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Jeremy Bailenson from the Virtual Human Interaction Lab (Stanford) talks at the Berkman Center about how the use of avatars fundamentally alters communication styles both in virtual and real world settings. (Includes video and slides)

Cooney center survey digital games classroom

This is a brief summary of the Games for a Digital Age report released by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center (Sesame Workshop related) on the challenges facing Digital Educational Games market. I recommend linking through to the full report. I am curious to know what the class thinks of the recommendations the report makes. One thing they emphasize is situating games as supplementary material - do you think this is a good thing/bad thing?

Chronicle of Higher Education Q&A with researchers from Georgia Tech's Center for 21st Century Universities. Highlighted are many of the more recent technologies, as well as their effects on higher education's future.

Students at the Center Project Explores How Students Learn Best--Reports on Enhancing Literacy and on Math Instruction for Minorities also Released New educational technologies offer exciting ways to help teachers adapt classrooms to the interests, needs, and strengths of individual students, but they cannot replace the crucial creative and emotional work of teachers, according to a new research paper from the ambitious interdisciplinary project, Students at the Center: Teaching and Learning in the Era of the Common Core.

For those interested in Early Learning, here's a handy library of digital media resources curated by the Fred Rogers Center.

This article is a bit snarky but it raises some worthwhile cautions around the buzz of tech in education, particularly Apple.

It is amazing to me that Apple and technology can take center stage in the education conversation without a word of professional development, best practices, learning outcomes... As I have stated before, I/we are an Apple family... but I am worried about the prospect that Apple's role in the textbook industry will eliminate other platforms and in-turn will limit access to many.

This article describes how Stanford University Medical Center is using a web-based medical game called "Septris" to train its physicians on sepsis.

"Over the past 20 years educators have fought over the best way to teach numbers to kids. Advocates of traditional math tout the practice of algorithms and teacher-centered learning, whereas reform-math proponents focus on underlying concepts and student inquiry."

A chicago school based on the games-centered school in nyc

An insightful and engaging speaker. Covers a lot of relevant ground. Refers to Jeremy Bailenson, whose archived talk at the Berkman center is a good companion piece. Lanier: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9eFZpdSeRU Bailenson: http://tinyurl.com/altye53

Another study indicating that resident performance in laparoscopic and robotic surgery is improved through the use of video game systems like Wii. A side note: there is a Wii system in our departments simulation center and we are encouraged to play it while on call or during our education days.

A timely reminder for educators who are seeking to motivate students. I seem to recall the center of 'Flow' to be focused on happiness so if this excessive motivation to do well comes at the expense of one's health, then perhaps it's good to take some time to reflect on what the real benefit is. Thanks for sharing Kasthuri!

For those who are interested in the discussion of ethics, politics, citizenship, this seems to be a potential platform for more public engagement! 

Some very interesting deliberation on the meaning of the Khan phenomenon. I found some resonance with Prof. Dede's comments on the radio.

Based on a survey by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center

Three video case studies on teaching with games

Diedrich on grading.

Roger Travis, Professor of Classics uses games to teach Homeric epics. The 1:1 mapping he used for learning objectives and play objectives led him to coin the term "practomime" from "praxis and mimesis," that is, a doing and representing.

I really liked the building points toward a grade concept and the idea that people were more willing to compose in Latin.