Tag: Games/Gaming
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Safety nets
I had a one on one help session with one of the sessionals today and over the course of the discussion there were a few interesting points – one that she wants to be on a Mac, but thought they were too expensive until I told her about the mini, two that she can see…
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Dec05/Jan06 Innovate Online
The new edition of Innovate is online. This time around there are three interesting articles, the first (Carolyn Rude-Parkins, Karen Hughes Miller, Karen Ferguson and Robert Bauer) looks at the US Army’s implementation of games and simulations in their AC3-DL course for Captains. This is similar to the game Full Spectrum Warrior, where any “Joe…
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COTS only on 360
Well it look like MS has really put up a few hurdles to hacking the XBox 360. Not that many in the educational realm would be hacking consoles anyway to put educational content on them (not worth the time or the effort). But Engadget has posted some of the protective measures that are in place.…
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Prensky’s new book.
Marc Prensky has a new book that is to be published in March. It’s $19.95 USD to pre-order from the publisher. There isn’t anything on Amazon yet, but it’s looking like a decent read according to what Marc has posted to his blog.
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How to say what is so
With Xbox 360 released to the world earlier this week (and to me on “any other day”, not to be timed with US Thanksgiving), people are again being oohed and ahhed by the realism that this machine (and others) can create. Looking at the graphics in racing games like Project Gotham 3 or GT4 or…