2/24/2023 0 Comments Edu words with friends![]() He has consulted on game and curriculum design with Leapfrog, Common Sense Media, McGraw Hill, and Words With Friends EDU. Jeff Brain has twenty-five years teaching experience and currently teaches multimedia, art, and integrated projects at Del Mar Middle School in Tiburon, California. This webinar is designed for teachers, librarians, and ELA specialists, especially in grades 4 – 8. You’ll walk away ready to get started in your own classroom – and to bring the word nerd out in each of your students. He shared a few key lesson plans and how he’s used them to maximize students’ learning as they play. Jeff provided a deep dive into getting started in the game and using the teacher tools to track students’ progress. Jeff Brain, a teacher who’s been involved in every stage of the game’s development, showed how he integrates Words With Friends EDU into his curriculum to help his students learn academic vocabulary. ![]() Results show that students increase their use of academic words after playing just 6 games. For teachers, there’s a new suite of tools that track what students are learning as they play. Words With Friends EDU builds on the gameplay of Words With Friends, with new educational features to help students learn high value academic words – words that are used frequently in required reading, textbooks, and assessments. Interested in using games as a learning tool in your classroom? Looking for new ways to engage your students in language? In this webinar, educator Jeff Brain and Words With Friends EDU’s Abby Speight demonstrated how Words With Friends EDU – the new, free, educational version of Words With Friends – can help! If you view the recording and would like a CE certificate, join the Game-Based Learning community and go to the Webinar Archives folder to take the CE quiz. If you attended the live session, you’ll be emailed a CE certificate within 24 hours of the webinar. ![]() Presented by Jeff Brain, Teacher, Del Mar Middle School with Abby Speight, Director of Product, Words With Friends EDU ![]()
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