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Soomi Hong

Start-up hopes to bridge real, virtual worlds | Deep Tech - CNET News - 0 views

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virtual worlds

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  • Soomi Hong on 26 Mar 10
     
    A start-up trying to bring some real world flavor to virtual worlds on the net plans to publicly launch an online real m it calls Project X now.
Soomi Hong

A virtual farm turns new ground for game developers | Reuters - 0 views

www.reuters.com/...idUSTRE62O1NB20100325

virtual farm

shared by Soomi Hong on 26 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Soomi Hong on 26 Mar 10
     
    A virtual farm attracting up to 83 million aspiring farmers monthly has a video game developers scrambling to find ways to plough the booming popularity of games on the social networks.
Kelsey Voigt

Dollars and Sense: Kids, Credit, and Kwedit - 0 views

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technology money games adolescents credit

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  • Kelsey Voigt on 27 Mar 10
     
    Kwedit, an online lending site, lets teens sign a virtual "play now, pay later" contract in exchange for real-world currency for virtual games. Is this model really valuable for teaching credit responsibility, or does it take advantage of the draw of virtual games to make a profit...or both?
Brie Rivera

Video Games For The Visually Impaired -- Electrical And Computer Engineers Develop Comp... - 0 views

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visually_imparied_games

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  • Brie Rivera on 27 Mar 10
     
    "Everything that happens in the game has two components -- the visual component where you can see what's going on, and then there is the audio component where you can also hear what's going on"
Brie Rivera

Playing 'Pong' with the blink of an eye - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...100326101113.htm

eye_movement games

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  • Brie Rivera on 27 Mar 10
     
    a computer game that is operated by eye movements
Brie Rivera

Virtual Reality Field Trips -- Psychologists, Human-Factors Engineers Design Computer-G... - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...irtual_reality_field_trips.htm

VR_field_trips

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  • Brie Rivera on 27 Mar 10
     
    Virtual reality field trips!
Parisa Rouhani

Facebook plans to add 'place' feature - CNN.com - 0 views

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privacy facebook location

shared by Parisa Rouhani on 28 Mar 10 - Cached
  • When a person checks in to a certain spot, his or her friends are alerted about their whereabouts.
  • the massive social networking site will make changes "sometime soon" to the policies that govern how it works.
  • "We may collect information about you from other Facebook users, such as when a friend tags you in a photo, video, or place, provides friend details, or indicates a relationship with you."
Kellie Demmler

GDC: Sid Meier's Lessons On Gamer Psychology | Situated Research - Blog - 0 views

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gaming psychology Sid Meier

shared by Kellie Demmler on 01 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Kellie Demmler on 01 Apr 10
     
    Discusses game design and using the gamers' imaginations to your advantage.
Aradhana Mudambi

STEM Review Suggests Small Measures To Close Gender Gap -- THE Journal - 0 views

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motivation math science

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  • Aradhana Mudambi on 01 Apr 10
     
    Those of you working on TESLA may be interested in this article! (Or anybody interested in the gender gap in students following STEM careers.
Parisa Rouhani

iPad Already Changing the Way Web Sites Are Built - Yahoo! News - 0 views

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ipad site design

shared by Parisa Rouhani on 01 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Several major companies have already developed iPad-ready Web sites which will run alongside their current Flash-based sites for computer users. The New York Times will have an iPad version of its site.
  • changing the layout of their content to better fit the iPad's screen
  • There has been a push to convert to HTML5 for a couple years and for several reasons, less Flash dependence being one of them
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  • HTML5 will make it possible for many other devices, most notably the iPhone and other smartphones, to view full Web pages without Flash. That would eliminate the need for many companies to maintain separate sites for mobile devices.
Parisa Rouhani

12 Little-Known iPad Features - 0 views

www.technewsdaily.com/nown-ipad-features-100330-0371

ipad

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  • The "iTunes U" area of the store offers courses and instructional materials from universities and colleges around the world.
Aradhana Mudambi

Purdue U and PBS TeacherLine Team on STEM Training for Educators -- THE Journal - 0 views

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STEM professional development

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  • Aradhana Mudambi on 01 Apr 10
     
    Here's some more stuff on technology and STEM, but as it pertains to professional development. The question is how does this program motivate teachers other than the extrinsic reward of professional development points???
Uly Lalunio

Well-drawn, believable characters are now crucial to modern video games. - 0 views

www.telegraph.co.uk/...All-action-heroes.html

Video Games Games Engagement

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  • Uly Lalunio on 04 Apr 10
     
    "Heroes have always been the driving force behind video games, of course, with the industry producing such cultural icons as Mario and Lara Croft. However, as video game technology and storytelling have become more sophisticated, developers are embellishing their games with deeper characterisation than ever before. "
Kellie Demmler

Gameration 2: Implementing Games and Simulations within a Generational Context | LEEF Blog - 0 views

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generation x games simulations design

shared by Kellie Demmler on 05 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Kellie Demmler on 05 Apr 10
     
    Interesting blog on Generation x and designing gaming/simulations
Chris Dede

Realityworks Teaches Business Ed with Online Simulation Games -- THE Journal - 0 views

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online simulation game business ed realityworks

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  • Chris Dede on 05 Apr 10
     
    business education for high school students via online simulation games
Uche Amaechi

FT.com / UK - A fight over freedom at Apple's core - 0 views

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creativity motivation T545 technology

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  • Uche Amaechi on 08 Apr 10
     
    Zittrain on Apple's war against creativity
Ashley Lee

Upcoming NASA MMO Game: Astronaut: Moon, Mars, and Beyond - Roddenberry.com - Roddenber... - 0 views

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  • Ashley Lee on 09 Apr 10
     
    More info on NASA MMO game. Includes information on developers.
Ashley Lee

NASA MMO Demo Planned for Early 2010 - 0 views

www.1up.com/...newsStory

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  • Ashley Lee on 09 Apr 10
     
    "The MMO will also be designed to promote "science, technology, engineering, and mathematics learning," and NASA intends to allow it to actually offer course accreditation to players. "
Ashley Lee

Family Math In A Minute Story - 0 views

familymath.stanford.edu/mathinaminute.html

shared by Ashley Lee on 11 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Ashley Lee on 11 Apr 10
     
    a research project collecting short stories about how people experience mathematics in everyday life
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