classroom-aid.com&#038;blog=34922246&#038;post=9315&#038;subd=classroomaid&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What to Consider When Publishing #OER</title>
		<link>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/17/what-to-consider-when-publishing-oer/</link>
		<comments>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/17/what-to-consider-when-publishing-oer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 18:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Classroom Aid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Open Educational Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OER]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open textbook]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For creating open content as a continually ongoing process of refinement, re-distribution, correction, modification, re-arrangement and reuse, better quality of the open content is the result of these possibilities. It&#8217;s important to make reuse easier. This requires authors to consider visibility and circulation of the published open educational resources(OER). In this presentation we highlight the... <a href="http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/17/what-to-consider-when-publishing-oer/" class="read-more">Read More &#8250;</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=classroom-aid.com&#038;blog=34922246&#038;post=9309&#038;subd=classroomaid&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Designing for the Accessibility of #OER</title>
		<link>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/16/designing-for-the-accessibility-of-oer/</link>
		<comments>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/16/designing-for-the-accessibility-of-oer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Classroom Aid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Open Educational Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accessibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OER]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open textbook]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Designing online courseware so that it&#8217;s accessible to all people is important. Accessible means usable by people who are blind or who have low vision, people with impaired mobility, people who are deaf or hard-of-hearning, people who are color-blind, people with a minimal command of the language, and people with a cognitive disability. Broadly speaking, different... <a href="http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/16/designing-for-the-accessibility-of-oer/" class="read-more">Read More &#8250;</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=classroom-aid.com&#038;blog=34922246&#038;post=9303&#038;subd=classroomaid&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Tour through Open Source Creative Tools</title>
		<link>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/16/a-tour-through-open-source-creative-tools/</link>
		<comments>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/16/a-tour-through-open-source-creative-tools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Classroom Aid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital storytelling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital tools]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Máirín Duffy (Red Hat), from OpenSource.com (licensed under CC BY-SA)  Image credits: Flickr user Leszek.Leszczynski Every tool in this talk is available via Fedora 17, the latest version of Fedora. Here&#8217;s a quick rundown of the tools represented in this talk. MyPaint and Krita are fantastic sketching apps that feature natural-feeling digital brushes. Darktable is a raw image processing... <a href="http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/16/a-tour-through-open-source-creative-tools/" class="read-more">Read More &#8250;</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=classroom-aid.com&#038;blog=34922246&#038;post=9262&#038;subd=classroomaid&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Create OER and Join to Grow The #OER Tree</title>
		<link>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/15/how-to-create-oer-and-join-to-grow-the-oer-tree/</link>
		<comments>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/15/how-to-create-oer-and-join-to-grow-the-oer-tree/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 16:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Classroom Aid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Open Educational Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OER]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open textbook]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Plan, research, curate, design, create, publish OER and share it out under an open license, so someone else can discover it, then start with the next step. Maybe it will be improved or expressed in different forms. Creating OER is the 9th lesson of our online PD course : Using Open Educational Resources To Create K-12... <a href="http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/15/how-to-create-oer-and-join-to-grow-the-oer-tree/" class="read-more">Read More &#8250;</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=classroom-aid.com&#038;blog=34922246&#038;post=9290&#038;subd=classroomaid&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Rubric for Gamification of Learning?</title>
		<link>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/15/a-rubric-for-gamification-of-learning/</link>
		<comments>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/15/a-rubric-for-gamification-of-learning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Classroom Aid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gamification of Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gamification of education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gamify learning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from Educational Innovator: Grace Windsheimer teaches Computer Applications Online at Columbia Gorge Community College in Oregon. Grace recently designed two new introductory computer applications courses in 3D GameLab, a quest-based learning platform that uses game mechanics likes quests, rewards, badges, and player cards to support personalized and mastery learning. Her school is a QM... <a href="http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/15/a-rubric-for-gamification-of-learning/" class="read-more">Read More &#8250;</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=classroom-aid.com&#038;blog=34922246&#038;post=9287&#038;subd=classroomaid&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Game-Based Learning (#GBL) and ADHD</title>
		<link>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/14/game-based-learning-gbl-and-adhd/</link>
		<comments>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/14/game-based-learning-gbl-and-adhd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Classroom Aid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Game-Based Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[game-based learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gamify learning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From paper : GAME-BASED LEARNING AND ADHD, by Safia Doumani, California State University San Marcos, Spring, 2013 It is a common story: The same child who cannot stay at his desk for more than fifteen minutes at a time is perfectly happy to spend six hours at home mastering his favorite video game. The real problem might not be... <a href="http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/14/game-based-learning-gbl-and-adhd/" class="read-more">Read More &#8250;</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=classroom-aid.com&#038;blog=34922246&#038;post=9278&#038;subd=classroomaid&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>School of Open offers free Wikipedia course</title>
		<link>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/13/school-of-open-offers-free-wikipedia-course/</link>
		<comments>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/13/school-of-open-offers-free-wikipedia-course/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 20:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Classroom Aid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Open Educational Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OER]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open textbook]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Posted by LiAnna Davis on May 10, 2013 Pete Forsyth, an early designer of the Wikipedia Education Program, is now teaching a free online course on Wikipedia and Open Educational Resources, along with Wikipedian and education researcher Sara Frank Bristow. The six-week course, “Writing Wikipedia Articles,” recently concluded its first run, and will be offered again starting 14 May... <a href="http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/13/school-of-open-offers-free-wikipedia-course/" class="read-more">Read More &#8250;</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=classroom-aid.com&#038;blog=34922246&#038;post=9264&#038;subd=classroomaid&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Guide to Free and Open Source Education (#OER)</title>
