THE ODD COUPLES - SCREENTOYS - Celebrity Blender How One Teacher Turned Sixth Grade Into An MMO Editor’s Note: Ben Bertoli is a long-time Kotaku reader and commenter, a lifetime, dedicated video gamer and a sixth-grade teacher in Indiana. He reached out to Kotaku this past week to share the story of how he turned his class into a role-playing game. The enthusiasm and motivation of the children in Bertoli’s class evoke the success stories seen in gamified experiences such as Fitocracy. Here, Bertoli explains his creation, ClassRealm, how it works and what motivated him to develop it. Video games and education. I wouldn’t be as well read as I am today if it wasn’t for video games. As I was describing my video-game-related teachings to my buddy Courtny, we began talking about incorporating gaming into education. I worked on my classroom system for a month before I had it completely devised. Knowing I could get some supportive and insightful feedback I even ran the idea by my pals on Kotaku. 1. Many students were thrilled right off the bat. Participation skyrocketed on the first day.
Comic Artist Aaron Diaz Pitches A Gender-swapped ‘Legend of Zelda’ Well, technically not actually gender-swapped since both Link and eternal damsel Zelda are still Link and Zelda. But Diaz has come up with a pitch where Zelda is "an aspiring battle mage" while Link is a sheltered prince unaware of the turmoil in his kingdom in "The Legend of Zelda: Clockwork Empire." Aaron Diaz is the creator of "Desden Codak," a webcomic featuring, among other things, a dimension-hopping robot girl and Tiny Carl Jung. Diaz says he was inspired to create "Clockwork Empire" based on the work of games critic and documentarian Anita Sarkeesian's "Tropes vs. Women." Clockwork Empire is set 2,000 years after Twilight Princess, and is not a reboot, but simply another iteration in the Zelda franchise. The key point here is that Zelda's the protagonist but Diaz (wisely) didn't necessarily make Link the victim. You can check out Diaz's complete pitch below. [Source: Dresden Codak Tumblr] Related Posts:
Un avion vide ses toilettes au-dessus d'une fête d'anniversaire LEVITTOWN, Pennsylvanie - Une adolescente américaine venait de souffler les 16 bougies de son gâteau d’anniversaire lorsque toute une surprise lui est tombée sur la tête. Un avion qui passait au-dessus de la ville de Levittown en Pennsylvanie a décidé de larguer le contenu de ses toilettes, éclaboussant la quarantaine d’invités qui fêtaient dans la cour. «Il s'est mis à pleuvoir des excréments comme ça, de nulle part», a raconté à la chaîne Fox 29, Joe Cambray, le beau-père de la jeune fille. «Heureusement que nous avions terminé de manger le gâteau...», a ajouté la sœur de Joe Cambray. Bien évidemment, la petite fête est littéralement tombée à l’eau. La famille a porté plainte à la Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). La FAA a assuré à Fox 29 qu'une enquête a été ouverte sur cette affaire.
Instant Kittens squishable.com: they're giant round fuzzy stuffed animals. hug them. become ungoogable - leave no traces - anonymous web browsing, free privacy service. Cuteroulette - Fier Panda - Bon goût. Mauvaise foi. Petits chats. ART ONLINE from the WORLDS Best | RARE pieces at AFFORDABLE prices Not quite the king of the swingers yet... Baby gorilla Kukena takes his first tentative (very wobbly) steps under mum's watchful eye By Tom Gardner Published: 20:19 GMT, 9 May 2012 | Updated: 06:43 GMT, 11 May 2012 Every mother knows there's a time when you have to let go and watch your children make their own way in life. And it seems there's nothing different in the animal kingdom, as western lowland gorilla Salome keeps a watchful maternal eye on her seven-month-old son Kukena who leaves her side for the first time since birth. The little primate summoned the courage to go off and explore his enclosure in Bristol Zoo. Finding his feet: Little seven-month-old Kukena ventures away from his mother's side for the first time at Bristol Zoo since birth Watchful gaze: Mother Salome keeps a cautious eye on the newly intrepid Kukena as he explores Bristol Zoo Although still very wobbly, Kukena managed to pull himself up on to his back legs and can walked on all fours. Mammal keeper Alan Toyne said: 'Kukena is making fantastic progress and is developing well. This time however, Salome conceived her baby naturally.
Si les princesses Disney étaient Alain Juppé Mandelbulb: The Unravelling of the Real 3D Mandelbrot Fractal Opening Pandora's Box For the Second Time ur story starts with a guy named Rudy Rucker, an American mathematician, computer scientist and science fiction author (and in fact one of the founders of the cyberpunk science-fiction movement). Around 20 years ago, along with other approaches, he first imagined the concept behind the potential 3D Mandelbulb (barring a small mistake in the formula, which nevertheless still can produce very interesting results - see later), and also wrote a short story about the 3D Mandelbrot in 1987 entitled "As Above, So Below" (also see his blog entry and notebook). So the idea slumbered for 20 years until around 2007. Although the second one looks somewhat impressive, and has the appearance of a 3D Mandelbulb very roughly, we would expect the real deal to have a level of detail far exceeding it. Zooming in reveals some interesting detail, but I didn't find a great deal beyond the usual chaos. Full size shown here. Is this merely a fool's quest? WOW!