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  1. Jan 2020
    1. What do teachers believe their students are learning

      Even in college I used mobile games to help quiz myself on the countries of the world and it really helped me study. It made studying more fun for me.

    2. in-service teachers rely on colleagues and mentors most for professional learn-ing

      It is hard to be the one that breaks away from the normal way of doing things. I know I take a lot of my ideas from discussions had with peers and their experiences.

    3. 80% of digital game-using teachers wish it were easier to find curriculum-aligned games, and just 39% believe that a sufficient variety of such games even exis

      It is hard to find a game that can be both entertaining and factually correct. I teach science, so a lot of games like to expand on the truth to make concepts seem a little more interesting.

    4. Younger teachers and those who play digital games frequently let their students play more often,

      As a young teacher and a videogamer I can agree with this statement. I wish there were more games that applied to my content but I love using systems like Kahoot to try and make my class more fun.

    1. comfortablewithimprovisation

      I see the thought here, it would be difficult to improvise your lessons to an off based idea if you haven't been teaching for a long time.

    2. gamingisrelatedtoaggressionorantisocialbehavior

      Couldn't agree more. My hobby of play videogames has brought me closer to friends that I would not normally be able to talk to due to distance. We are able to connect via online chat (xbox live) and be social while playing a video game.

    3. Amobilephone,forinstance,mayhelpparentssupervisechildrenfromafar

      I am very glad students are able to reach their parents.. but the grand majority of the time the phone is being used for distraction by the student and not used for a method of communication to their parents.

    4. thereisananswertoeveryquestion,asolutiontoeveryproblem

      Very interesting point here. I have found this in my own classroom.. Students seem to struggle when posed with a subjective question and have a hard time answering it for themselves. Especially in my science classroom where there is often a right and wrong answer.