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How to Plan Instruction Using the Video Game Model
Imagine you are placed in the following scenarios: You are dropped off at the top of a ski resort's steepest run when you've only had experience on the beginner slopes. You have to spend your day on the bunny hill when you're an expert skier. You play a game of darts with the target two feet away.
Game-Based Learning Units for the Everyday Teacher
Game-based learning (GBL) is getting a lot press. It is an innovative practice that is working to engage kids in learning important 21st century skills and content. Dr. Judy Willis in a previous post (1) wrote about the neurological benefits and rationale around using games for learning.Beautiful Places | Historical Recreations | Commemorations | Museums | Art | Galleries | Science | Technology | Space | Astronomy | Science Fiction | Media Nature | Public Parks | Education | Schools | Libraries | Religious Places | Health | Medical | Dancing | Really Cool Elsewhere | Linden Lab | Destination Guide This is a list of SLURLs. The acronym SLURL is short for "Second Life URL," a Web address. SLURLs are direct links from the Web to locations inside Second Life.
Second Life - Great Places to Visit
PeaceMaker: Play the News. Solve the Puzzle. Tutorial Demo (60 MB) In the PeaceMaker Tutorial Demo we'll guide you step by step through the full feature set of PeaceMaker, proving how easy the game is to use and enjoy. It's quick, fun, and totally free - simply click below to start downloading now!
PeaceMaker Demo Download :: PeaceMaker - Play the News. Solve the Puzzle.
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) proudly presents Immune Attack™, an video game that introduces core concepts of molecular and cellular biology to middle school, high school and entry-level college students. Get the GAME GUIDE HERE . The save function will not work.
Immune Attack » Download!
NC Center for the Advancement of Teaching - Renewal Seminars
Click here to be taken to Summer 2013 seminar descriptions, listed below. Click here to be taken to Spring 2013 seminar descriptions, listed below. Registration began Tuesday, February 5.
If you haven’t noticed, there has been an influx of strange black-and-white codes showing up all over the place. Restaurants, stores, movie theaters, magazines, and even on the side of buildings! What are they?
QR Codes in the Classroom
Below you are going to read about a Prototype that started with an idea to engage learners and bring the classroom out of the classroom. This came about after a 2 day boot camp were educators and designers learned about Design Thinking . I will get around to a post on DT, but I wanted to share this idea with everyone because I'm excited about it.
The QR Quest - A Prototype
Twitter Strategies
March 22, 2011 by tomwhitby Whenever it comes to writing about Twitter in a blog post, I never know how basic to go in my descriptions. I guess I must assume that there will be many people who have no idea about Twitter. I can also be confident that many other readers are capable of writing a similar post with better strategies.