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#NTCONISU 2019

NEW TEACHER CONFERENCE AT ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY

Presentations for the day by Andy Goveia and Zack Gilbert

We Learn Best Through Play (Zack)

Standards based grading: bringing it to your classroom (Andy and Zack)

Relax and have fun: integrating instructional technology for “new” teachers (Andy and Zack)

Andy Goveia – @Mr_Goveia

Zack Gilbert – @EdGamer

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The Connection Between Buffalo, Gaming, and Standardized Testing

When will someone recognize the importance of interactive gaming within our schools?  When will the “Paradigm Shift” come, as Sir Ken Robinson has been proclaiming? When will we move away from standardized tests and focus on divergent thinking, which can occur in games and simulations?This reminds me of a trip…..
In the summer of 2005 I took a trip to Canada and I was introduced to the term “buffalo jump.”  This is where the indigenous people of Alberta scared the buffalo off a cliff in order to get the resources the buffalo provided.  
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