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10 Ridiculous Gaming Norms That Make No Sense In Real Life - 1 views

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  • zachc-pphs on 09 Mar 13
     
    Games and Real life
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6 Ways It Could Change Our Daily Lives - 1 views

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  • In the realm of new technologies, near field communication (NFC) is not a new or sexy concept, but it does have clear potential and practical uses.
  • Unlike many other wireless technologies, NFC has a short range of about 1.5 inches. This makes it a good choice for secure transactions, such as contactless credit card payments. MasterCard and Visa are both members of the NFC Forum, and both companies have been involved in pilot programs that use NFC-enabled phones as a flash payment option. Phones could “tap and go” using infrastructure already in place for credit card systems such as MasterCard’s PayPass program or Visa’s payWave.
  • “digital wallet”
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  • smart cards and readers, meaning it could easily be integrated into the public transit payment systems in cities that already use a smart card swipe
  • For another project, infotags were installed in schools. Students could get their individual daily schedule, announcements, and information about homework by waving their phones past the tags. A trial held in one pub allowed customers to tap cards with their NFC-enabled phones for more information about products
  • The company applied more than 250 NFC-tag stickers at various locations in Berlin that users would swipe their phones past in order to alert their friends that they were “checked in” at that location.
  • Mary Westbrook on 13 Mar 12
     
    near field communication with contactless payments and infotags
  • Sarah Bandy on 16 Mar 12
     
    This website talks about how this is used in our daily life. I think that there are a lot of good examples on how this is used in our daily life such as; info tags, smart objects, and contactless payments. This is very handy for many different kinds of job and it even works in the school systems.
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Building Collaboration - Article - Publications - Stronger Families Learning Exchange -... - 0 views

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  • Chris Evans on 04 Apr 12
     
    This article on collaboration describes what the term is, and then uses different real life examples on how it is used in every day life.
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"How 3D printing changed my life" - Salon.com - 0 views

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  • Julia McAloon on 21 Mar 13
     
    A personal account of how 3-D printing heled one mans life.
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Integrating a Tablet Computer in your Life - 0 views

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  • tonyv-pphs on 06 Mar 13
     
    This describes how tablet computers can be used or what type of table PC can be your best fit.
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Learning Analytics: How Data Provides Direction | PropertyCasualty360 - 0 views

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  • RachelA SVHS on 20 Mar 13
     
    This article provides a great overview of what learning and analytics is and how it applies to everyday life. It provides a great example of a car not functioning and how learning and analytics could help identify the problem with the car before the warning light even goes off. It is a good four pages all that contribute to the description of learning and analytics. This will really assist in discussing Don Tapscott's norms along with the learning and analytics topic. 
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Virtual Autopsy - 0 views

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  • amandam_pphs on 12 Mar 12
     
    This article provides an excellent example of how gesture based computing has a real-life application, rather than just applying it to games. Gesture based computing can serve to make virtual reality more like true reality.
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Taking Mobile Applications into the Cloud -- Campus Technology - 0 views

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  • southernpride on 12 Mar 12
     
    Here is some information on how mobile apps contribute to cloud computing.  Cloud computing is saving your information somewhere on the internet and being able to access it anywhere- even on you smartphone!
  • Kendall Butler on 13 Mar 12
     
    This article examines the ability to link mobile apps to the cloud and various ways it could affect life.
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How to integrate a tablet computer into your life - The Next Web - 1 views

