HGSET561

Augmented reality, For RLZ!

Interesting article about how some colleges are utilizing social media and the challenges it presents

Imagine being a little middle-school basketball player, and getting a real email message from SHAQ. Thats what social networks are doing to allow novice teachers the ability to receive their most pressing questions answered by masters in their field.

There are no Aliens attacking and the threat of anilation is actually quite real. This is the narrative and inquiry learning that Jungrau has loaded on their rental iPhones for park visitors. Think for it as a living museum fighting for life and YOU are the FBI agent...or chemist.

wow the audience by staging visual illusion

survey shows teachers want professional development on web 2 and social networking tools

"Governments and OEM partners in many emerging markets have canceled orders for Intel-promoted Classmate PCs, or have asked to suspend shipments, according to Taiwan-based component makers." Classmate PCs = Ultra-small, ultra-cheap laptops intended for use in classrooms of developing nations.

Good principles to spark your own thinking.

This blog posting actually references the book we are reading in class - Disrupting Class, and offers some views and an example on the disruptive technology concept.

Augmented reality (AR), which involves superimposing virtual objects and information on top of the real world, may be coming to a phone near you.

An article from TheApple.com about 5 ways to provide virtual field trips for students, including augmented reality and a class trip to the moon.

A highly amusing flash game for learning physics concepts. How might a teacher use this in class?

What age group would benefit most from this? What could the teacher do to make sure students learn about physics and not just learn how to manipulate the simulation?

I just played around with it a little bit, and I don't feel that I could use it effectively with grade 9th or grade 7th students that I was teaching last year. It is pretty much just a balancing game, but I don't think it can help learners understand any particular concepts like 'gravity' or the 'principle of moments'. For younger learners, like 6-year olds perhaps, it could help them develop an understanding of weights and balancing forces(?)... I don't know...

This is a flash game where the player manipulates variables related to a trebuchet to meet various challenges. It involves concepts of momentum, angle of release, gravity, wind, potential energy, etc.

Another fun physics game. Use a trebuchet to hit targets, demolish walls, or just go for distance.

Casual but good little piece about the sort of kids churned out by home-schooling.

Casual but good little piece about the sort of kids churned out by home-schooling.

Students get connected to real world science research through Web 2.0

Students get connected to real world science research through Web 2.0