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Yesterday, I spent the entire day with 6th graders. It was wonderful. An alum of our program and a sixth grade science teacher, Anthony Pecora, received his Master’s Degree in 2005 and wanted to try an innovative approach of combining the topics of writing, science and scientific discovery into one activity for his students and […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →I’ve posted both of these videos before but I am posting them again, any time I feel a little overwhelmed, they always bring a smile to my face and they are a bit ID related…especially the one about building a stop sign, I have totally experienced that meeting. Number 2: Death Star Help Desk Interview […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Recently, I have been having a great conversation with Kathy Sierra and Sebastian Deterding about Gamification…what it means, what it doesn’t mean and the implications, it was been a wonderful discussion. You can follow the thread, and add your own comments at In Defense of the Term “Gamification” as used by Learning Professionals All three […]
Continue Reading →Recently, on one of my blog postings Design e-Learning Like a Game Developer: Provide Incentives for Good Work, I received a response related to the fact that “gamification” is the easy-way-out and that we need to be careful about extrinsic motivation, that I was not correct in my posting about the use of extrinsic motivation. […]
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Leave a Comment (7) →We are at an interesting cross-roads in terms of educational game development, we really haven’t had engaging, imagination capturing titles like the golden years of “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego or Oregon Trail” which were blockbuster educational games. We haven’t had a block buster learning game in quite some while. Instead, we have […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here is some information that I have discussed before but it is worth repeating, as interface and instructional designers, keep in mind this interactive, engaging interface design technique. Research indicates that a conversational style is much more effective for conveying content to learners than a more formal style. In the book, “e-Learning and the Science […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here is the audio version of my Training Quarterly article titled Improving Training: Thinking Like a Game Developer
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Leave a Comment (0) →The other day, I got a great comment about my post Are You Challenging Your Learners? Don’t treat them like babies. The question: When do you think people in your class reach their threshold level? When does it turn from ‘difficult/challenging’ to ‘impossible’ – leaving the student frustrated and ready to give up? I teach […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →I had a chance to give a presentation to the South Florida ASTD chapter virtually this evening, would have loved to have been there in person. The beauty and curse of technology. Anyway, here are the slides and some resources. Here are the slides from the presentation: Gadgets, Games and Google For Learning South FL […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →People who play video games are used to challenges, they need to figure out how to navigate a level, they face a “boss” who wants to destroy their character and force them to start a level over again and they are challenged by increasingly difficulty activities in a game based environment. Even angry birds forces […]
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