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Digiteen 2012-1 Project - home. Atlantis Remixed. In the Drakos Unit, players are tasked with breeding a species of dragonfly that is unique to Atlantis.

Atlantis Remixed

To do this, they must understand genetics and how traits are passed from parents to offspring. Players also confront their own sense of morality as they determine whether gene splicing to produce a particular type of drakos is ethical. Click here to read more. Based on Ayn Rand's, The Fountainhead, the Architecture/Media Unit allows students to interact with characters at an architecture firm that match the names, physical characteristics, motivations and points of view of characters from Rand's classic novel, putting users in the middle of the same conflicts and themes from the story; however, unlike Rand's story, Questers are presented with the perspectives of characters on both sides of the conflict—eventually forcing the player to align themselves with a particular architectural firm.

The fish population is declining in Taiga National Park, and Ranger Bartle wants to know why! The Connected Educator. Weconnect [licensed for non-commercial use only] / PLN. New Tech Network. A Visual Guide To Twitter For Beginners. You may have a Twitter account that you don’t use very often.

A Visual Guide To Twitter For Beginners

You may tweet once in blue moon. You may just use it to ‘lurk’ during hashtag chats you enjoy. ( Check out our list of Twitter hashtags for to get started with that!) But you may not be a full-fledged Twitter user … yet. This dense and highly visual approach to understanding Twitter is just great. From the fine folks at Twiends , it lays out all the vocabulary you need, actions you can perform, and even gives a rough idea of what you should expect from Twitter.

The below infographic is basically a beginner’s guide to Twitter except it’s one easy-to-read format: infographics! Click the image below to enlarge it a bit – that’ll help view some of the smaller text. 300+ Educational Twitter Hashtags Being Used Right Now. 25 Ways Teachers Can Connect More With Their Colleagues. Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage. Photo by Beth Kanter, Net Funders Conference, October, 2011 A few days ago I opened the door on a new learning journey.

Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage

I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. It is a great opportunity to ponder the question: How to design and deliver learning experiences for nonprofits that connect, inspire, and engage? What are the best practices? Content Delivery Is Not Learning On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. Illustration by Beth Kanter I’ve known this for years, ever since I read Richard Mayer‘s educational research in his book, The Handbook of Multi-Media Learning.

The NPR story was part of a series called “Don’t Lecture Me“. That’s the theory at least. Techniques 1. 2. 3.