Posted in Reactionary Posting, Technology Integration on Nov 7th, 2008 3 Comments »
I read Warky’s blog posting on Gee’s article, Learning by Design: Good video games as learning machines, which I had also read.
I absolutely agree with the three points he raises on using gaming the classroom. I’ll admit I’m also a nerd, I play World of Warcraft (WoW) and teach computers and I think that puts me up with [...]
Posted in Regular Posting, Technology Integration on Nov 7th, 2008 No Comments »
Well, I viewed my first slideshare example, and I was quite impressed. It is a website that allows you to view, download and share presentations. What a fabulous idea!
It’s a really worthwhile idea to support, because when you think about it, all over the world, presentations are being written that have been written many times before. [...]
Posted in Regular Posting, Technology Integration on Nov 7th, 2008 No Comments »
Wow, a really interesting podcast got me thinking, but there are a few points I’d like to examine:
Suggesting that 20th century literacy involved memorising facts from a textbook is to some degree true, at least for the first 75% of the century, but things were already changing before the 21st century rolled in.
Comparing a Mario [...]
