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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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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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The Digital Textbook Revolution | iPad in Schools - 1 views

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  • amandam_pphs on 12 Mar 12
     
    "Everything in our world is being digitized (or will be) and it makes sense for text  books to be able to be updated in real time (any time) at a cost that is virtually free rather than the investment it takes to republish and distribute millions of books every few years." This article discusses the use of iPads in the classroom and how they should be replacing textbooks. Since ipads are gesture based, they will be a great addition to a classroom.
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Classroom Collaboration - 0 views

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  • amandam_pphs on 12 Mar 12
     
    In this paper, the authors discuss the use of technology in storytelling. Children can use gesture-based technology to make their stories more tangible, more real.
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How the "Internet of Things" Is Turning Cities Into Living Organisms - 2 views

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  • Mary Westbrook on 12 Mar 12
     
    cities will get information from clouds and know how to react to weather.
  • Sarah Bandy on 16 Mar 12
     
    This website is off of the horizon report. I think it is very helpful. It is useful to me because it is connecting real world sensors with it. Its talking about how it is turning the environment green and also how the plants have an effect in it.
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simSchool - About - 1 views

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  • 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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SciEthics Interactive - Dr. Larysa Nadolny - 0 views

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  • This National Science Foundation/Hewlett Packard funded project is designed to create virtual simulations with a science and ethics focus.
  • Susan D on 13 Mar 12
     
    SciEthics is a funded project designed to create virtual simulations with science and ethics focus. Upper level undergraduate and graduate students will be able to experience real-world situations in the safety of a virtual environment with groups from higher education institutes around the world.
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Top 20 Must-Have Educational iPhone & iPad Apps Used By Real Teachers in the ... - 0 views

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  • darcy garrett on 14 Mar 12
     
    Apps for teaching
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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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QR-Code Generator - 0 views

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  • Vicki Davis on 01 Mar 12
     
    QR codes create a hyperlink between a picture in the real world and th eonline world -- this is called mobile tagging and the act of linking is called a hardlink.
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Gesture-Based 'Gmail Motion' April Fools' Day Prank Gets Real - Techland - TIME.com - 1 views

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  • Vicki Davis on 01 Mar 12
     
    I love this! Gmail motion was Google's april fools day prank and many people fell for it. Heck, if I'd had time, I might have played with it but after thinking I realized what day it was! Tee hee. But a lot of people WANTED this -even though the gestures were designed to be silly (who is going to do a jumping jack for making a star on an email.) so ICT used a kinect camera and actually made Gmail actions work! Watch the video and enjoy. People actually WANT this just not with the exaggerated motions and definitely not a shot that requires the camera to see your feet.
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Preconference #1: Playing the Past: Gaming, History, and Technology | WebWise - 1 views

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  • Vicki Davis on 29 Feb 12
     
    This workshop session at WebWise 2012 shows that museums are looking at gamifying just like everyone else. Anything to increase engagement. Whether you like it or not, it is time for some serious scholarly research. "Last year, Nielsen Research found that online games overtook personal email to become the second most heavily used internet activity behind social networks. While most museum and library professionals aren't aiming to create the next FarmVille or Angry Birds, games have the potential to be meaningful learning tools and prompt real-world action."
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10 pieces of wearable technology already available - 0 views

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  • JONATHAN L on 21 Mar 13
     
    real cool
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Penetrating the Fog: Analytics in Learning and Education (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE - 1 views

