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Moving Games Forward

Here is an interesting whitepaper called Moving Learning Games Forward: Obstacles, Opportunities and Openness written by Eric Klopfer, Scot Osterweil, and Katie Salen with contributions by Jason Haas, Jennifer Groff and Dan Roy and right out of the Education Arcade. You really need to read the entire paper but here is one highlight which is […]

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Are we taking into account the culture surrounding our students?

Historical periods are often named for the influence of technology on the period. The Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Industrial Revolution and Information Age are all closely related to the influence of a particular technology or group of technologies had on livelihood, people and governments during that period in history. As technology evolves and […]

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Transferring Knowledge: Making Technology Work for Your Library Presentation Materials

Here are the materials for my presentation related to making technology work for your library. Here are the slides: Bridging the Boomer/Gamer Knowledge Gap in the Library View more presentations from kkapp. Here is a link to 50 Library Related Blogs Social Media and Student Success Social Media Tracking the Nation’s Mood Educational Games for […]

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Upcoming Webinar

Join me for a free presentation. I am speaking at a webinar in a few weeks, the description is below. All are welcome. Register Now. It’s free. Transferring Knowledge to the New Style of Learner: Extending the Classroom Beyond the Four Walls Date: Friday, September 26, 2008 10:00 a.m. PDT Length: 90 minutes Description: New […]

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Gamer 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 or 4.0?

A while back I had a discussion with Cammy Bean of Learning Visions about what level of “gamer” she was and even if she was a gamer at all. No resolution was ever reached but her post Are You a Gamer? generated many comments. Well the controversy may be over. Several excellent students (Nicole Clark, […]

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NCTT Summer Workshop

Every summer the NCTT organization does a great summer workshop for educators in 2-year, high school, vocational schools and other schools about technology in the area of Information and Communication Technologies. This year the workshop was kicked off by Gordon Snyder Jr. the Executive Director / Principal Investigator of the NCTT center. Check out his […]

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