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Tracy Tan

21st century classrooms needed for the future (Jorgen Lindgren Hansen, China Daily[CN],... - 0 views

(Restricted access article, posted here.) The article talks about re-organizing classrooms and schedules in order to cater to the needs of the 21st century classroom. At a time when new technology...

china classroom configuration schedule

started by Tracy Tan on 27 Mar 12 no follow-up yet
Tracy Tan

History in Leeds, then maths in California; The internet has opened up a huge new world... - 0 views

(Restricted access article, so I'm posting it here.) I found what was said about 'engaging online learning experiences' very insightful: "It must be a well ordered, curated experience that underst...

online learning curating

started by Tracy Tan on 27 Mar 12 no follow-up yet
Stephanie Fitzgerald

GAMBIT: Do It Yourself Game Design - 1 views

gambit.mit.edu/...diy_prereg.php

video games do it yourself game design engagement

shared by Stephanie Fitzgerald on 11 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Stephanie Fitzgerald on 11 Apr 12
     
    Hear MIT GAMBIT Lab experts talk about engagement in practical terms--and get some hands-on experience designing a board or video game. The three-hour workshops are part of the Cambridge Science Festival; this event takes place on April 28 and requires a $5 preregistration. Though I'm sure EMF will be touched on one way or another in all of the workshops, I thought the Serious Games for Social Change workshop might be of particular interest to you all: "In this workshop, best practice examples of serious games for social change will be played, discussed and analyzed. Furthermore ideas and sketches for proto-types will be developed and ways of realizing them will be discussed! The workshop gives the participants hands-on experiences and insights into the potential and limits of video games designed for social change. No pre-experiences are needed!"
Tracy Tan

School apps go to the top of the class (Chris Griffith, The Australian [AU], 13/3) - 0 views

(Restricted access, article posted here) Some food for thought: if kids are 'learning in snippets of time', does this mean that deep learning is being compromised? Australian schools are getting...

school apps ipad

started by Tracy Tan on 27 Mar 12 no follow-up yet
Tracy Tan

Irish schools make switch to ebooks; Textbooks go hi-tech as students learn on iPads an... - 0 views

Access to the site is by subscription, so I am including the article here: T'S a sad day for doodlers. The dog-eared textbook is on its final chapter in Ireland as schools switch to ebooks. More t...

ipads proliferation

started by Tracy Tan on 29 Feb 12 no follow-up yet
Stephanie Fitzgerald

Learning to fly in persistent digital worlds: the case of Massively Multiplayer Online ... - 0 views

dl.acm.org/citation.cfm

learning motivation engagement games education

shared by Stephanie Fitzgerald on 04 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Stephanie Fitzgerald on 04 Mar 12
     
    This article discusses play in virtual worlds (focusing on World of Warcraft) with an emphasis both on the learning that takes place and the engagement. You'll have to log in with your Harvard ID to get the article, FYI. "Our observation showed that players are motivated by the game's scope, rules, and scenario to create and participate in virtual communities, and share their knowledge with others, while newcomers are encouraged to engage in collective actions, and develop their skill base. We also found that although current MMORPGs have not been designed as instructional tools, they provide an excellent fantasy environment for intrinsically motivating learning, where players can experience the elements of challenge, curiosity, and control [30]." "People engage in pervasive games that use the best of two worlds, the virtual and the physical, in order to offer to its players the sense of maximum enjoyment."
Xavier Rozas

Man uses Facebook for suicide note - 0 views

www.ktla.com/...icide-facebook,0,4751227.story

social media public engagement crime

shared by Xavier Rozas on 04 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Xavier Rozas on 04 Feb 10
     
    This SOB used Facebook to explain his reasons for taking his son's and his own life. Make no mistake this guy has some serious issues. Still, it is noteworthy that Facebook and other social media outlets (youtube, flickr) have been used by the public and authorities to intervene and prosecute people that broadcast their criminal actions and intent. Think about it, George Orwell's vision of the future had the authorities constantly policing and monitoring citezens, but this has not been the case. Instead, we the people, ourselves are the ones monitoring each other via ubiquitous content creation and social media sharing.
Jennifer Jocz

Destructoid - The convergent futures of music games and higher education - 0 views

www.destructoid.com/-higher-education-165382.phtml

games music motivation

shared by Jennifer Jocz on 11 Mar 10 - Cached
  • "So I don’t see games as having the power to completely change music purchasing, rather they will expand economic opportunities for music creators and fans in ways we’re just beginning to understand. Games are already expanding the variety of music people are exposed to and are therefore likely to want to purchase and own, as well as the places and circumstances under which this mutual reinforcement takes place."
  • The games have certainly increased the number of young people interested in pursuing musical activities in many ways; just ask any guitar instructor or owner of a musical instrument store.
  • "While there are now many studies showing links between gaming and learning -- for kids and adults -- to date there have not been many rigorous examinations of their relationship to music education, although there is plenty of anecdotal evidence of their mutual reinforcement. Remember that musical training isn’t solely about scales and correct finger placement; rhythm, song structure, key changes, lyrics, genre styles, etc. are all elements of a musical education, and playing along with songs on Rock Band absolutely aids in the development of the awareness of these elements."
  • Jennifer Jocz on 11 Mar 10
     
