My work with games, gadgets and gizmos provides me with the perfect opportunity for connecting with my oldest son (now a teenager…it is everything they say it is) In fact, tomorrow he and I are co-presenting a workshop about Second Life at Bucknell University to a group of high school, middle school and elementary school […]
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Leave a Comment (6) →Every summer the NCTT organization does a great summer workshop for educators in 2-year, high school, vocational schools and other schools about technology in the area of Information and Communication Technologies. This year the workshop was kicked off by Gordon Snyder Jr. the Executive Director / Principal Investigator of the NCTT center. Check out his […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Tonight was the first “Learning in 3D Class” it was totally fun and totally chaotic. It reminded me a lot of the first e-learning classes that I taught, no one was really sure what to do, the software would crash from time-to-time and students and instructors where figuring out what needed to be done. So […]
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Leave a Comment (21) →Of course you all know about SurveyMonkey…a great piece of web-based software that allows you to create excellent surveys with relative ease. The price is reasonable as well! I haven’t used it for a while and found out they revamped the interface and did some changes to the management of the surveys. Very nice. I […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →So for this July 4th weekend, I have been able to visit the beach a little. Check it out. I can even hear the waves. Also just learned that on Teusday, I’ll be giving a keynote address at the Summer Curriculum Workshop for the National Center for Telecommunications Technologies a center sponsored by the National […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →A good number of hours today are going toward my preparation for my upcoming class called “Learning in 3D.” Today I focus on preparing the MSIT Second Life wiki for the class. It guides learners through the first few lessons for the first class and provides them with some resources. I also spent a lot […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →This morning I opened up the July 2007 issue of ASTD’s Magazine, T&D and found that Paula Ketter has just reviewed Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning. Here is some of what she had to say: [This book, like others, talks about] the impending retirement of baby boomers and how companies are dealing with the […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Lately, I’ve been tuned into the metaverse since I am teaching a class called “Learning in 3D” starting on July 9 using Second Life and ProtoSphere (how cool is my job?) The class is focused on designing effective instruction in a 3D world. So, here are some links on the topic. Definition of Metaverse The […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →In case you haven’t seen or heard, Mark Oehlert is going to be giving a presentation titled Living and Working with Games and Gamers as part of the Adobe Luminary eSeminar Series: eLearning. Mark is a great speaker and expert on the topic, you don’t want to miss it. Here is the description: With Gen […]
Continue Reading →I live in central Pennsylvania so I guess this is to be expected but…please. Our school board was approving its budget for the next year and there was a line item of $327,000 for the purchasing of nine mobile laptop labs each having close to 30 computers. The district officials said: …the investment is justified […]
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