October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
By Sarah Schutz (www.ChicksDigGames.com)
Videogames have long been notorious for creating vapid couch potatoes out of children and adults everywhere, luring them in with addictive pixilated gameplay. While educational gaming has existed for quite awhile in the form of computer games, it had yet to break into the realm of the evermore-popular console gaming (Xbox, Playstation [...]
October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
(This article was published previously on sixslides.com, and is the first in a series of articles on the subject posted there. My sixslides site also features daily research clippings and commentary, weekly video posts, and stories and commentary in our unique Six Slides format.)
Introduction
There has been significant buzz over the last few days about [...]
October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
Drexel Online Launches New Library and Information Science Concentrations to Increase Educational Career Options for Librarians
Drexel University Online, a pioneer in distance education, has increased its degree offerings with the addition of three new concentrations within the Master’s in Library and Information Science program: Competitive Intelligence and Knowledge Management, School Library Media, and Youth Services. [...]
October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
Freshmen go to school on drinking
Pennsylvania State University trustees passed a resolution requiring all incoming freshmen systemwide to take AlcoholEdu for College, an online education program about alcoholic beverages and their effects on the body. — GoErie.com, PA
Public Demand Prompts University of Minnesota to Make Online Class on Alcohol Use Available to All Parents
With tragic [...]
October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
California university teaches on campus in Second Life
San José State University has opened a campus in the virtual world of Second Life that spans 16 digital acres and was created to add a greater social experience to online education. By using avatar-based students and educators, teachers hope to improve the task of distance learning. — [...]
October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
More laws, collaboration required for online safety
Washington state’s attorney general is only half joking when he suggests that perhaps sites like Facebook and MySpace should require members to use a credit card to sign up for access as a way to prove their identity. “We need good age- and identity-verification technology so that it’s much [...]
October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
This public service campaign video was filmed at the CoSN (Consortium for School Networking) annual conference. The wisdom with which educational leaders like Alan November, Greg Whitby, and Stephen Heppell explicate the urgency of giving teachers the tools to connect with 21C learning and their students is poignant in this video. The massive task [...]
October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
Are flash based Learning Objects dead? They sure are expensive - since 2001 the Teaching & Learning Federation (TLF) has used “AUD$123 million ….. divided by 6300 curriculum items. That’s close to AUD$20,000 for each single (eg, Flash) TLF curriculum item,” observed Stephen Loosley (Member, Victorian Institute of Teaching) when he opened some excellent discussion [...]
October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
Technology now dominates every area of our lives and educators need to make sure they are prepared for its inclusion into our schools. This may mean making a break from traditional teaching methods; but there is no denying the inevitability of technology being thrust into curricula around the country. Many teachers may be [...]
October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
I’ve enjoyed browsing through Dan Roam’s The Back of the Napkin (Penguin, 2008). Dan makes the point convincingly that you can clarify a problem or sell an idea more effectively with a simple, hand-drawn picture than you can with a any number of words. And Dan demonstrates that you don’t have to be an artist, [...]
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