From digital learning to mobile learning to professional growth, Big Deal Media offers the best of the best web-based resources for K-12 educators. The October 16, 2017, newsletter offers resources that help students Solve Coding Puzzles, Create Oral Histories, Perform Shakespeare & More.
Here are a few of our favorite resources in this newsletter. Be sure to check out the full newsletter linked below:
Game Applying Constitutional Rights
Developed by Filament Games, That’s Your Right is a single or multiplayer digital card game that teaches students in middle school and high school about the first ten amendments of the US Constitution, known collectively as the Bill of Rights.
Intergenerational Oral Histories
The Great Thanksgiving Listen is a national movement that empowers high school students to create an oral history of the contemporary United States by recording an interview with an elder using the free StoryCorps app for iOS and Android.
Adventures Exploring Coding Concepts
SpriteBox Coding by LightBot is an adventure game for iOS and Android that gets students aged 6–8 coding. Students start from scratch by solving coding puzzles using icons.
Big Deal Book, October 16, 2017
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