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  • The form factor that a tablet provides means that you can still watch a movie or video without it being too small, but a tablet is also much more mobile than carrying a laptop around with your everywhere. Tablets can access a wide variety of content as well. In Canada, th
  • e majority of major media companies have released iPad apps so you can watch their content right on your device.
  • it’s no longer necessary for you to print out the majority of documents.
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  • a tablet is an excellent way to find and read the news. Many major publications offer RSS feeds of their content that is exactly the same as it would appear in their print editions, or they at least link to their website so that you canAn RSS reader app can collect these feeds and present them to you on your iPad so that you don’t need to look at multiple different websites to find all the news you want to read.
  • having a tablet handy means you always have a great way to take down notes and you always have access to them, unlike that piece of scrap paper you probably just lost. Also when you write a note on a tablet, you can easily set them up to sync with your other devices so you can have them no matter what device is at your disposal.
  • it is much easier to pull out a tablet while using public transit if you want to lookup something quickly as opposed to whipping out your laptop.
  • Tablets get the best of both laptops and smartphones!
  • Apple seems to be on a mission to prove this with the release of iMovie and GarageBand for the iPad.
  • even easier to use than their “computer” counterparts
  • Tablets are still in their infancy as far as new technologies go.
  • I think tablets are here to stay, and whether you have an iPad or an Android tablet, there are plenty of benefits to owning one.
  • MORGAN C on 08 Mar 12
     
    Justification of the purchase of a tablet
  • Elena Ares on 16 Mar 12
     
    How to make yourself go tablet: how it can help and what it can do for you. 
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Game-Based Learning: What it is, Why it Works, and Where it's Going - 0 views

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  • responders to frequently rehearse and sharpen their training in a simulated hazardous materials emergency . The emerging truth: the same factors that make well-designed games highly motivating also make them ideal learning environments
  • The emerging truth: the same factors that make well-designed games highly motivating also make them ideal learning environments
  • We make mistakes in a risk-free setting, and through experimentation, we actively learn and practice the right way to do things
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  • Learning” doesn’t mean rote memorization—it means acquiring the skills and thought processes needed to respond appropriately under pressure, in a variety of situations
  • In addition, even the most comprehensive training program cannot cover procedures for every complex eventuality that we will encounter—no matter how thick the binder is. In game-based environments, we learn not only the facts, but also the important, underlying hows and whys. This understanding of deeper, more abstract principles prepares us to perform consistently and effectively, even in new and unexpected situations.
  • This understanding of deeper, more abstract principles prepares us to perform consistently and effectively, even in new and unexpected situations
  • In game-based environments, we learn
  • not only the facts, but also the important, underlying hows and whys
  • In contrast, traditional, passive training approaches drill us on certain narrow procedures, and then evaluate us on our memory of what we were told. Even when we successfully retain the lesson’s facts and procedures, our behavior in true-to-life situations remains untested.  In addition, even the most comprehensive training program cannot cover procedures for every complex eventuality that we
  • well-designed games permit learning experiences that aren’t possible in real life
  • All games are not created equal
  • Carnegie Mellon’s Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence
  • To be effective, game environments must be structured around how we learn.
  • Carnegie Mellon’s Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence
  • Carnegie Mellon’s Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence
  • Carnegie Mellon’s Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence
  • Carnegie Mellon’s Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence
  • Carnegie Mellon’s Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence
  • Carnegie Mellon’s Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence has amassed a set of basic principles that describe the learning process . Following are four of these key principles, with examples of how each plays
  • Carnegie Mellon’s Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence has amassed a set of basic principles that describe the learning process
  • TAYLOR C on 06 Mar 12
     
    This talks about where game based learning is headed.
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  • Kreslyn C on 13 Mar 12
     
    This tells how and why game base learning works.
  • scott summerlin on 13 Mar 12
     
    this explains what game base learning is and how it works
  • Smith 14 on 13 Mar 12
     
    Why game based learning works, and helps everyday.
  • Andrew Vargas on 26 Mar 12
     
    This article explains how game based learning works, why its effective and how it differs from traditional learning
  • NINA L on 21 Mar 13
     
    Explains the differences in results between GBL and regular learning techniques.
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How Tech Is Changing College Life [Inforgraphic] - 0 views

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  • DavisW SVHS on 05 Apr 13
     
    This is a site that offered information about how college students are using MOOC's and other forms of technology to their advantage.
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Game Based Learning - 0 views

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shared by Susan D on 12 Mar 12 - Cached
  • . Computing technology has become widespread and is an accepted part of life now. In line with this computing culture, digital games and its metaphors are joining mainstream culture - this influence is widely felt and seen in arts, media, and our daily lives
  • tremendous learning value that games embody
  • trevor_stone91 on 14 Mar 12
     
