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New Media Literacy .org | Projects | New Media Leveraged for Literacy - 1 views

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Deidre Witan on 11 Dec 12

The Daily Headhunt - an online game designed to help readers be more aware of the editorial choices made by online news sources

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The Register Editorial: Iowa should go slow on Internet schools | The Des Moines Regist... - 0 views

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Emerging Technology technology education learning t561 educational_technology online

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Maung Nyeu on 13 Feb 12

Iowa goes for full-time for-profit online school.

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New tech tools in classroom can be game changer - Opinion - MiamiHerald.com - 1 views

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technology education learning Emerging Technology online Khan Academy assessment standardized test

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Katherine Tarulli on 02 Oct 11

This is an editorial discussing how emerging technologies can help eliminate the need for annual standardized testing of students by tracking their progress constantly throughout the year through technology use. IPads, Khan Academy, data analysis, KIPP schools, the achievement gap, online courses and their innovations through emerging technologies are discussed.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is an editorial discussing how emerging technologies can help eliminate the need for annual standardized testing of students by tracking their progress constantly throughout the year through technology use. IPads, Khan Academy, data analysis, KIPP schools, the achievement gap, online courses and their innovations through emerging technologies are discussed.</div>

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Special Report: Learning in the Digital Age | Scientific American Reports - 2 views

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Diego Vallejos on 29 Sep 13

Special report on the ways technology is remaking every aspect of education-bringing top-notch courses to the world's poorest citizens and reshaping the way all students learn

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http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2013/09/08/classroom-technology-must-accessible-thos... - 1 views

Interesting editorial, it's pretty apparent that these learning apps we've been looking at are not accessible to blind students.

started by William Vitale on 16 Oct 13 no follow-up yet

Editorial - Accountability in Public Schools - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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Opinion: The First-Person Immersion Myth (Gamasutra) - 0 views

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games editorial immersion nerd

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- Chris Johnson on 05 Sep 09
  
  I tend to agree with the author, though I would be interested in seeing evidence to support his claims. I remember playing the classic horror survival game "Alone in the Dark" (from 1992) The graphics were fairly primitive by today's standards, the controls could be clunky, but I felt more immersed in the experience, even upon replaying years later. By contrast, I played through first-person shooter and survival horror game F.E.A.R. recently. The graphics are very realistic and the controls are smooth, but something was missing that kept it from being an immersive experience for me. People who haven't played the original "Alone in the Dark" may recognize more with games like "Resident Evil" in comparison with "Half Life".
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I tend to agree with the author, though I would be interested in seeing evidence to support his claims. I remember playing the classic horror survival game "Alone in the Dark" (from 1992) The graphics were fairly primitive by today's standards, the controls could be clunky, but I felt more immersed in the experience, even upon replaying years later. By contrast, I played through first-person shooter and survival horror game F.E.A.R. recently. The graphics are very realistic and the controls are smooth, but something was missing that kept it from being an immersive experience for me. People who haven't played the original "Alone in the Dark" may recognize more with games like "Resident Evil" in comparison with "Half Life".</div>
  
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saves developers from having to develop
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has a high learning curve for those who haven’t already experienced many first-person games
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The reason for that is likely that we are used to seeing games and movies play out before us in a third-person view.
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Having an avatar gives us a strong frame of reference,
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Are first-person games inherently more immersive? A lot of developers seem to presume that they are,
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most of us do is identify with the character
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the “silent hero” dilemma
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do a somewhat better job by at least allowing the player to make some dialog choices -- but still, the character isn’t you
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What makes a game immersive or otherwise is not the viewpoint
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because his world is so well-realized
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we’ve come to our own conclusion that first-person games are inherently intuitive and more immersive, simply by virtue of their camera position
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a couple people mailed me to say that they feel I have too closely tied character identification with immersion, and that’s not my intention
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Chris Johnson on 05 Sep 09

This is an opinion article that talks about immersion and the first-person camera angle in video games. He argues that game developers should re-evaluate the assumption that the first-person viewpoint is inherently more immersive than other gaming experiences.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is an opinion article that talks about immersion and the first-person camera angle in video games. He argues that game developers should re-evaluate the assumption that the first-person viewpoint is inherently more immersive than other gaming experiences.</div>

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Robert J. Samuelson commentary: Student motivation is at root of educational woe | The ... - 2 views

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"Reforms" have disappointed for two reasons. First, no one has yet discovered transformative changes in curriculum or pedagogy, especially for inner-city schools, that are "scalable"
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The larger cause of failure is almost unmentionable: shrunken student motivation.
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Eric Kattwinkel on 15 Sep 10

"Motivation is weak because more students don't like school, don't work hard and don't do well." Also see Tom Friedman in the NYTimes referring to this article and concluding that "right now the Hindus and Confucians have more Protestant ethics than we do, and as long as that is the case we'll be No. 11!"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Motivation is weak because more students don't like school, don't work hard and don't do well." Also see Tom Friedman in the NYTimes referring to this article and concluding that "right now the Hindus and Confucians have more Protestant ethics than we do, and as long as that is the case we'll be No. 11!"</div>

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Editorial - Twitter Tapping - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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social networking sites privacy law

shared by Ashley Lee on 14 Dec 09 - Cached

Ashley Lee on 14 Dec 09

privacy law needs an update in the post-Internet age--the government is monitoring social networking sites

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Technology breeds self-absorbed kids | Viewpoints, Outlook | Chron.com - Houston Chron... - 0 views

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Caroline Hendryx on 22 Nov 09

Neuroscience Professor decries technology for creating "egotistic" users.

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