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Want to run your own business? Need to learn business basics? Well if you are under 14, there is a great site for you to learn about the various ins and outs of being an entrepreneur. (actually, even if you are over 14, it is worth a look.)In this game, you have to deal with […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →A Metaverse is an online world in which there are no specific goals or objectives. It is a virtual world in which you create an avatar and then explore the world as that avatar. You are able to chat with others in the world and interact with there avatars. Typically an inhabitant can create buildings, […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →Traveling to Calypso is similar to traveling to any foreign country. You exchange your currency for the currency of Calypso and, when you return home, you can exchange left over Calypso currency back to your currency. The only difference? Calypso is not a physical place—not a Caribbean island. It is a virtual world—a metaverse (short […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Susan over at E-Learning Queen has a great post on the concept of “en media res” which, she explains, literally means “in-the-middle.” …this technique is employed in almost all programs designed for television, as well as a significant percentage of feature-length films. It’s a familiar technique: the viewer is catapulted immediately right into the middle […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →If you are going to manage an e-learning project, you must manage the following elements. Scope: This includes proper identification of the tasks that need to be accomplished for the project. It should also take into consideration what happens when the scope of the project changes (it will change). Quality: Your client (internal or external) […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →The great thing about blogs is that even though it seems like two people are having a discussion, others can join in. As Stephen Downes and I have been exchanging talking points about the various schools of educational thought, Bill Kerr has added a number of ideas and insights to the discussion as well and […]
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Leave a Comment (8) →In contrast to the concept of the human brain as merely an information-processing center, the educational philosophy of Constructivism was born. (Apparently Stephen Downes—see his post on the topic— is not the only person who had a problem with the concept of the mind being like a computer and working in an “information processing” only […]
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Leave a Comment (8) →So once I took the quiz, we got both boys involved in the quest to see who was whom among superheros. So…continuing with the “Which Superhero are You Quiz” (see below)my youngest son is Ironman. His attributes are Inventor. Businessman. Genius. I think it pretty much fits him. He is curious, has a good head […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Ok, so I couldn’t resist taking the “Which Superhero am I Quiz“. We got the PS 3 for Christmas and my boys (and me)have been playing the Marvel Ultimate Alliance game constantly…so a superhero theme is running rampant through out our home at the moment. (I know DC and Marvel are rivals but to me […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →I wish you Happy Holidays and a great New Year. Hope you and yours have a great holiday season no matter where in the world you are located or how you celebrate. Also wishing you a happy holiday is the US television station, NBC. NBC set up and conducted a “get together” in Second Life […]
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