simSchool, a game-like simulation that develops teaching skills, will be disseminated via an international network of colleges of education and be scaled to reach all future teachers in the U.S. The application dynamically simulates classroom learner behaviors, emulates teaching and learning activities, and has been shown to generate relevant benefits concerning mastery of deeper learning outcomes such as self-efficacy, critical thinking, complex problem solving, & collaboration. The … [Read more...]
simSchool September 2012 News
Dear Colleagues: Welcome back to a new school year for our Northern Hemisphere partners and mid-year for our Southern Hemisphere partners! In this update, we'd like to know your plans, share ours and document some of the big accomplishments of the past year. Be sure to respond to the simSchool 2012 Survey in this edition to update us on your status and plans. We want to keep you in mind and have you do the same! Your … [Read more...]
simSchool May 2012 News
Dear Colleagues: Summer is coming! and simSchool will be busy preparing to visit and help friends around the world. As you think about next year, I hope you'll include a simSchool Module in one or more of your courses and will step up your efforts to conduct research using the platform for data collection, analysis and reflection on teaching. This May news update has a summary of our 4th quarter of the EDUCAUSE Wave 1 activities (Jan-Mar 2012). Your data updates from work with … [Read more...]
simSchool earns Wave 1 grant from Next Generation Learning Challenges!
Westlake Village, Calif., May 24, 2011 – Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) has awarded a grant to the “simSchool modules Project” sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) in collaboration with CurveShift (simSchool) and Pragmatic Solutions, Inc. (Leverage) Key partners also include University of North Texas, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education and FableVision as well as Kean University and Marygrove College … [Read more...]