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Here is a series of articles on serious gaming from some top academics.
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Beyond Fun: Serious Games and Media
Posted in Design, Games & Education, Grad School, Technology on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Reading: The Language Instinct
Posted in Games & Education, Grad School on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Currently, I am trying to read Steven Pinker’s book: The Language Instinct -
The Language Instinct is a book by Steven Pinker, published in 1994. In it, Pinker argues that humans are born with an innate capacity for language. In addition, he deals sympathetically with Noam Chomsky’s claim that all human language shows evidence of a [...]
Fixing The Education Digital Disconnect One Video Game At A Time
Posted in Design, Games & Education, Grad School on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
FAS Launches Immune Attack:
Interesting article on the Immune Attack game. The developer’s Site has a wicked cool funkadelic video about the game. It looks like lots of fun but is Windows only. I’ll put the EXE on the PC out in the lab if you want to play it.
“FAS’s interest in games emerged from research [...]
What is Cloud Computing Anyway?
Posted in Design, Grad School, Technology on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a good list of 20 definitions of what cloud computing is. The fact that there are 20 definitions here sums the whole thing up… that it is not quite a defined thing. Regardless, IT are touting “clouding” as the next big development.
Irving Wladawsky Berger sez: In other words, something big and profound seems [...]
Spanish Intensive
Posted in Grad School on July 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Looks as if I will be able to get some graduate credit for Spanish classes! I want to do 3 intensive study trips to Mexico over the next 18 months. Not sure how I am going to work that in but I will try. I’ll need 50 hours of instruction to get 2 credits. I [...]
So Far, So Good
Posted in Grad School on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Not much new to report. The class is going well. I am actually just trying to be helpful. There are only 3 others in the class and I help w/ multimedia. I should be presenting today. Introducing some cool free and almost free technology. Stuff to use in a classroom, work, and home.
Still struggling with [...]
Cohort
Posted in Grad School on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I met some of the other students in my cohort group yesterday. The two ladies I met are very nice. There are actually 5 of us in this group but 2 did not show. It looks like everyone is confused about what the cohort is and why they are doing it. It is strange and [...]
F2F Starting This Week
Posted in Grad School on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I start my 2 week face 2 face sessions this week. I’m not doing the Multicultural Ed class, so I will only be away in the afternoons. I will blog on how it goes later.
What is important… to me and my *edumacation*
Posted in Games & Education, Grad School, Travels on June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Simply and immediately, language acquisition. I am very interested in multicultural education, but for me, it is going to start with language and cultural immersion.
I spoke earlier about the Bafa-Bafa activity. Here are some conclusions:
1. What seems logical, sensible, important and reasonable to a person in one culture may seem irrational, stupid and unimportant to [...]
Creativity
Posted in Design, Games & Education, Grad School on May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am always interested in new ideas. I also feel like I have to constantly up the creativity factor in the field I work in. Maybe an impossible task but this interview seems to point at work we can do to boost our creativity:
How To Unleash Your Creativity
I like Julia Cameron’s “morning pages”—three pages of [...]
