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  • Casual Gaming

    The Escapist has a great article that matches nicely with what I was writing about last week about gaming and how it is all about moderation. While this article isn’t about moderation in playing, it’s examining how good games are good games, regardless of their cladding (sound and video). It’s looking at how games that…

  • DyKnow

    A colleague of mine just sent me the link for the system. Looking through what they have online, it seems that they have taken the essentials of an interactive whiteboard and streamlined it. It certainly shows promise, but the challenge will be encouraging instructors and students to work in this manner in the class/lecture. I…

  • education.com

    I don’t know about this one – education.com – Great idea, an education portal – But who’s content and curriculum will dominate?

  • Real stab at School 2.0 – from the UK

    I got this link from Michael who pointed out that there really isn’t that much noise out there for the school that is really practicing what many of us have been thinking in terms of School 2.0. Knowsley Council in Merseyside is opening the school/learning centers from 7 am until 10 pm on the weekdays…

  • Value Added Podcasting

    One of the departments here in the Faculty just recently tried podcasting for the first time in a second year course as a dry run for a more intensive pilot coming in the fall and found that what the students like the most about the podcasts were the value added features – chapter marks, screened…