To follow up on my blog ‘In defence of books’, for those of you going off on a summer break, here’s some book suggestions, since I’ve decided that there is a future for books. Each one of these involves a character who uses the Internet (or its future form), usually illegally, but for good [...]
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From Natasha Boskic: Serious games in elementary and high schools Goldman, T. (2010). Miyamoto Focusing on Getting DS into Schools. The Escapist Magazine, 21 Mar 2010. With the DS already being used in places like museums, galleries, and aquariums, Miyamoto told reporters about Nintendo’s plan to roll the system out “in junior high and [...] Galt, V. (2010) How to bake agility into corporate DNA Globe and Mail, May 20 In my blog on Six Priorities for Canadian e-learning in 2010 I wrote: Canada is a leader in mobile technology (Research in Motion, Nortel’s merger with Avaya, etc.), the Canadian mobile networks have just been opened up [...] World Wide Workshop: Social Media Technology & Learning The World Wide Workshop Foundation is a non-profit educational organization founded in 2004 to enhance technological skills among children and youth in economically-disadvantaged communities worldwide. One of the goals of the Foundation is to use social media technologies and gaming to bring educational changes. The main [...] From Natasha Boskic: At the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco (March 9-13, 2010), US Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra announced the Apps for Healthy Kids game development challenge promoting healthy lifestyle changes in young adults. The competition is a part of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign to end childhood obesity within [...] |
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