An Educator's Guide to Using Minecraft® in the Classroom
An Educator's Guide to Using Minecraft® in the Classroom

Author: Colin Gallagher

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Published: 2014-10-08

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0133858022

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Learn how educators are using Minecraft® as a powerful instructional tool to engage students and teach subjects as varied as math and humanities. This book offers ten classroom projects from teachers using Minecraft® to teach math, science, languages, and more. Each project includes learning objectives, project organization and tasks, and ideas for reflection and assessments. You’ll also find detailed instructions for setting up and running a Minecraft® server in the classroom, both the regular and the popular MinecraftEdu versions. In this book, you’ll discover What Minecraft® is and why it’s such an engaging tool for the classroom. How to set up and administer servers that students use for their projects. What MinecraftEdu is, how to set up and manage it, and how to use its teacher controls. Techniques for using the game in special-education settings. Step-by-step instructions for printing 3D models of your classroom projects. Ways to use the game in a variety of different subject areas. You’ll find essential advice and captivating projects for using Minecraft® to enhance students’ learning experience from educators using Minecraft® in the Classroom: Shane Asselstine, Dan Bloom, André Chercka, Adam Clarke, Stephen Elford, Colin Gallagher, David Lee, John Miller, Eric Walker, and James York. Minecraft® is a trademark of Mojang Synergies/Notch Development AB. This book is not affiliated with or sponsored by Mojang Synergies/Notch Development AB.

Standards-Based Lesson Plans for the Busy Elementary School Librarian
Standards-Based Lesson Plans for the Busy Elementary School Librarian

Author: Joyce Keeling

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2017-04-17

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13:

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This helpful resource provides all-new tested, standard-based lessons accompanied by reproducible handouts and easy-to-follow directions. A new book by Joyce Keeling, an elementary librarian and teacher with more than two decades' experience, Standards-Based Lesson Plans for the Busy Elementary School Librarian presents many integrated lesson plans for students in each of the elementary grades, kindergarten through 5th grade. All lessons have been tested and refined in a school setting, and they are specifically written to match the AASL Information Literacy Standards, the McREL Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks, and the Common Core State Standards. In addition to the reproducible lesson plan worksheets, the book offers in-depth discussion of how best to collaborate to teach information literacy within the scope of common elementary school curricula.

Nelson Thornes Framework English Skills in Grammar and Style Teacher Guide
Nelson Thornes Framework English Skills in Grammar and Style Teacher Guide

Author: Geoff Reilly

Publisher: Nelson Thornes

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 0748777962

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Each double page spread in this title starts with explanatory text to help students complete the tasks which follow. There are three levels of activities: Focus tasks for the lower attainers, Investigation tasks to further challenge students, and Extension tasks for the more able students. Assessment can be monitored at regular intervals in check-up units in the Students' Book and in Assessment Copymasters in the Resource Book. "Nelson Thornes Framework English Skills in Grammar and Style" also comprises one Resource Book containing differentiated Copymasters for further practice in both skills. Hint boxes on the Copymasters help students understand the tasks. Teachers are supported through a Teacher's Guides. Each Students' Book double spread is reproduced at the start of the notes for each unit for easy reference. The Teacher's Guide also contains solutions to the Copymaster questions and a glossary of grammatical terms at the beginning of the book for easy reference.