Today, my kids went back to school. They were so wound up last night.. My oldest said, “I’m so excited its like a holiday…except I can’t sleep in tomorrow and I don’t get any presents.” As I think about my kids getting a year older and going back to school after a short summer. It […]
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Leave a Comment (4) →If, while playing a video game, the player waits for instructions or information, he or she will fail. Decisive action must be taken immediately. The gamer generation has learned this and expects speed in answers and learning. If a gamer needs information, he or she inputs a question into a search engine and then demands […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →If you do any kind of software training, you need to check out the discussion going on in the comments field of Tips for Teaching Software to Others. Just some great stuff. Also, see Design: Creating a Scenario to Teach Software Procedures and Wendy Wickham’s In the Middle of the Curve: How am I Gonna […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →This past week, I had the good fortune to be able to present at the SALT conference. SALT is the Society for Applied Learning Technology. I presented on Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning(of course). My session was well attended and had I had some great interactions with the group and some really good questions. […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Here is another great student produced video from the “Learning in 3D Class.” This one deals with controlling your environment within Second Life. If only it was that easy in Real Life. Enjoy. Watch, Changing the Weather. Also, note that it is posted in TeacherTube so that teachers have a better chance of accessing the […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →In spite of all my work in metaverses and virtual worlds, I do spend time in the real world and, in fact, do a lot of real world training. Recently, I was asked to give some training to a group of software developers/analysts and others who work with software and then train others how to […]
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Leave a Comment (9) →One of the great things about being involved in the training/education blogosphere is the great interactions you get to have with people that you’ve never meet or that you only see once or twice a year or that you’ve only been introduced to once but now stay in touch due to blogging. Of course the […]
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Leave a Comment (8) →Currently, I am working a course looking at the net-generation and how teaching and training can be crafted to more effectively reach that generation through the use of collaboration tools, integration of technology into the classroom and leveraging of Web 2.0 technologies to foster self-discovery and peer learning as well as the use of cutting […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →Just completed the Learning in 3D Class in which students were able to experience Second Life, ProtonMedia’s ProtoSphere and several Web 2.0 tools. Graduate students in instructional technology were required to post on this blog, contribute to a wiki and post a machinimia project on YouTube and TeacherTube. One of the most amazing things to […]
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Leave a Comment (8) →Meeting in Second Life with some folks from Learning Times to discuss the learning potential of the space. Over at Learning Visions, Cammy Bean has an interesting post called Second Life Backlash and Controversy. I can’t help but keep relating the whole 3D web and especially Second Life to the birth of e-learning…way back in […]
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