    Interesting article discussing music games, including how they can influence the types of music people listen to and whether they can affect interest in learning and appreciating music.
Tracy Tan

A teacher can be just one click away; Online tutoring is growing in popularity with par... - 0 views

(Restricted access only to subscribers, so I'm posting the article here. This is possibly the new face of tutoring,) When finding a local tutor to come in and help her daughter Mith with her Engli...

online tutoring

started by Tracy Tan on 27 Mar 12 no follow-up yet
Brandon Pousley

SimCity EDU for the Classroom - 0 views

www.instituteofplay.org/...from-simcity-in-your-classroom

edutainment video games simcity edu glasslab

shared by Brandon Pousley on 06 Feb 13 - No Cached
  • Brandon Pousley on 06 Feb 13
     
    This is a webinar chat that I sat in on today (A few questions I posed are featured in the Q&A at the end.) With the new SimCity release, they have also partnered with a company called GlassLab that has designed a teacher resource hub and also modified game that enables teachers to easily use the game in classrooms. There will be specific inquiry based challenges that allow students to interact in the game environment to investigate community issues (ranging from water shortages, power outages, labor disputes, earthquakes, budget concerns, etc.) and work with citizens and government to solve the issues. There is also an exciting multiplayer format where neighboring cities are controlled by other students and they must work together to solve problems. Glass Lab is partnering with EA Games, Gates Foundation, and ETS to build the teacher hub where educators can design and share best practices, lesson plans, etc. In addition, they will be doing a long term study to measure educational outcomes. It appears as though they are using this game as a pilot opportunity to build the framework for larger commercial game integration into the classroom.
Leslie Lieman

For Women to Think Mathematically, Colleges Should Think Creatively - Commentary - The ... - 2 views

chronicle.com/...131547

education STEM women engagement

shared by Leslie Lieman on 19 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Leslie Lieman on 19 Apr 12
     
    Also as a follow-up to our conversation on Monday. Although more women are in STEM careers, there is still a lag in those considered "hard sciences." Most people look at mathematics as the core difference, these authors look at creativity. "For instance, three factors that are widely accepted as being positively correlated with creativity are playfulness, curiosity, and willingness to take risks. Studies have found that boys and men are generally more playful than girls and women, and are more curious and more willing to take risks, which could help explain why men are more creatively productive than women in general, and in particular, in the hard sciences."
Stephanie Fitzgerald

Challenge and hindrance stress: relationships with exhaustion, motivation to learn, and... - 0 views

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/...15506867

challenge stress hindrance motivation learning

shared by Stephanie Fitzgerald on 25 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Stephanie Fitzgerald on 25 Mar 12
     
    This article talks about a study on the positive and negative effects of "challenge stress" and "hindrance stress" on motivation to learn and learning performance. I linked the citation here; to access the full text, I recommend using Harvard's E-Research site to search for the Journal of Applied Psychology and then getting to the article via the EBSCO link in the catalog record. (Or else find J Appl Psuchol through EBSCO and log in with Harvard LibX.)
Stephen Bresnick

Storyboard Podcast: The Curse of Cow Clicker | Magazine - 1 views

www.wired.com/...storyboard-cowclicker

shared by Stephen Bresnick on 26 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Stephen Bresnick on 26 Jan 12
     
    This is a really interesting article about the story of one of the most popular web-based games of last year. The interesting part is that the creator of the game designed it as a joke, trying to poke fun at other wildly popular games like Farmville. He made the game as simple as possible, compelled users to log in regularly to "Click a Cow," and had them earn points when other people clicked their cows. The message was supposed to be, "these types of games are manipulative in their tactics to keep people playing, and they are mindless and painfully stupid." However, his design stumbled on something that people really enjoy, and as a result, people didn't get that the game was meant to be a joke, and it became a huge hit. I think this shows that flow-inducing actitivities, or ones that keep the user engaged and provide quick feedback, are highly desirable for users.
Stephanie Fitzgerald

My Life as a Night Elf Priest: An Anthropological Account of World of Warcraft | digita... - 1 views

www.digitalculture.org/...my-life-as-a-night-elf-priest

world of warcraft game account anthropology

shared by Stephanie Fitzgerald on 05 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Stephanie Fitzgerald on 05 Feb 12
     
    Here is an ethnographer's in-depth look into World of Warcraft. From this site you can read the full book online, read an interview with the author, or listen to a podcast. The author "introduces us to her research strategy and the history, structure, and culture of Warcraft; argues for applying activity theory and theories of aesthetic experience to the study of gaming and play; and educates us on issues of gender, culture, and addiction as part of the play experience."
Katerina Manoff

