Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is an excellent summary of a few of the more popular myths. Check it out. Learning Theories Gone Wild – Urban Myths that Hurt Your Learning Designs. by Sharon Boller “People have different learning styles. We need to design … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesInventor to Schools: ‘Let Kids Fail!’ | MindShift “We’ve heard the importance of failure and experimentation in learning. In this excellent interview on Science Friday, inventor James Dyson speaks about his direct experience with failures and schools’ need to accommodate … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is key. Big Fat Phoenix: The most important game design lesson I ever learned. The action that your player performs most frequently should feel like fun all by itself. Far FAR too often, the action that the player performs … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutes~ Stephen’s Web. Does ‘discovery learning’ prepare Alberta students for the 21st century or will it toss out a top tier education system? I have long thought that “talent” is something people are born with – they may have more … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteHow a High School Teacher Is ‘Gamifying’ World News “A new game called Fantasy Geopolitics (think Fantasy Football meets Model United Nations) is radically changing the way high school students in Minnesota are interacting with the news. In 2009, Eric … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesHuman Factors: The Third Wave of Gamification?. This article points to another describing a “third wave” of gamification that involves effectively users creating their own games within the environment they are using, and expresses some dubiousness about its utility. I … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteEXCELLENT advice. Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was Learning How to Code — Learning to Code — Medium. Before you learn to code, think about what you want to code. …..There’s nothing mystical about it (but … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minute100 Websites You Should Know and Use (updated!) | TED Blog “100 Websites You Should Know and Use (updated!) Posted by: Jessica Gross August 3, 2007 at 12:00 pm EST More In the spring of 2007, Julius Wiedemann, editor in … Continue reading