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After having run across with this virtual reality platform while reading through the last week's article, I have been exploring it to see how I can facilitate it in my workplace. It's kinda Second Life application which might cause you to become virtual reality life addicts. Highly catchy, highly recommended :)

and I think it has free trial demo for all of us.

Themes and topics of the conference: 1. ICT in Teaching and Learning 2. 3D, Virtual and Simulation-Based Learning 3. Playful and Game-Based Learning 4. Pedagogical Models in Educational Use of ICT's 5. Internet and Social Media in Everyday Life 6. Personal Learning Environments 7. Digital Media Literacies 8. Mobile Learning and Work

Thanks for sharing I would also like to invite you to the "1st International Instructional Technologies & Teacher Education Symposium" which will take place on June 26th - 28th 2013, Trabzon/ TURKEY http://ittes.org/ITTES_2013/

Matti,this looks like an interesting conference and directly related to the new media and pedagogies. Thanks for sharing.

This is a TUBITAK project which held by Ataturk University which aims to provide primary students' awareness to winter games.

I did not realize this before. Thanks for sharing Tuğba.

we all know that social media have huge effect on leaners life so it should be used in and out class activitiesand twitter is the most famous one that can be used in classes. this gives a lot of ways of twitter usage.

How to Use Anatomy 4D: To get started, print any of the images from the "Target Library" inside the app, accessible from the Main Menu. Once printed, place the image on any flat surface, scan the image with your device and watch your 4D Experience come to life.

And there is a video of how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLmMpHQQSRQ I never understand how that augmented reality apps can turn 2d paper to 3d but it looks very exciting :)

Part educational story and part game, the Elements 4D app offers a new, fun way to experience augmented reality and learn about real-life chemistry. Paired with either paper or wood blocks that are inscribed with the symbols of 36 elements from the periodic table, this app will instantly transform a simple, inanimate object into dynamic, dimensional, 4D representations of each element.

You can subscribe to the TPACK newsletter by using instructions explained in this site and also read the archive. The latest TPACK newsletter issue is #15 March 2013 and just posted to my email adress :)

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It is really interesting that 91% of the students admitted that they failed to complete the readings before the class, and %46 of them stated they would complete it if it was in the digital format. So, it seems that digital format is more appealing than thick,old,heavy books :)

Not much surprising results for me too. I have observed similar patterns in my undergraduate classes. We also need to discuss the quality of reading experience with technology. There is some research out there.

Yes, it is not a surprise result. Enhancements in technology and devices changed people's life in many ways. For example, children meet technology and its opportunities before they meet books.Before being literate, children can learn many thing by playing games on tablets and using internet. Actually, it is an easy and preferable way for reaching knowledge.

Avatars can be used by classroom teachers when designing digital stories or delivering content. Avatars can represent a tour guide explaining travels along the Silk Road, or represent real life characters like Mark Twain giving a lecture on his home or Einstein introducing the solar system.

When I was undergrad, I have tried Second Life for one of my courses. This reminded me of those old days. Thanks Sibel!

Here you can find really good advices to stay safe in your social networking connections. The advice for being prepared to answer questions about your social networking page or other social account in job interviews is a good one that I didn't realize before.

An infographic on technology AND education. This infographic compares 2002 and 2012 in internet usage. Quantitative (the what) and qualitative (the how and why) perpectives.

I love how it shows the most searched items. You can clearly see what the trends were back then.

Seeing the enormous increase in the number of people using Facebook (from 3 to 900 million users), time spent on the Internet (46 minutes to 4 hours) made me think back about Punya Mishra's (at SITE Keynote) comment on making learning process a part of student's daily life. e.g. a class discussion or course content carried out on Facebook which can increase student participation. Inserting education to top trend websites or applications might be a useful idea to reflect upon.

A cheatsheet of edtech concepts and trends from sms to byod for EdTech beginners.

Yasin, my contention is that you cannot motivate anyone "to read, research, be self-directed, explore" id they do not wish to be motivated in the first place. It is virtually impossible. What we can do is to serve as a model to them by depicturing what they can achieve provided that they possess these skills. I totally agree with you that the amount of generation gap between us and those who are only five to ten years younger is paramount, but I am pretty sure they'll find their own way as they grow up. Or, most of them will have to if they are to lead a good life because the skills you mentioned are now regarded as survival skills.

Yasin and Hakan, I agree with both of you. I also think that first we need to acknowledge our students are different. I may even call them humans 2.0 :) and yes their attention span is rather short and is getting shorter, and so is ours. I, as a teacher, suffer from it and have my own strategies. Maybe we can help students in that, too. Also, I really don't think they don't want to "read, research, be self-directed, explore". When something enters into their "radar", they can turn into autonomous and motivated researchers! I know that I am pointing out to the obvious, but we need te revise what we teach and how we teach. As also stated in the Horizon Report 2016: " In order to remain motivated, students need to be able to make clear connections between the curriculum and the real world, and how the new knowledge and skills will impact them."