I had a lot of positive feedback on my list of educational games in my post It’s All Fun and Games and Then Students Learn. So, here are some more educational games that might be of interest. If you know of any more, please let me know and I’ll post them. Darfur is Dying This […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here we are listening to a student explain how she worked with her Freshmen to create a house. The fifth class of Learning in 3D covered corporate uses of 3D worlds. Specifically we discussed ProtoSphere. We also went over setting up a group. But the highlight of the class was viewing the shelters created by […]
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Leave a Comment (16) →Here are the resources for my presentation at the SAME-TEC 2008 14th Annual Conference. These are focused on the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math related subjects (STEM). First is a web site called HA Games. This web site, which requires a login, has games focused on Algebra, Physics and the Periodic Table. Here is a […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →Here is the class exploring NCTT Island. I am sitting in a session with Scott St. Onge of NCTT and Keith Morneau from Capella University who are providing a session on Second Life. So, I am taking some notes: The presentation will talk about history of virtual environments and a theoretical framework for Second Life […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Overseeing the interesting structures built by students. Second Life class last night had to go on without me as I was “in-the-air” to Texas during class time due to the perils of air travel. So we had a guest speaker who covered basic scripting and some semi-advanced building. The class is coming along well and […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Today I am off to the SAME-TEC conference in Austin, TX. The conference is a combination of three National Science Foundation (NSF) Centers. My job is to evaluate the conference for the NCTT Center for which I serve as an external evaluator (which I have done for several years.) For this conference, I have created […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →So the Wii Fit is out. I’ve written before about getting exercise with the Wii. Check out Get People Moving…have them play a Video Game But for a fun laugh check out this great parody of the Wii Fit. Funny stuff. Although, on a sadder note, doesn’t the parody remind you of the hype of […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →Here we are sitting around the conference room discussing our visits to far away places in the metaverse. This was an exciting class, we first learned to create note cards and then learning about Learning Archetypes in Second Life which are picking up some momentum. We also learned some ideas about developing lessons within Second […]
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Leave a Comment (12) →Here is a great article about how learning about other cultures in a 3D world like Second Life can translate into the real world. The article is called Study abroad through Second Life Here are some quotes from the article: If you learn about a culture … and your behavior changes in Second Life while […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →In early June my family was fortunate enough to go on a trip to Hawaii, I had never been there before so it was a great chance to see the birthplace of the hula and of surfing. To that end, our family decided to take surfing lessons…a very tourist-in-Hawaii thing to do…it was great! We […]
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