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It's had a great run, but two things players complain about. 1) Expensive compared to other free games 2) It's just not fun anymore

Coursera tapping into the K-12 space 

Dr. Kenneth Green, founding director of The Campus Computing Project, shares a keynote presentation at the Saylor Foundation's 2013 Digital Education Conference

Rethinking MOOCs

Thanks for sharing, Xiaodi! Here's a related story about Duke University's participation in online learning. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/01/education/duke-university-leaves-semester-online.html?ref=education&_r=0

Really good collection of educational games targeted at reading! 

Hi Maria! Thanks for this posting! It was really interesting to read. I totally agree--it's important to give our girls the same praises that we give our boys in the classroom so that they both feel empowered and capable. This is also an interesting site to check out--- http://www.forbes.com/sites/deniserestauri/2013/05/01/why-the-ripple-effect-for-change-starts-with-educating-girls/

I agree that some students may be more musically inclined but will integrating music into all aspects of the curriculum, as the article suggests, really help students learn?

Thanks for sharing Sandra. I think it depends on how well the teacher designs the activity. It also depends on how the music is used. For example, music in a game is really important, but it's in the background. So the player doesn't really pay attention to it, until it's turned off. I think music can really help us learn, but it depends on the context in which it's used.

Thanks for this link, Matthew, and for the comment on it, Sandra! I think that music is a great avenue for learning. From personal experience, I seem to study better and with more focus and future recollection when music is playing in the background. It would be great to see if music truly does have a connection with the acquisition and recollection of knowledge.

this is a great resource. thanks!!

Guidance for choosing technology for schools. 

Thanks for sharing this Malik. I was wondering about accessibility in the middle of the report. Then when I came to wearable technology and the list of products available, I realized that there's so much more we could do for students who have special physical needs.

A nice video presentation of practical strategies to engage students

Interesting article about games and values. In the middle, the author suggests that for game designers, it is important to get people who aren't like them to play the game. This would make for a more inclusive game.

This op-ed reminded me of the Warschauer and Matuchniak article and our 4/15 discussion of equity and access.

On Novemeber 27, Luke Crane asked why there are so few "lady game creators?" The hashtag #1Reasonwhy exploded on twitter. Now folks are tweeting en masse about gender injustices in the game industry. In this post from Forbes contributor Carol Pinchefsky, I learned that 88 percent of the game industry's employees [...]

This website offers numerous serious games that claim to offer serious training for various businesses.

Continuing the discussion of how to make online learning count towards actual degree credits, the ACE accreditation service I described yesterday provides colleges and universities the means to judge whether a course taken by one institution (or taken online) is equivalent to a course taken locally.