November 2009
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WatchIBM:Playing WoW will help you get a job
“The leadership skills and strategy prowess it takes to flourish in World of Warcraft are just the kinds of qualities Fortune 500 companies are seeking in their employees”
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WatchPhotographs of Student Plays Our students regularly put on plays in the English City Theatre for their peers. Photos of these are displayed in the student gallery, here are some photos of some of those those photos. :-)
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“games are a cherished part of my life, they helped to shape my young mind, they...”
– Venezuela bans violent video games: a first-person guest essay
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WatchVideo: What is community driven learning. (with example)
“The illiterate of the future are not those who can’t read or write but those who...”
– Alvin Toffler (via chrbutler) (via roomthily)
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WatchWays the Brain Makes meaning - Tom Wujec
Yet another great video from TED. Notes
Animations, graphics and illustrations create meaning.
The brain does not see the world as it is.
It creates a series of mental models based on ‘ah ha’ moments (moments of discovery).
Processing begins with visions - the primary visual cortex redirects information to up to 30 other parts of the brain that each...
1% of entire US population reading a book on the... →
infoneernet:
That’s what the latest research report by Flurry says. From August 2008 to August 2009, more games were released than any other category. However, in September this seemed to change and in October one in every five new apps was a book. Flurry feels that Apple is positioned to take market share from the Kindle and predict that the iPhone will become a significant contributors in...
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“There’s a set of rules that anything that was in the world when you were born is...”
– Douglas Adams (quoted by Faris Yakob in his Fast Company column on technology titles) (via chrbutler) (via infoneernet)
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WatchWhy don’t students speak their native language in English City?
An unexpected benefit of language teaching in virtual worlds.
In English City students only ever speak in English they never user their native language, even when talking to people who speak the same language as them. Why?
Because everyone is an avatar you can’t tell where the other students are from. By the time you have...
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Upcoming Event: Virtual Round Table #VRT09 →
19 great sessions already listed!
From the site:
Who is the conference for?
The conference is for all those interested in language specific ….
web-based or software based applications
digital teaching and learning material
electronic or digital tools
mobile learning applications
digital classroom management
live online environments, virtual classrooms and virtual worlds
and all other...