I was just reviewing the gaming videos on TED Talks and found some jewels. These are videos by leaders in the field that included some observations that opened my eyes.The Game Layer on Real LifeSeth Priebatsch Seth talks about building a Game Layer on the world. The game layer is […]
ArmyofDarkness.com “What is gaming but an on-going assessment? ” These words by James Paul Gee in his Edutopia interview on Grading with Games caused me to take a moment’s notice. He’s right, you know. Gaming is a directional process where a player eyes an ultimate goal and then exhibits the […]
It FINALLY happened. An outside organization has finally spoken out to tell our elected officials in Washington that their infantile battling is leading our country into poverty. Yesterday Standard and Poor’s dropped the United States of America’s long-term rating from AAA to AA+. (Now our rating matches that of Belgium) […]
Michael Perry via WikipediaOnce again, TED comes through with a video that made me think about the future. This isn’t just any future, but it is the future brought to us by David Perry where he suggests that our perception and interaction with the world will be moderated or […]
Recently, the Learning Matters blog posted a 9-minute piece that they filmed about a school district in Mooresville, North Carolina that went “completely digital.” All of the students and teachers from grades 4 – 12 have laptops (over 5,000). This project began 3 years ago and the teachers are describing […]
On August 1, I began a 3-week class through Boise State University entitled 3D GameLab.This online experience is designed to provide an opportunity where an educator/learner can become involved in a game-based learning situation first-hand. It’s a personal journey through the gaming theory that is purveyed by Gee and Prensky. […]
I was honored to be interviewed by Wesley Fryer at the ISTE ’11 conference last week. Wesley did his typical outstanding job of covering presentations at the conference, but what was most impressive was his recording equipment which just included an iPad2, a $60 iRig mic. He recorded this interview, used iPad […]
Did you know that the US landed men on the moon in 6 missions flown over 41 months (July 20, 1969 – December 11, 1972.) In 1969 we landed on the moon in July and November. I must admit that I hadn’t realized that we sent rockets to the moon […]
flickr.com/vancouverfilmschool Looking for some innovative tools for creating your digital stories? Ozge Karaoglu has shared 19 Digital Storytelling Tools on the Tech & Learning Advisor blog. She shares a plethora of audio, picture and animation tools that include the familiar and the new and exciting (at least they are to me.) You […]
Just wanted to share with you the video of magician and performance artists, Simon Pierro, sharing the “beta version of iOS 5” on his iPad. While I don’t really think that the new iOS will have ALL of these capabilities (smirk), it is fun to see his ingenuity at work. […]