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  • But the most dramatic factor shaping the future of higher education is something that we can’t actually touch or see: big data and analytics. Basing decisions on data and evidence seems stunningly obvious, and indeed, research indicates that data-driven decision-making improves organizational output and productivity.
  • According to the 1st International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, “learning analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of data about learners and their contexts, for purposes of understanding and optimising learning and the environments in which it occurs.”
  • Analytics spans the full scope and range of activity in higher education, affecting administration, research, teaching and learning, and support resources.
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  • How do big data and analytics generate value for higher education? They can improve administrative decision-making and organizational resource allocation. They can identify at-risk learners and provide intervention to assist learners in achieving success. By analyzing discussion messages posted, assignments completed, and messages read in LMSs such as Moodle and Desire2Learn, educators can identify students who are at risk of dropping out.13 They can create, through transparent data and analysis, a shared understanding of the institution’s successes and challenges. They can innovate and transform the college/university system, as well as academic models and pedagogical approaches. They can assist in making sense of complex topics through the combination of social networks and technical and information networks: that is, algorithms can recognize and provide insight into data and at-risk challenges. They can help leaders transition to holistic decision-making through analyses of what-if scenarios and experimentation to explore how various elements within a complex discipline (e.g., retaining students, reducing costs) connect and to explore the impact of changing core elements. They can increase organizational productivity and effectiveness by providing up-to-date information and allowing rapid response to challenges. They can help institutional leaders determine the hard (e.g., patents, research) and soft (e.g., reputation, profile, quality of teaching) value generated by faculty activity.14 They can provide learners with insight into their own learning habits and can give recommendations for improvement. Learning-facing analytics, such as the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Check My Activity tool, allows learners to “compare their own activity . . . against an anonymous summary of their course peers.”15
    • Tess T
      Tess T on 12 Mar 12
       
      Number two talks about customizing learning through analytics by  recognizing at-risk learners and helping them learn better.
    • Tess T
      Tess T on 12 Mar 12
       
      Number nine also talks about customizing how students are taught. It says that Learning Analytics "can provide learners with insight into their own learning habits and can give recommendations for improvement."
  • Analytics in education must be transformative, altering existing teaching, learning, and assessment processes, academic work, and administration.
    • Tess T
      Tess T on 12 Mar 12
       
      This right here is directly talking about using learning analytics to customize   how students are taught
  • Undoubtedly, analytics and big data have a significant role to play in the future of higher education. The growing role of analysis techniques and technologies in government and business sectors affirms this trend. In education the value of analytics and big data can be found in (1) their role in guiding reform activities in higher education, and (2) how they can assist educators in improving teaching and learning.
    • Tess T
      Tess T on 12 Mar 12
       
      So pretty much this is saying that Learning Analytics can improve education because it can assist educators and help them improve their teaching and education based off of the data that they find about their students
    • Tess T
      Tess T on 12 Mar 12
       
      Learning Analytics helps educators find out whats wrong and change it around the student so the student can get the best education possible
  • Learning analytics is essential for penetrating the fog that has settled over much of higher education. Educators, students, and administrators need a foundation on which to enact change. For educators, the availability of real-time insight into the performance of learners—including students who are at-risk—can be a significant help in the planning of teaching activities. For students, receiving information about their performance in relation to their peers or about their progress in relation to their personal goals can be motivating and encouraging. Finally, administrators and decision-makers are today confronted with tremendous uncertainty in the face of budget cuts and global competition in higher education. Learning analytics can penetrate the fog of uncertainty around how to allocate resources, develop competitive advantages, and most important, improve the quality and value of the learning experience.
    • Tess T
      Tess T on 12 Mar 12
       
      This is a super helpful and straight forward answer to the question "how can learning analytics improve education." You can't get any clearer that that!
  • Tess T on 12 Mar 12
     
    This source was written by George Siemens,who works in the Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute at Athabasca University, and Phil Long, a Director of the Centre for Education Innovaton and Technology at the University of Queensland.  This site talks about how Analytics are used and what they are used for in Education
  • alliem_pphs on 14 Mar 12
     
    I really think this website can help anyone with a "foggy" idea of learning analytics.  Explains what to do with them above and beyond.  Woo hoo.
  • andrei gausling on 25 Mar 12
     
    This article is about how data mining and research can help make decisions. This process is using statistical information instead of using informal guessing. It is beginning to be used on a wide level including medicine , business , and social programs and schools. It also says that education most have a reform and learning anaylitcs will have the biggest impact in deciding what will change or what will be added. So many of the students now a days spends time on the internet with social media and this leaves a foot print which leaves data of how their learning process works. Learning anaylitics is important because it benefits administrative and student purposes.
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An iPad University: Giving It the Old College Try | Epicenter | Wired.com - 0 views

