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Blog | Exploring the virtual classroom | Feminist pedagogy in the metaverse. In our Second Life discussion group this week we looked at the dialogue between Lisa Nakamura and Maria Fernandez on Feminism, Race and Technology. Lisa Nakamura made the point that when we talk about technology we are usually thinking about the digital, and I’d agree with her that the online world is only one of the areas we need to examine; that’s certainly the point Judy Wacjman made in the first dialogue. However, the digital certainly has a powerful hold on us these days. I was struck by Nakamura’s discussion of the Slate article on the ”feminist gamer dad” who hacked the game Donkey Kong, reversing gender roles so his daughter could play as a girl and rescue Mario.

The sexist, racist and homophobic content of video games has been a common topic of feminist discussion. The Slate article highlights Anna Sarkeesian’s video analysis of the “damsel in distress;” her analysis unpacks ideas of gender and autonomy in gaming. OK, so maybe I’m being too serious about all this. . . . Will. Blog. January 15, 2014 The crises arrive from everywhere, and all at once. The responses do, too.

New allegations about NSA eavesdropping, for instance, pop up on Twitter before the White House has had a chance to fully spin the last set. A Cabinet secretary is presumed ripe for firing over a botched health care website even before the site’s problems are fully diagnosed. The pauses between an event and a response to it—the space in which public opinion was once gauged—is gone, and now the feedback is indistinguishable from the initial action. The verdict, the takeaway, the very meaning behind what is happening is more elusive than ever before. But they don’t. Welcome to the world of “present shock,” where everything is happening so fast that it may as well be simultaneous.

Sure, the rate at which information spreads and multiplies has accelerated, but what’s taking place now is more than a mere speeding up. I feel myself chasing the “now” all the time. It wasn’t always like this. The Future is Peer to Peer | Social Rebirth. 2¢ Worth. Listen A few weeks ago I worked and attended North Carolina's ISTE affiliate conference. I opened the NCTIES conference with a breakfast keynote address and Marc Prensky closed it with a luncheon keynote the next day. Sadly, I missed the second day of the conference. I would first offer some constructive criticism to NCTIES , and to all such ed-tech conferences across the nation and around the world.

The only idea I can think of is to have one or two session rooms devoted to unconference topics. Now to the surprises It was in the student showcase, a part of most ed-tech conferences that I often miss, using it as an opportunity to visit the exhibitors or dash up to my room for something or other. She then began telling me what they were doing, describing some of the communication skills they were learning as well as social studies and character. “No software. After my hesitation, she continued, “..the game master.” Seeing this was energizing to me. Donna Hitchings, Snaderson HS, WCPSS. Plerudulier. Wisdemy | Following the online academic revolution. Insights Blog - Public vs Private Benefits: Who should pay for Higher Education in Australia?

Public vs Private Benefits: Who should pay for Higher Education in Australia? 7 September 2012, by Peter Bentley Peter Bentley is a Research Fellow at the LH Martin Institute. We all know that there is no such thing as “free higher education” (or “free” anything): someone has to pay. The question is who and how much. In Australia, private individuals contribute the majority of funding of tertiary education (55%), the sixth highest by OECD standards. In practice, most domestic students pay roughly 40% of the cost of their higher education through tuition fees.

In Australia, demand for higher education is not particularly sensitive to price. Norton’s report received criticism from many higher education stakeholders. Personally, I welcome informed debate on tuition fees and reports such as this one, even if I do not agree with many of the points. There is also a common perception that higher fees mean that students from disadvantaged backgrounds would not enrol in higher education.

Eaves.ca. E-Learning and Online Teaching Today | Learning to teach in the 21st Century. Brave new org | Dan Pontefract: linking leadership, learning & technology towards a collaborative culture. Clive on Learning. Catherinecronin. eLearning Watch. Donald Clark Plan B. How to increase your twitter followers (and why it doesn’t really matter) « ivry twr. A few months ago I wrote a post called How to increase your twitter followers (the wrong way) that looked at services that promise to increase your twitter followers overnight. This post examined two services in particular, followmania.com and twiends.com.

Since writing that post about a dozen people a month find ivrytwr by Googling “does followmania work?” For the sake of future people asking that question of the internet, let me give you a concise answer. Does followmania work? Sites like followmania and twiends miss the point of social networking entirely. As twitter becomes increasingly popular, more and more people are writing about how to increase your twitter followers. A few months ago I decided to get serious about twitter. When I decided to get more serious about twitter, three things changed. 1. 2. 3. Instead of just following friends and writers that I liked, I decided to seek out people who shared similar interested.