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Video Games in the Classroom: Gamification is Bulls#!t
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Video Games in the Classroom. This blog explores the idea of using video games for educational purposes. It has been composed by a group of Masters students from Qld University of Technology. Wednesday, September 28, 2011. Ian Bogost is Director of Graduate Studies at the School of Literature, Communication and Culture at Georgia Tech. He calls himself a “designer, philosopher, critic, and researcher who focuses on computational media—videogames in particular”. 8221; So what's going on? While Ian Bogost ...
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Video Games in the Classroom: To game or not to Game? Online resource.
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Video Games in the Classroom. This blog explores the idea of using video games for educational purposes. It has been composed by a group of Masters students from Qld University of Technology. Friday, October 7, 2011. To game or not to Game? This five minute clip from Futurelab. It outlines why Futurelab. Look beyond just playing games and discuss having software developed that allows students to easily develop their own games, much in the same way that music composition software is available. So, this re...
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cMyLearning: Practice in Formation
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Learning at the speed of light with mobile technology. Friday, 14 October 2011. Can I Transform my Practice? 8220;If we teach today, as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.” (John Dewey- American philosopher and psychologist). As a newly graduated teacher (2010), I am thoroughly aware of the responsibilities that teachers have towards all the educational needs of our children. Increasingly, these are being used in a classroom context and have major implications on teachers and students.
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cMyLearning: The walls are coming down
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Learning at the speed of light with mobile technology. Sunday, 16 October 2011. The walls are coming down. This post is in response to an article in the Weekend Australian Magazine:. 2011, p.12), "[our] economy . has been transformed irrevocably by globalisation and the changes wrought by the information age. If kids must face the challenges of this new, global, distributed information economy, what are we doing to structure the classroom of the twenty-first century to help them? What do you think? 8220;...
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cMyLearning: Keeping mobile with your learning
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Learning at the speed of light with mobile technology. Wednesday, 5 October 2011. Keeping mobile with your learning. Despite discrepancies with the distribution of technology across the world, one can assume that. How often are these personal learning endeavours that our students have explored outside of school used to shape what they learn in school as they seek out projects based on their interests? Sharples et al, 2005, pp4-5). Such pedagogies reinforce Sharples et al’s concept of learning o...No Apar...
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cMyLearning: Five reasons to check out Slide2Learn
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Learning at the speed of light with mobile technology. Wednesday, 19 October 2011. Five reasons to check out Slide2Learn. This post details five reasons why you should check out an online resource relevant to mobile technology called Slide2Learn. Slide2Learn is a ning compiled by a team of seven teachers from around Australia. In essence it is an online resource provided by teachers for teachers. St Catherine's iPod Trial. At their events and on their ning. Personalising Learning with the iPod Touch.
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cMyLearning: I brought my pencil...gimme something to write on
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Learning at the speed of light with mobile technology. Sunday, 9 October 2011. I brought my pencil.gimme something to write on. Making an educational statement about a student who protested about the multitude of wasted paper our classrooms churn through each year and as such, refused to bring paper to class? Back in 1984, did these heavy metal musicians really have the foresight to envision a classroom where paper was as old fashioned as chalk and slate? While technology continues to evolve and change, ...
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cMyLearning: Ever had a student yell “ AYSOS” at you?
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Learning at the speed of light with mobile technology. Sunday, 16 October 2011. Ever had a student yell “ AYSOS” at you? Or maybe they have told you they thought you were ACORN, pardon me? If your student or child wrote a message for you with these letters in it would you know what it means? Would you know a quick easy way to find out what it means? Are now so commonly used by teens that it is important to have a basic understanding of what some common codes mean. No, turns out it’s not. A handy online t...
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cMyLearning: It's Happening Now!
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Learning at the speed of light with mobile technology. Tuesday, 18 October 2011. This section of the blog post is in response to the journal article Mobile Goes Mainstream. Written by Kurt Eisele-Dyrli. This online article details many example of how schools in America are implementing mobile media in the classroom, and the effects that it is having on students, teachers and the education system. The article details the results of Speak Up 2010. Additionally, the report also found that 67 percent of pare...
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cMyLearning: Embracing the Modern Day Swiss Army Knife
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Learning at the speed of light with mobile technology. Sunday, 16 October 2011. Embracing the Modern Day Swiss Army Knife. Mobile phones are no longer simply used as a means of communication. They are now used for a vast array of functions including. Games, photos, as a calculator, street directory, stops watch, alarm clock,. Music player, calendar and to connect to the internet; hence the reason they. Have called the modern day Swiss army knife. Dr Patricia Wallace, Ph.D. While many lower income homes m...
