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Physical, Face-to-Face, In Person Book Tour
Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning is taking me all over the world…literally. Here are some physical, face-to-face book tour stops (old fashion, I know, I know).I’m speaking in Paris, France next week at the Kaplan-EduNeering European Knowledge Summit–invitation only (sorry). I…
Celebrate Back to School!
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…
SALT Conference: Great Presentations
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 reall…
Books to Consider Reading for the Gamer/Boomer Knowledge Gap
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 a…
Tear Down The Walls: Web 2.0 Extends Class
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 an…
The Metaverse Hype, Decline and Realism Cycle–We’ve Seen It Before
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…
Design Day and the ASTD Big Question for July
I left a comment on Tony Karrer’s blog about creating a “Design Day” so that everyone in the blogosphere adds a comment about the importance of instructional design as opposed to focusing on technology. And then Dennis Coxe over at Sailing by Sound picked up on my comment and poste…
Comparing 2D and 3D Synchronous Learning
Here is a video I created for my “Learning in 3D Class” which contrasts the world of 2D Synchronous tools with 3D Synchronous learning tools. I hope it illustrates some of the advantages of 3D environments and some of the things that can be done to faciliate learning within a 3D environm…
Value of Research
As an academic and a person who values research, I think it is critically important to our industry to back research and to use it to make sound judgments regarding the design, development and delivery of e-learning. One site I especially like is No Significant Difference. Will Thalheimer has done a…
NCTT Summer Workshop
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 / …

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