		<link>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/13/a-guide-to-free-and-open-source-education-oer/</link>
		<comments>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/13/a-guide-to-free-and-open-source-education-oer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 17:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Classroom Aid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Open Educational Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OER]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Carolyn Fox, from OpenSource.com Nearly every week, if not every day, there are more and more open source and open educational resources available and accessible to us. It&#8217;s impossible to ignore. It also seems impossible to keep pace with the sheer volume. Despite this, I will attempt here to give a comprehensive listing of many... <a href="http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/13/a-guide-to-free-and-open-source-education-oer/" class="read-more">Read More &#8250;</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=classroom-aid.com&#038;blog=34922246&#038;post=9258&#038;subd=classroomaid&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Always Write by Corbett Harrison</title>
		<link>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/13/always-write-by-corbett-harrison/</link>
		<comments>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/13/always-write-by-corbett-harrison/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Classroom Aid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from Tech Seeds: Always Write (http://corbettharrison.com/) has been a resource I have found inspiring for many years, and have frequently recommended to my fellow writing teachers. Students engage the lessons, and love the interactive pages within the site.  Teachers who are just starting out and writers' workshop pros will benefit.  It is connected to... <a href="http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/13/always-write-by-corbett-harrison/" class="read-more">Read More &#8250;</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=classroom-aid.com&#038;blog=34922246&#038;post=9255&#038;subd=classroomaid&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BrowserQuest Is A Massively-Multiplayer Adventure Game Written In HTML5</title>
		<link>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/13/browserquest-is-a-massively-multiplayer-adventure-game-written-in-html5/</link>
		<comments>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/13/browserquest-is-a-massively-multiplayer-adventure-game-written-in-html5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 16:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Classroom Aid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from TechCrunch: BrowserQuest, playable in a browser near you, is a proof of concept so ingenious that you'll wonder why they didn't just build a Zelda clone and be done with it. In short, the site is a multi-player RPG based entirely on HTML5 with no Flash to be found. The source code is... <a href="http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/13/browserquest-is-a-massively-multiplayer-adventure-game-written-in-html5/" class="read-more">Read More &#8250;</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=classroom-aid.com&#038;blog=34922246&#038;post=9271&#038;subd=classroomaid&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Short Introduction to MineCraft Pedagogy</title>
		<link>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/12/short-introduction-to-minecraft-pedagogy/</link>
		<comments>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/12/short-introduction-to-minecraft-pedagogy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 20:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Classroom Aid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Game-Based Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[game-based learning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Santeri Koivisto, Some thoughts about MinecraftEdu in a classroom About the author: Santeri Koivisto is one of the creators of MinecraftEdu. He mostly does the boring business stuff in the company, but he’s also a teacher in Finland and education enthusiast. His thoughts effect heavily on the way Minecraft and MinecraftEdu are being used in everyday... <a href="http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/12/short-introduction-to-minecraft-pedagogy/" class="read-more">Read More &#8250;</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=classroom-aid.com&#038;blog=34922246&#038;post=9248&#038;subd=classroomaid&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Play and Learn Weekly &#8211; May.12, 2012 (#GBL)</title>
		<link>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/12/play-and-learn-weekly-may-12-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 17:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Classroom Aid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s happening in the convergence of play and learn? (Game-Based Learning) News How 3 Social Good Platforms are Building Change Communities Thousands of changemakers gathered at the 92YTribeca on Wednesday for Mom+Social, a one-day gathering focused on motherhood and the role of social media, technology, and philanthropy to improve the health of moms and children everywhere.... <a href="http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/12/play-and-learn-weekly-may-12-2012/" class="read-more">Read More &#8250;</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=classroom-aid.com&#038;blog=34922246&#038;post=9186&#038;subd=classroomaid&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Crunch, Crunch, CrunchU: Course Registration Is Now Open </title>
		<link>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/11/crunch-crunch-crunchu-course-registration-is-now-open/</link>
		<comments>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/11/crunch-crunch-crunchu-course-registration-is-now-open/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 14:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Classroom Aid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from TechCrunch: That crunching sound you hear is software eating the world, and TechCrunch is always looking for ways to pull a chair up to the feast. For example, we have CrunchBase for startup data and CrunchBoard for jobs, and once upon a time there was  CrunchPad, too. Not everything works out, but today with... <a href="http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/11/crunch-crunch-crunchu-course-registration-is-now-open/" class="read-more">Read More &#8250;</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=classroom-aid.com&#038;blog=34922246&#038;post=9233&#038;subd=classroomaid&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Evaluating #OER and Quality Control for #OER as Textbooks</title>
		<link>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/10/evaluating-oer-and-quality-control-for-oer-as-textbooks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 17:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Classroom Aid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The OER report published in February 2007 by Atkins, Brown and Hammond (2007) at the request of the Hewlett Foundation shows the evolution of OER movement. By proposing Open Participatory Learning Infrastructure (OPLI), it envisions to nurture a culture of learning in which both intellectual capital (content) and human capital (talent) spiral upward, together. Continuous Improvement of OER... <a href="http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/10/evaluating-oer-and-quality-control-for-oer-as-textbooks/" class="read-more">Read More &#8250;</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=classroom-aid.com&#038;blog=34922246&#038;post=9225&#038;subd=classroomaid&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Planning Framework for #OER Implementation</title>
		<link>http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/09/planning-framework-for-oer-implementation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 17:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Classroom Aid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[from Achieve.org This document is intended as a guide for those state teams planning to implement Open Educational Resources (OER). The exercises included within it were completed by seven states as part of the OER Institute in November 2012. Based on the experiences of those states, the exercises have been adapted slightly and are included... <a href="http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/09/planning-framework-for-oer-implementation/" class="read-more">Read More &#8250;</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=classroom-aid.com&#038;blog=34922246&#038;post=9219&#038;subd=classroomaid&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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