gamifi-ED - Cockroaches vs. Algebra - 16 views
EdGamer Show - EdReach Shownotes Archive - 7 views
Leak: Government spies snooped in 'Warcraft,' other games - CNN.com - 0 views
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"Spies with surveillance agencies in the United States and United Kingdom may have spent time undercover as orcs and blood elves, infiltrating video games like "World of Warcraft" in a hunt for terrorists "hiding in plain sight" online." I find this very believable for this reason. I had a student in Teen Second life several years a go and he came across a "meeting" of sorts that was obviously something very strange. When he tried to interact with the players they had a way to throw him out and port him other places. It was obviously some sort of strange thing happening. I have no doubt that games are just another way to have "secret" meetings for those who want to hide. That said, it would be hard to tell the difference between those gaming and those doing other things as the games themselves have people plotting and planning so I'm thinking the language used would be hard to separate the real world from the game itself, which, in some ways makes it the perfect way to hide in plain sight.
Minecraft-1001 Uses for Minecraft in Schools » Virtually School - 0 views
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Don't let the title mislead you, but yes, there are many uses of Minecraft in schools.This versatile, compelling but pretty low bandwidth tool gives us so many things Second Life never did - and with minecraft.edu it is affordable for most of us. This list is trending on Twitter which just shows how many people are interested (or how many people don't read to know it isn't really 1001 ;-) You might just find one way to teach coding in your classroom for the Hour of Code coming up.
How To Make Your Own Educational Video Games - Edudemic - 6 views
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Many options for "making" video games (or simple animations) have emerged. In this short piece, Edudemic shares how one can use GameStar mechanic to make games along with a video. It is well worth a try although, depending on the type of game, Microsoft Kodu or Scratch may also work. There are also some very cool games with the Xbox Kinect SDK app that let you capture a person's body movements much like they do to create characters like Gollum in The Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit.
Alan Kay, Systems, and Textbooks « Theatrical Smoke - 2 views
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I discuss his key idea: that systemic thinking is a liberal art, and I explain a corollary idea, that textbooks suck
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if you don’t have a category for an idea, it’s very difficult to receive that idea
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the story of the last few hundred years is that we’ve quickly developed important ideas, which society needs to have to improve and perhaps even to continue to exist, and for which there are no pre-existing, genetically created categories. So there’s an idea-receiving capacity gap.
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Kodu and English - Resources - TES - 1 views
Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day… - Four Good Online Video Games - 11 views
Science Interrobang Missions - 9 views
The Imagination Age: GAMEFUL Challenge - 13 views
DimensionU - Educational Video Game Technology for the 21st Century Student - 15 views
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For parents who want fun things for their students to do over the summer that will help students learn more and move forward in math and literacy skills - this is a website to check out. "Students enter the tournament by going to www.DimensionU.com/SummerChallenge. Once registered (parental permission is required) they will compete in math- and literacy-based games for a chance to win gift cards and summer-related prizes like inline skates, inflatable pools, beach volleyball sets, or tents. Five lucky players will be randomly selected to win an iPod Nano each. New this year is a social networking component that encourages students to build online "learning communities" of friends, family, community members, or even teachers - basically anyone who wants to help support the child's academic efforts during the summer. Participants who earn the highest number of social network points in each tournament round will win prizes separate from those awarded for game play performance."
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Suggest this to parents.
The Education Arcade - 13 views
The Superstruct Game - 10 views
Teaching Tools: Using Online Simulations and Games | Edutopia - 17 views
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"Students who are passionate gamers can talk a blue streak about the virtual online worlds where they invest their free time and energy. Usually, of course, they get to play only when they're not at school. But why not bring gaming into the classroom? Could teachers tap that same passion to spark learning?"