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  • Now, let’s face it, online education isn’t exactly new. Typing “online degree” into Google gets you over 58 million results. Besides the well-known University of Phoenix, there are all sorts of online degree programs that promise a convenient, high quality education. Yale and MIT have recently put many of their lectures online, and iTunes U and Academic Earth offer resources from many top schools. Last year saw an unprecedented jump of almost a million more students studying online, according to the 2010 Sloan Survey of Online Learning. What makes MAT@USC different?
  • When students enter the online “classroom” – whether on their iPad or laptop – they see a Brady Bunch style grid of live-stream video headshots of 10-12 students and the professor. During class, which is scheduled several times throughout the week, students can take notes, view slides, discuss questions on a Twitter-like chat pod, break into groups, or virtually “raise their hand” to answer a question. In other words, they can do most of the activities they would in a normal classroom. Only in this scenario, their classmates might be sitting at a desk in rural Kansas – or Japan.
  • But is something valuable lost without real face-time in a physical classroom? Some critics argue that education must be more than just interactions with a smart screen – it’s about personal connections in a social space. Sundt thinks that many of those concerns, while perhaps more relevant for K-12 education, don’t really apply to the typically much older students pursuing a higher education.
  • Becca B. on 13 Mar 12
     
    they see a Brady Bunch style grid of live-stream video headshots of 10-12 students and the professor. During class, which is scheduled several times throughout the week, students can take notes, view slides, discuss questions on a Twitter-like chat pod, break into groups, or virtually "raise their hand" to answer a question.
  • Elena Ares on 16 Mar 12
     
    A college trying out an iPad and seeing how it works as an experiment
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learning catalytics - 0 views

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  • stephanie jones on 13 Mar 12
     
    Learning Catalytics supports peer-to-peer instruction, and provides real-time feedback during class.
  • Hayes G. on 13 Mar 12
     
    Harvard University has developed Learning Catalytics, which support peer-to-peer instruction, and provides feedback to the students during class.
  • alliem_pphs on 14 Mar 12
     
    Talks about learning how to put groups together and almost about cloud computing somewhat.  This is about learning analytics too, I guess.
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The B-School Case Study Gets a Digital Makeover - Businessweek - 0 views

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    • Elena Ares
      Elena Ares on 16 Mar 12
       
      Starting out how tablets are so easy to use instead of sifting through 500 pages to find case studies and course materials
  • Next, Okun unsheathes the alternative: an iPad (AAPL) edition of the same course materials—a feature NYU introduced last year. In each digital case study, students can highlight material in fluorescent colors and take notes. A tap on the screen allows them to skip to an exhibit at the end of a document, and then follow the menu back to where they left off reading—with no virtual or actual page-leafing required. All the features work offline.
  • Over the ensuing 87 years, the case study has undergone some changes but remains much as it was at its inception—a straightforward narrative of business success or failure. Tablet technology may make the case study more of an interactive experience.
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  • arvard Business School, the largest publisher of case studies in North America, is in the process of converting 3,500 of its files to tablet-enhanced formats during this school year and expects to finish converting its library of 17,000 titles by 2013.
  • The tablet medium also seems ideal for simulated cases, says Glenn Rowe, a professor at the Ivey school and author of nearly 40 case studies. In role-playing exercises, prices and other variables can change on the fly. Students may also be smacked with unexpected events, such as their biggest competitor slashing prices, or by their receiving a higher-than-expected counterbid after a merger proposal. Students choose what they would do, and the simulation immediately tells them the consequence of that action.
    • Elena Ares
      Elena Ares on 16 Mar 12
       
      Real world scenarios for the students to learn on  
  • Students are also more inclined to use tablets for supplemental reading. (Assuming prices are the same, 86 percent of college students say they prefer a hard copy textbook to an e-textbook, according to the market research firm Student Monitor.)
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QR Codes Revisited « Real Estate Referral Network - 0 views

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  • Vicki Davis on 01 Mar 12
     
    RT: QR Codes Revisited http://bit.ly/gAbmu5: QR Codes Revisited http://bit.ly/gAbmu5 http://bit.ly/hBhgxG
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3Gear Systems - 0 views

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  • Jacob Liebman on 08 Mar 12
     
    this would be great for ed. because you can build many objects with out having the real object there to mess with.  
  • Ivey Carden on 13 Mar 12
     
    This explains how gesture-based computing works.
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