School leavers given 'de-text' lessons to speak the language business needs; Social med... - 2 views

I've been reading a lot about this trend - I think it's equally prevalent in the US. I wonder how much of it is caused by our move away from school as preparation for career to school as a place fo...

social media text-speak sms language poor skills

started by Tracy Tan on 29 Feb 12 1 follow-up, last by Katerina Manoff on 03 Mar 12
Jennifer Jocz

Students to Help Teachers Better Use Tech - 2/1/2010 - School Library Journal - 0 views

www.schoollibraryjournal.com/...CA6717185.html

technology

shared by Jennifer Jocz on 03 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Microsoft and the Corporation for National and Community Service has launched a new initiative that empowers middle and high school students to help teachers and staff better integrate tech into schools.
  • Called START (Service & Technology Academic Resource Team), the program will combine five existing projects such as GenerationYES!, in which students help teachers come up with compelling assignments using technology, and MOUSE, where students act as tech support in schools, and bring them together under one umbrella.
  • the program is a unique way of incorporating science and technology into service, providing students with a way to give back to their school community and giving them a taste of actual work in that field.
  • Jennifer Jocz on 03 Feb 10
     
    A new program will allow students to help their teachers better integrate technology in the classroom. As mentioned in the article, this will help students develop technology and critical thinking skills along with communication and service learning.
Brie Rivera

Internet Search Challenge: My Dearest One (spam) - 0 views

internetsearchchallenge.blogspot.com/...my-dearest-one-spam.html

shared by Brie Rivera on 12 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Brie Rivera on 12 Apr 10
     
    Education blogger Carl Heine created Internet Search Challenge to demonstrate techniques for students (and teachers) to improve their search results and find credible information. His blog introduces new challenges, discusses scams and difficulties and how they may be overcome.
  • Brie Rivera on 12 Apr 10
     
    Education blogger Carl Heine created Internet Search Challenge to demonstrate techniques for students (and teachers) to improve their search results and find credible information. His blog introduces new challenges, discusses scams and difficulties and how they may be overcome.
Stephanie Fitzgerald

Study of the effective use of social software to support student learning and engagemen... - 3 views

www.jisc.ac.uk/...socialsoftware08.aspx

education research engagement social media

shared by Stephanie Fitzgerald on 11 Mar 12 - Cached
  • Stephanie Fitzgerald on 11 Mar 12
     
    Scroll down on this page to download the final report and case studies from a study that "examined the use of social software in the UK further and higher education sectors to collect evidence of the effective use of social software in enhancing student learning and engagement" (p. 9 of final report). For anyone considering boosting engagement through social media, this is a gold mine.
  • Leslie Lieman on 12 Mar 12
     
    Hi Stephanie - Thanks for this! I just wrote in my mid-semester assignment that I need to find research about engagement through crowd-sourcing and social media in education! I've downloaded the report and can tell that with sentences like, "The results highlight the different pedagogical roles of social software: communication, nurturing creativity and innovation, and collaborative learning," you've definitely found great resources. ~ Leslie
Xavier Rozas

Web is among world's 'destructive' technologies - 0 views

scitech.blogs.cnn.com/...-most-destructive-technologies

Internet innovation disruptive EMF

shared by Xavier Rozas on 01 Mar 10 - Cached
  • "Increasingly the Internet itself, given our reliance on it, is a source of destructive technology. I think we really have to worry about cyber terrorism and cyber crime increasingly. But there's obviously nuclear proliferation and bio-weapons and chemical weapons."
  • "I think it's had two diametrically opposed effects. One effect has been really good. It's created transformation and empowered people and allowed us to debunk bad ideas in a very ... decisive way. It's almost created a cognitive immune system for the planet."
  • He continued: "It's also empowered pranks and pseudoscience and bad information because every person on the Internet can sort of find the people like them and everyone can find an audience so there are certain forms of ignorance that would more or less be unthinkable without the Internet. Global jihad has been massively empowered by the Internet. Even things like the 911 truth conspiracy. That, to my mind, is an Internet phenomenon. No one would publish those books. This is something that is born of Web sites and Internet commentary."
  • Xavier Rozas on 01 Mar 10
     
    Distructive...? Disruptive, yes. Internet is still finding ways to upend business models and psycho-social norms.
Jerald Cole

36 Learning Principles from "What Video Games Have to Teach Us" - 4 views

mason.gmu.edu/...jamespaulgee2

Engagement Theory education teaching learning gaming Research

shared by Jerald Cole on 13 Mar 12 - Cached
  • Jerald Cole on 13 Mar 12
     
    "In his book, What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy, James Paul Gee derives a set of learning principles from his study of the complex, self-directed learning each game player undertakes as s/he encounters and masters a new game. He suggests that adherence to these principles could transform learning in schools, colleges and universities, both for teachers and faculty and, most importantly, for students."
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