Screen Capture from America’s Army Game which Helped Save a Life. The power of games for learning is that they can teach lessons that the learner doesn’t even realized she or he has learned until the time comes to apply those skills. A player of the Massively Multiplayer Online Role Play Game( MMORPG)American’s Army was […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Tony Karrer tagged me for a meme while asking fellow training and technology edubloggers to post their stats for compariative and research analysis purposes. 2007 Traffic Stats – Hopefully a Meme : eLearning Technology So I am posting mine, they are not as high as some and are not as low as others. However, my […]
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Leave a Comment (6) →Just found out from my publisher that Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning(aka 3G4L) is bound for Amazon’s Kindle. Very exciting news as I think the Kindle is the perfect vehicle for a book like 3G4L which needs constant updating. We don’t yet know the exact data but I’ll keep you posted.In the meantime, you […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →When it comes to video games, one school has taken the motto “if you can’t beat them, join them” to heart and allows kids who do well in school to play video games as a reward. They decided that one way to motivate kids is to allow them to play video games and, indeed, if […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →Big announcement by Apple is the MacBook Air. Check it out. __ Recommended Games and GadgetsRecommended BooksContent Guide
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Leave a Comment (0) →Lately, I’ve done a few instructor-led seminars and wanted to share a technique I use. I’ve also use this technique in a virtual classroom with the breakout room features (you can break students into private sessions) and whiteboard functionality. This method, I call it the “re-teach” method, involves engaging the learner by having them “re-teach” […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Check out this well researched article by Robin Robinson titled Let the Games Begin. She interviewed a number of experts in pharma and computer gaming and has developed a comprehensive look at the past, present and future use of video games as they relate to training in the pharmauetical industry. To read the article go […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Kapp Family RockersThis is the second in my “Games I Got for Christmas” blog postings explaining how games can be used for learning or how they are becoming easier to use or…just how much fun they are to play. The first posting was for Uncharted Drake's Fortune. The game was a lot of fun and […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →So last week I was speaking at Huntington Beach, CA (and it was cold) on the topic of “Learning in 3D” and this week I am in New York City (and it is warm) talking about Tools and Techniques for Transferring Know How from the Boomers to the Gamers to a group from various companies […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Well the big game is over. LSU defeated (some would say humbled Ohio State) in a 38-24 victory. You can read about the game at Sports Illustrated’s Web Site. But the controversy is not over. In fact, an informant told me that LSU may have had an unfair advantage. One of my blog readers through […]
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