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Next week, I’ll be presenting a pre-conference workshop at ASTD’s Techknowledge Conference & Exposition on February 25, 2008 in San Antonio, Texas. Once again, I will be presenting with Matthew Monahan (see Second Life Training Presentation) The description of the presentation is below. Learning in 3-D: Using the 3-D Web to Create Online LearningKarl Kapp […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →It can be intimidating to learn to speak another language, in fact, sometimes it can be downright boring. The memorization of words, the repetition of conjugations, it can drive you crazy. One solution used by Larry Ferlazzo who teaches English and Social Studies to English Language Learners at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, California […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Doing a lot in terms of evaluation lately, here is part of the introduction for an evaluation plan I have developed. Does it make sense to you, would you use this technique? Introduction The primary area of focus for this evaluation plan is to measure the impact of this learning intervention on employee and organizational […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Last night I was teaching away and I was talking about the visual display of information, I could clearly, “in my mind’s eye” see what I was talking about but I couldn’t remember the web site URL to which I was referring. I kept thinking that it would “come to me” but alas, it never […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →Chart shows percentage of teens and tweens and what social networking/Web 2.0 activities they do weekly online. You might have seen this, but in July 2007, the National Schools Board Association published a report stating: Online social networking is now so deeply embedded in the lifestyles of tweens and teens that it rivals television for […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →Recently, I’ve been working with the folks at Performance Learning Systems to convert Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning into an online course. We are almost at the end of that road and you can now sign up for the course if you’d like. Here is a brief description of Educating the Net-Generation™ Online A […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Recently, I was contacted by a company curious about whether or not they really need to be “more concerned with recruiting the so-called gamers than other generations.” I answered “yes” and explained to them why it was important to focus in that area. Here is an excerpt from Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning that […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Yesterday, graduate student Matt Monahan and I presented at the Training 2008 conference. Our topic was “Learning in 3D.” We had a great group of attendees who stayed with us for the entire 3 hours with no break. We had a lot to cover from how to navigate in Second Life to simple scripting with […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here are some links to some postings in my blog that provide additonal information about Second Life. Second Life Resourses The Office in Second Life…CNN in Second Life The Learning Webvolution.(article written with Tony O’Driscoll.) Second Life…Its Synchronous Discussion of some of the negative aspects of SL.Fair and Balanced Hope you found thess links helpful. […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Recently, the book reviewers of Training Magazine provided a list of all their favorite reads of 2007. I am happy to say that Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning made the list as one of Jane Bozarth’s top 5. Here are some of her other picks: Here are the picks of the other two reviewers, […]
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