Gaming to re-engage boys in learning: Ali Carr-Chellman on TED Business 7 TED Talks on the need to encourage entrepreneurship Could unemployment be a factor that leads to terrorism? In today’s talk, peace strategist Mohamed Ali (not to be confused with the boxer) introduces us to the youth of Mogadishu, Somalia — 70 percent of whom are unable to find jobs. In this talk, Ali highlights just how appealing the messages of terrorist organizations and […] News Lineup of speakers for TEDCity2.0, unveiled Around the world, cities are growing at an exceptionally fast clip. Tribune: Website Calendars for Media You’ve probably heard of widgets, also known as gadgets or docklets. “Spuds” are specialized Trumba® Connect widgets. We chose the term “spud” somewhat facetiously as a play on the concept of “mashups.” A spud is actually a small piece of JavaScript™ code that retrieves event information stored on the Trumba servers. Spuds embedded into your web pages act like windows. Create and Paste a Spud: A Walk Through the Process To help clarify the power and flexibility of spuds, let’s walk through the process of creating and embedding a spud using the Trumba Tribune calendar as an example. Step 1 In the Trumba Connect editing environment, we create the Trumba Tribune calendar. Step 2 As we create and customize our Trumba Tribune calendar, all of our event and settings data is stored on the Trumba servers. Step 3 In the Trumba Connect editing environment, we copy the JavaScript code for the Trumba Tribune calendar spud. Step 4 See for Yourself How Spuds Work: Try It On Your Own Webpage Tip
Research FUSE Labs - Kodu Game Lab An overview of Kodu. (Click to play) Kodu lets kids create games on the PC and Xbox via a simple visual programming language. Since Kodu's introduction in 2009, we have visited the White House, teamed up with great groups like NCWIT and DigiGirlz, inspired academic research and been the subject of a book (Kodu for Kids). Kodu for the PC is available to download for free. Stopping & Starting HTML Marquees This page contains code that allows you to stop and start HTML marquees with your mouse. Therefore, your website users can stop/start your HTML marquees with their mouse too. These codes use JavaScript, and therefore, will not work on your MySpace page. Clicking the Marquee This example allows the user to stop the marquee when they click on the mouse (i.e. onmousedown). Hovering over the Marquee This example allows the user to stop the marquee when they hover over the marquee with their cursor (i.e. onmouseover). Start/Stop Buttons: You can add "start" and "stop" buttons that enable the user to start and stop the marquee as required. Stopping Multiple Marquees: You can add "start" and "stop" buttons for as many marquees as you like. Slowing Down Your Marquee You can also make the marquee slow down instead of just stopping/starting. MySpace Users Unfortunately, you can't use the above examples in your MySpace profile. You can however, use the examples on the HTML Marquee Codes page.
Multiplayer Educational Video Games for Math, Science, Literacy and History Comprised of four engaging, multiplayer games with access to curriculum in both Math and Literacy, grades 3 – 9. Each game is designed with unique features to bring out distinct academic and strategic skills in students. Click here to view all content available in mathematics.Click here to view all content available in literacy. Meltdown is the DimensionU game that offers students a second chance when answering difficult questions, and rewards creative strategies to achieve victory. Swarm is DimensionU's team-based game that most strongly reinforces cooperation and collaboration between students to achieve a common goal Towerstorm is the DimensionU game that is best for working through the most curriculum in the shortest amount of time. Velocity is DimensionU's high-speed obstacle course that ensures players answer questions correctly in order to continue progressing through the race.
Making an Interactive Picture with jQuery In this tutorial I will be showing you how to piece together an interactive picture – aka an image that contains tooltips and popup boxes. This can be useful for showing off a particular aspect of a photo (ie items or people). The original inspiration for this tutorial came from the IKEA website, which uses Flash to accomplish something similar, although admittedly with a few extra features. Tutorial Outline This tutorial will show you how to set up the basic structure for your own interactive picture.Create/Position “more info” buttonsAdd captions to buttonsLink buttons to descriptions in popup info boxes This tutorial will be most effective if used as a guide to customize the downloadable files. Set Up Your Picture Before we can place any buttons, we first have to get the image ready (I’ve chosen a picture of our office) . You will want to customize your dimensions and background image to match your selected image. Positioning Info Buttons The Info Box The HTML for this goes as follows:
Games based learning - Resources Last Updated:8 November, 2012Section:Resources Classroom games Welcome to the Games-based learning collection of resources. Here you will find a range of ready to use resources, adaptable resources and lesson plans/suggestions for playful approaches to learning across the curriculum, as well as for encouraging learners to become creators of their own games. In the news - Gove’s computer science revolution General Resources Find suggestions for using games effectively, for display materials and for cross-curricular learning opportunities Games and learning poster A great display resource from Futurelab that offers a range of suggestions for how games can be used to enhance learning through the curriculum, as well as for developing the skills needed for future game makers. Pupil name generator A fantastic name generator that can be used for games in class, as well as a multitude of other uses….. Games timeline This is a great display resource and a trip down memory lane for many of us! Memory game