    Tells how game based learning is fun and engaging for students.
  • Susan D on 14 Mar 12
     
    This talks about GBM and how it affects our minds and has an impact on our lives. It also talks about the expectations our future is going to and how many vast versions there are of GBM such as avatar, the environment, game play, competition, and others.
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Gesture-based computing? It's as 'Izi' as waving your hand | news10.net - 1 views

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  • Ivey Carden on 13 Mar 12
     
    They are introducing their product "lzi" and explaining how it works
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Education Week: Educators Evaluate Learning Benefits of iPad - 0 views

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  • a development that astonishes some ed-tech experts since the device is less than 15 months old, and K-12 educators are traditionally slow adopters of new technology.
  • ith a battery life of eight to 10 hours and a weight of just over a pound, the iPad offers more portability and less startup time during the full school day than laptops or netbooks, while its screen size facilitates more flexibility using the Web and easier input than smartphones.
  • “Is this the best use of our funds, or is it simply a tool to engage and motivate our students?” he asks. “Of course, technology has that capability, but is that always the best angle?”
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  • The question may be whether the iPad is best suited as a 1-to-1 device or to be shared as part of a stable of digital classroom tools. For example, on the other side of Arlington, Jamestown Elementary School’s instructional technology coordinator, Camilla Gagliolo, has stashed the nearly 60 iPads at her school in technology cabinets across classrooms in the 550-student K-5 school. About a half-dozen sit in each cabinet, next to a similar number of netbook computers and iPod touch media players.
  • students can choose which device to use for an ongoing book-publishing project. During math in Bill Donovan’s 4th grade class, students rotate between workstations working on quick-response math exercises. Some are using math-drill apps on the iPad, iPod touches, or laptops. And some are using old-fashioned pencil and paper.
  • Becca B. on 13 Mar 12
     
    this website it basically talking about the ipad being adopted in schools
  • amandam_pphs on 14 Mar 12
     
    "Every day seems to offer another story about a district or school that's buying iPads." This article explains the various uses of iPads in the classroom and how many schools have adopted them. It is important to gesture based computing because it gives yet another example of how gesture technology is invading the classroom.
  • Elena Ares on 16 Mar 12
     
    iPads in smaller schools instead of colleges and how they can be used in the classroom
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simSchool - About - 1 views

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shared by Susan D on 13 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • simSchool is a classroom simulation that supports the rapid accumulation of a teacher's experience in analyzing student differences, adapting instruction to individual learner needs, gathering data about the impacts of instruction, and seeing the results of their teaching.
  • improvement in general teaching skill improved confidence in using technology increased belief that the teacher has the skills and ability to make a difference in a child's life improvement in pre-service teachers' performance in teacher preparation courses and attitudes toward inclusion of special needs students significant positive impact on the mastery of deeper learning capacities that comprise the readiness to teach increased "staying power" on the path to the field of teaching acquired through rapid development of strong self-efficacy and resilience
  • Susan D on 13 Mar 12
     
    simSchool is a simulated classroom that supports rapid accumulation of a teacher's experience in analyzing student differences, adapting instruction to individual learning needs, gathering data about the impacts of instruction, and seeing the results of their teaching. This is a place where instructors can explore instructional strategies, examine classroom management techniques, and practice building relationships with students that will translate into increased learning. The results are highlighted below and are proved to be real and measurable.
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iPad Literature Circles - Literature Circles | Diigo - 1 views

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      Cesar T on 23 Mar 12
       
      people are so into getting the new ipad that they dont see their are more things to life then getting the new xbox,ps3 or ipad
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Niftybytes About Us - 1 views

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  • Sloane Smith on 27 Mar 12
     
    This website is a prime example of how people are beginning to customize every aspect of their life. This website was designed to allow people to customize mobile apps just for their business. So not only are people customizing their personal things, but their businesses too.
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