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Category: Teaching

  • Getting Going on Game Design

    This came up at the conference last week as there were people asking in the game related sessions about where to point their students or children who are interested in video game design to. Before I list off the books and schools, I would suggest that they should also understand that game design now is…

  • eLearn 2006 – Monday

    Cool papers: A study on the collaborative learning cellular phones at the elementary schools (Tashiro) Miyagi University, Japan Digital Storytelling: Self-Efficacy and Digital Literacy (Li, Morehead) Oakland University Mobile Learning: A Review of Implementations (Barneveld, Shaw) Concordia University The Educational Implications of Synchronous and Asynchronous Peer- Tutoring in Video Games (Moshirnia) University of Kansas Quick…

  • School 2.0

    school20 Originally uploaded by Stephen Downes. Well, Stephen certainly hit the nail on the head again with this doodle (he’s very good).

  • Updated Online Safety Presentation

    Not much to write here other than I have an updated version of my Online Safety presentation. If you like it, feel free to use it – just let me know (I can sent you a de-badged copy). If you have any tips or additions/corrections, send them my way as well.� It covers (cyber)bullying, pervs,…

  • Open Letter to Elementary School Teachers

    Kenneth J. Willers (principal atsign stjohnseagles dot com) penned an open letter to Elementary school teachers and thanks to an email that I just recieved, I have persmission to post some “words” here. Dear Elementary School Teacher, Are you teaching in a “cyber-classroom?” Is your instruction considered “high-tech?” If you answered “NO” to either question,…