Fun, Flow and Fiero. Inevitable Betrayal. World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria. You've ended Deathwing's destructive rampage and saved the dragonflights from extinction. Now you must unlock the mysteries of the lost continent and discover the dark secrets of Pandaria's past. Explore ancient kingdoms hidden since before the Sundering, plunder vast treasures from the depths of the forgotten vaults, and rise to defend Pandaria from the shadow of a long buried evil - before it's too late.
Master the Path of the Monk Learn the mystic powers of the Monk, World of Warcraft's newest playable class. Destroy foes with the Windwalker's devastating attacks, replenish allies with the Mistweaver's spiritual energies, and shrug off enormous damage with the Brewmaster's unyielding strength. New Class: Monk Battle to level 90 Ascend to new heights of power as you explore the verdant reaches of the Jade Forest, war with the terrible Yaungol on Kun-Lai Summit, and unlock the secrets of the Mogu'shan Vaults.
Unleash the Mighty Pandaren New Race: Pandaren Discover a Lost Continent. Chasing Wonder and the Future of Engagement. Hard Fun. By Seymour Papert I have had a lot of flack from people who read this column (and other things I have written) as advocating taking the hard work and discipline out of learning. I don't blame them. I am a critic of the ways in which traditional school forces kids to learn and most attempts to introduce a more engaging, less coercive curriculum do indeed end up taking the guts out of the learning. But it is not fair to hold me guilty by association. My whole career in education has been devoted to finding kinds of work that will harness the passion of the learner to the hard work needed to master difficult material and acquire habits of self-discipline.
Way back in the mid-eighties a first grader gave me a nugget of language that helps. Once I was alerted to the concept of "hard fun" I began listening for it and heard it over and over. The phrase "pleasure of writing" makes me pause. How do we make writing become hard fun? Networked Educator Badge. Networked Educator Badge by Center4EduPunx, on Flickr The Networked Educator is based on documented demonstration of social network knowledge construction. The badge bearer will have demonstrated the ability to identify new information networks, analyze and aggregate information, and curate the knowledge being produced by the community both synchronously and asynchronously. It requires the demonstrated knowledge construction through collaboration and networking within the online open course and with the online community of educators as a whole.
What must be demonstrated is the collaborative creating, curation, and utilization of knowledge as a function of participating in the online open course. The Network Educator will have successfully completed and submitted a collection of work that demonstrates contribution, creation and curation of new knowledge within the context of the identified online open course. Three of the primary sources used for this badge are: Badge Purpose: About Interactive Communications and Simulations.